Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
A PARIS MYSTERY
Lcmrnaed lr1m snnday. November aglhl

Continued from sunday. November 2ghl
oft-ought or action. Long after l
had left this place / wandered through the
streets, striving IN vain 10 b1ai3h the image
Of tie gha5tly rccao from ~ mind. l could
not shake it Off; after going home | took o
sleeping-draug1s, and founl a rcJpite in IN
consciousness. Next day | was weak and
fevc-ish; next night hideo1s dreams came to
me, in which / went throughth2. whole scene
Of horror again. Monsieur the Judge will
understand me when | say that for the time
I was alaoet c-azed by terror. acting on a
Temperament naturally nervo-s;the fact that
had eaten scarcely anything for three days
helped TO produce this effect. Twas afraid TO
stir outside, afraid to face the lglt ofday, so
thoroughly had my fears un-lanne1 me. |
did not leave my room after r turning on the
night of Monday until l left it yesterday
under arrest. And this that l have told
Monsieur the Judge is the truth, 80 far as l
know it,"
Q. You say that tho dagger given you by
the deceased was sold, several weeks after, to
a dealer in curiosities in the Palais Royal.
Do you r~ecollect the dealers namel
a. (After a PAUSE No, l cannot remember
it. But the shop is on the right hand side of
the garden, as you enter from the Place du
Palais Royal.
O. You have stated that the t.nlo when you
entered this room on Monday night was half
past ten, or rather a few minutes after the
half hour. Are you certain Of that9
A. Yes, because / heard a church clock
sound the half hour just as | entered the Pas
sage de Mazarin.
Q. In what way and with whom did you
spend the night of Mcnday3
A. | was till nearly O'Clock in the Cafe DO
La Source, with a friend; after that l saw for
a few minutes another friend. Then, as ]
have already stated, l camo here.
Q. You share y91r room in the Rue Dau-
phine with student Of law, named Marsall
A. Yes.
Q. He left the hcI-o On the night Of your
arrest; do you knox why2
A. He left becaase-Iecause-
@. WeIll
A. Because he suspected mo.
Q. He told you so2
A. l know it.
@. You say that you feared to leave your
room after returning home en- Tho night Of
the murder; of what were you afraid?
A. | feared lest suspicion might in some
way fall upon me; l do not seek 10 conceal it.
Tho ianitor Mouton, recalled and re-ex-
amined, stated: That Meissner had many
visitors, who came to see him on business.
That he, Mouton, according to orders, always
took up to Meissner the names of his visitors,
who were afterward received or dismissed, as
the case might be. Stated that Meissner had
a wide connection emong the students of the
''left bankn-PaTisian, provincial and for
eign. Had often heard the students COM
planning loudly Of the hardness Of Meissner's
terms, and expressing their disgust at his
avarice.
Q. You are aware that the deceased 10
Seph Meissner had a nephew resident in Paris?
A. Yes.
Q. From his having visited his uncle here,
In this house!
A. Yes.
Q. Do you remember when the last Of those
visits took placer
A. 1t was about a twelvemonth back.
@. Did anything particular pass then, SO as
to fix this date in your memory?
A. Yes. Joseph Meissner called me in a
loud voice to cone upstairs; l did so. He
vas standing at the open door of his room;
the young man, his nephew, was a step or
two lower. They looked as if they lad been
quarreling. Meissner was much flushed, and
seemed excited; the young man was quiet,
but one could perceive that he was agitated.
Meissner spoke much louder than was usual
with him. Jean" he said to me, you see
this goOd-for-nothing fellowl If he comes
back here you will refuse him admittance; if
be p~ersi5ts, you will call the police. "The
insult is unnecessary" said the young man.
81 shall not come back" Then he went
downstairs quietly.
Q. And he never came back1
A. Not to my knowledge.
@. You are certain he said nothing more
than the words you have repeatedl
A. / heard him say nothing more.