Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-20
THE REPUBLIC MORNING, DECEMBER 90 1888


entered without loss oil time. TN TINS even
ng-the evening of TueSday--6 o'clock had
sounded from the church of st. AuguStln,
and MeiSsner had not appeared. Such thing
had never happened before, the old money
lender being ALWAYS remarkably punctual
The ianitnr became uneasy. remembering
the instructions that had been given him.
He waited till the bells of ST. Augustin tolled
the quarter, then went upstairs and listened at
the door Of the room. Not a sound was To t+
heard. He s,ught to peer through the key
hole, but the interior Of the room was quite
dark, and he could see nothing. He came
downstairs agaIn; went up IA second time;
the same deal stiffness Ills uneasIncSS grew
to alarm; nevertheless. he waited till struck
from the church tower, then went TO ask
the advice Of his friend and neighbor, the
sieur Francois BaStoul. publican. Bastoul,
having heard MoutonS story, strongly advised
him 10 do as the old man had bldden him, and
offered to help hIm in breaking open the door.
Having provided themselves with crowbar,
they went up TO MelSsner's room; listened.
called, knocked, shook the door no an
swer. They then forced the door open
with their crowbar. The sight that met their
eyes filled them with horror. The corpse of
Joseph Meissner lay before them on the
floor, IN the middle OF a great r'd stain that
covered the planking. The body lay upon
lis face, huddl,d together aS II 1t had fallen
from the chair that stood in front of the
writing table. The furniture of the room
had been thrown into confusion. and the cab
of having been for,ibly opened and ransacke,i
wer, too much mortified to do. or think of.
ANYTHING. tut Mt lrnrth RaStoul PROPOSED
that thev shn,,ld instantly clos, the door.
without touching the BODY where it Law: and
that while he himself kent watch outside.
Mmton should run MT full specd to fetch the
police = he did. and SUPERINTENDENT
i.dru hang taken down his story. at ono,
accountant him to the scene of the crime.
Everything was found there as Mouton had
described IL. We are informed that the
police have discovered. beside the corpse of
.Joseph Meissner. IA dagger Of foreign manu-
fsc,Ire usei hpyOnd douht in the commission
of the crime: also an ivory wrist stud. with
an initial on il, in all probability dropped bv
the assassin. IL is thought that these articles
cannot fail to give clew t. the discovery of
the guilty psrson. Meanwhile, the janitor.
Mouton. has been PLACED under surveillance. =
We'll. Marsal. what do YOU think of that r
said Thouyeuot. as he laid down the paper
and relit his cigar. Was not right in call
ing il a promising MYSTERY:
Certainly. This will futtar the Rue
Jerusalem. l should think. The police have
their character to regain
freciseiy what Is eald mere III no lSaro.
ana now, let Us stfoH down 10 'he MorSue,
ind SIZE what Is 10 lie seen
but what Is TO lie seem
=" ny, the dagger that The OLD jew was
'taboed with IL Is beng shown at the
Morgue today, and they say there mas been
lulte crowd to see IL Let US go.
As You like. one other glass OF Deer, ano
am ready
we hah the ether sIaSs OF beer, then walked
io"n the boulevard ot. Michel IN the dlrec-
ION OF the h"rSae' lhou'enot reSaiins me
m the way with various anecdotes OF the
murdered man 10 Illustrate ms aVarlce and
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