Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-23
THAT is THE MANI
Medical Science Restoring an I'm
beetle Witness.
The Murder of Monsieur Louard in His
Workshop-The scheme of Tramp to
Achieve Wealth and the Detec-
ton of His Crime.

Pierre LOuard and his wife lived il
1860, on a small estate near Lesay, in
Potion, France. They had three daugh.
tiers, Marie, Louise and Agnes. On g
July morning in the year named Pierre
found man asleep in his stable. HI
was about twenty-five years of age. shoe
less, hatless and with only few miser
able rags to cover him. Moreover, ne
was half dead from starvation and ex.
posture. He said he was the son of 3
physician at Chalons; that his father
had been convicted of crime; that his
mother had died broken hearted; tina,
his friends had spurned him, and tina,
he had sold the little property he had
and wandered away in search of some
spot where he could earn living and
remain unknown. Louard procured
him clothes, took him to the stream tina,
flowed near by and furnished him will
everything needful to make him look
respectable. Then Mad Louard gave
him hearty meal and spoke to him
Will hfluuCSS. lit cuu WAS
that they took Afghan into their family,
and he on his part showed great apti.
tude at teamwork and the care of cat.
tie.
Though Louard possessed fine old
dwelling beautifully situated, he had
but little land and was barely able to
make a subsistence for his family.
Formerly lie owned fine estate, but
unfortunately he had aspired to be an
inventor, and the result was that he had
parted with acre after acre of his patri-
mOny and achieved nothing with his
mechanical labors. In the rear wing of
the dwelling was a room which Louard
specially claimed As his. There he had
lathes and n furnace and all the tools
and materials which his mechanical
pursuits demanded. At the end of the
corridor, directly facing the entrance
to Louard's workshop, was room Oc-
cupied by Frederic Buchy. son of
Madam Louard by former marriage.
This Buchy was twenty-five years old,
uncouth, somewhat ignorant and dis
sipated.
On the night of August, 1860, about
nine O'Clock. Madam Louard and her
eldest daughter Marie, were seated in
a small parlor near the main entrance of
the dwelling. The door was open, and
view of the wide center stairway could
be distinctly had by the occupants of
the room. Suddenly there was sound
of hasty footsteps ON the stairs, and
mother and daughter turned their eyes
in that direction. Buchy appeared on
the first landing in his shirt-sleeves.
''Why, what is the natter" Madam
Louard exclaimed. rising and Fastening
into the hall. As she reached it Bu-
chy's feet flew from under him and he
fell with great force, striking his head
on the hard oaken stairs. He lay there
scnseless. On being raised blood flowed
from wound in the back of his head.
Medical aid was summoned by Afghan,
who came in at the front door, soaked
with heavy rain, almost Immediately
after the accident. The doctor declared
that Buchy's skull wss fractured, and
next day he was 7ed to the hospi-
tai at Poitiers.
In the meantime Monsieur Louard
had not been seen. 1t was no uucom-
mon thing for him to remain all night
in his workshop, and even until late the
next morning. Though it was sug-
gested that he should be summoned
Afghan opposed it, saying that he had
been moody and reserved for some DAYS
past. and knowledge of what had be-
fallen Buchy might have an injurious
effect upon his mind
LET us remove Buchy," said Aig-
nan. "and then we can invent story
about his having gone to visit his uncle
at Prueilly."
Mad. Louard yielded to his sugges-