Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-04

| Then the officer discovered that Mad
alne Renewal was also xnown as Mad
ame st. Mande. Other inquiries quickly
followed, but the officer had to return
TO Paris to make them. He found that
Monsieur Renewal was a widOwer when
he married and that Charles was the child
of his former wife. He found, further,
that The second wife, when married to
Renewal, went by the name of Limace,
and represented herself TO be the orphan
daughter of physician of st. Quentin,
and that Renewal first knew her as a
governess in the family of the Coun, st.
Mandc. A few steps further, and the
fact was disclosed that she had borne
the count an illegitimate son prior to
her marriage with Renewal.
AsTARTIING THEORY.
| The discovery of these facts occupied
the detective over a month; but. when
he bad gathered them all in, he was ready
with a startling theory, which was this:
Charles's death would leave Madame
Renewal in possession of all her deceased
husbands estate, estimated at over two
million francs, and to secure this, she had
planned and wrought the death of Mon
sier R neval's son. But what means
had she used to accomplish this'
Feydeau went to Cbaville and found
t whereabouts of every domestic whom
madame had in her employ at the time
of the stabbing of Charles. He question
ed them all and got this information
That morning, Madame and Charles
| had an animated and bitter discussion as
to the propriety of madame receiving at
her house Monsieur St. Mande Charles,
who was perfectly aware of the fact that
st. Mande's visits to his mother had led
10 his fathers suicide, opposed his COM
ing. The son left the house, saying that
he was going to Paris. He went to the
depot, hut after the train from Versailles
to Paris had passed, he made circuit,
and entered the wood by Virofay.
Soon afterward. ct. Mande arrived from
Paris, and was met bv Madame Renewal,
who walked with him in the wood of
| Mendon. taking the very direction
which would have brought them face ,
face with Charles on his return from
Velizy.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
Here, then, was the conclusion. That
madGme had related TO St. Mande,
Charles's bitter utterances respecting
hiIa and his opposition to st. Mande's
visiting the house, and, that seeing
Charles approach. they had first hidden
themselves, and then concocted the de-
sign on the instant, of putting him out
of the way.
Charles's body was found at quarter
past twelve; Madame Renewal returned
to her dwelling at half past eleven, and
Monsieur st hande took the train for
Paris at twenty minutes to twelve.
With this chain of circumstaniial evil
dence, Feydeau thought he was justified
in arIesting Madame and Mons. St.
Mande. Admitting all che other facts,
they frnly denied ever having met
Charles in the wood. Madame on her
part, declared, with tears, that though
he was none of her flesh and blood, she
loved the boy, and had always manifest
ed great affection for him; and the evil
denCe was uncontradicted that such was
the fact. Monsieur st Mande averred
that be had nothing to fear from the op-
position Of the boy to bis. visiting Mad.
anne Renewal, as he was then a widower.
and intended to marry Madame Rene
val, as he had done subsequently. Still
the fact remained that the removal of
Charles made Madame Rene val a
wealthy woman and a very desirable
match for a nobleman who had squand-
cred all his patrmOny in riotous living.
There was a very strong case OF circum-
stantial evidence, and Monsieur and
Madame st. Mande were held for trial.
On the trial host of small facts cane
out, very damaging to the defendants.
For instance: Once, when visiting tie
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able weakliDg who ought to make way
for some one filter to live. On another
occasion, Charles told st. Mande that
his presence in the house was disgrace
and dn insult to the memory of his dead
father; whereuDon St. Mande retor.ed:
Take care, or you may follow h m
one of these days.
After a prolonged trial, the jury found
both guilty, with extenuating circum.
stances. Then appea, was taken, and
pending that
A MOST REMARKABLE THING HAPPENED.
Two men, Triele and Se;llon, profess
ing to be japanese jugglers, came for
waId and made statement. They ex-
planned their long silence by saying that,
i'll the first instance, they were overpow-
cred by fear, and alterwarC, having gone
to distant part of the country. had no
HIowlede until recently of the turn af-
airs had taken. Their ioint statement
was as follows:
"On the morning of August 18th, 1874,
we left Paris and went by rail to Chaville.
T'ere we quilted the train and crossed
the Bois de Mendon, intending to 90 to
Jouv, where fete was to lie held. at
which we were engaged to give an ex-
hibition. Passing through the wood, we
found 1t was early, and sat down and
smoked. EVERYTHING was very quiet.
Having smoked our pipes, Triele sug
gested that We should practice new
trick, which consisted ia one of us hold.
ing a twig. or wand, and the other hurl-
ing knife whicl should split it. We
had practlsed the trick for sonae time,
when | suggested that Trlele should trv
to split twig which hung from a tree
ten yards away. stood leaning against
the trunk OF tree, and Triele was to
stand with his back to the twig, walk
away few PAGES, ana then turn quickly
and hurl the knife. He did so. To our
horror, at the moment the knife left
Triele's hand. a young man passed close
to the twig, smoking cigarette. Before
any outcry could be made, the knife,
flying with tremendous force, struck the
young man under the shoulder, and he
fell. We ran TO him and drew out the
knife. In IN ment he was dead. In
our great alarm We unfortunately resol-
we'd To hue the occurrence, and so.
thruSflng the knife into the ground and