The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06

of cohee-boufe-ke eper Of Nesoul, where she
lived till her eighteenth year. Sac then be-
came ecauainted with cavalry officer. aud
connected herself With him. This itsisOn.
interrupted for some mcu;ns, was renewed
in Paris, where jeanne had come to ssek her
fsrtuDe. Her lover having abandoned he
she left Paris for Lyons There she formed
the acquaintance OF NJ. Jonsschi. an
officer of CGiFsssieurs; who SO in
volyed himself in debt 20 crafty
'he ahims OF his mistress that hs s0o1 fou nd
himself totally ruined. He resigned his COM
mission, exchanged the sword for the pen,
aud became editor OF local journal OF Com
yeigDe. Jeanne remained for some tins IN
Lyons, where. as one OF to-dsy's journals
puts it, "she had an enormous success among
the officers OF the garrisol.' She then d-ifted
back TO Paris. She was met with in the most
gsrish quarters Of the city, and her 'proteot-
oIs" for the time were Numerous. An emf
nent Judge saw her, proposed marriage and
she accepted, but be died suddenly before
the union took place. His death was little
Interrogation on thu affair by the Police Pre-.
feet, put nothing came OF it. At this time
she made the acquaintance Of Marchandon.
From that hour she ceased to frequent the
places she was previously accustomed to
visit. She preferred the pleasures aud repOse
OF quiet country life. She belonged 10 thst
class called ''popottes y who love a tranquil
life and to be mistress of their own home.
She adored Msrchandon, whom she described
in 2 letter 10 q former lover as "a darling
young fellow with budding mustache
1t was to please the tastes of this beautiful
girl that MaTchandon hired the fashionabis
mansion at C0mpeigne and robbed and muir.
dered TO maintain it. NJ. and Nine. Marchan-
don were most rigorous in the practice of
piety in presence OF their admiring neigh
hoTs. Madame went to mass regularly every
JuBday at Is O'Clock and seemed TO pray with
edifying feIvor. Marchandon if not so pun
ctual in his attendance at church, was a Sc
we're champion of morality. A house of
doubtful repute had been opened within
little distance OF his residence and his sense
of propriety was so shocked that ne formally
petitioned the municipality TO remove il in
words of vehement indignation. He like
wise wrote numerous articles to the local
press in the cause OF morality, aud endeav-
ored to persuade the editors OF their duty 10
opposs al scandal and decry every appear
ance Of immortality. On seeing tbs published
account of The murder IN the Rue de Sezs,
and with the blood Of his victim hardly YET
washed of bis hands. he remarked % gen.
tlemsn who happened TO ba al his houIe:
- terrible crime has been committed IN the
Rue de eeze aud the police are unable TO dis
cover the murderer. Ii he be caught 1 hope
he viii be guillotined, Tor m1rdeTsrs are in
cressiDg at snce a rate OF lsie tina. no honest
nan car go to bed in peace
Inc Crltue WHICH ElafClhIQOl q low III
custody was u murder OF the most brutal
kind. He gained admission. by his peculiar
method. TO the h0use OF MmS. Carnot, q
wioow lady, living IN tina Rue De Ssze. He
rose during he light and secured what
valUebles aud money conld be found, and
entering tbs bedroom where Madame Sss
sleeping, began TansacklDg the draEers. The
old lady swUke 81 the noise aud Merchan-
dor, hiueing hin self On hex, dealt her two
strokes With els jkniie, ssvernig the car
Otid artery. He then hid IN a closet where
he remained until moraing. when he made
his escape He then hurried home to mis-
chateau in Compeine. and settled down qui-
city to the enjoyment of the proceeds OF his
last coup. His arrest wss ingeniously ac-
complished. N. q. Gaiilarde, ignorant of
MarchanGons residence but remembering
that certain fripiere or old-clothes woman
of the localty FURNISHED criminals with dis
guised suits, presented himself before her as
q friend OF Marchandon. and ssid: Mar
chandon was to meet me here yesterday and
l want to know If l can wait here and see
him to. day" "AhI" replied the old lady,
thrown off her guard" he has gone 10 his
home in Compeine.n That was enough.
When Marchandon saw the Chief of Po-
lice enter he turned slightly pale. but did
not make the least resistance. Jeanne was
also arrested, and Msrchandon, although
denying his own guilt, was particularly anx-
ious to impress on the Chief that the girl
was innocent OF any offense. After reach
ing Paris he Nss brought into the room
where the murder had bsen committed. He
was cool and Indifferent, and insisted that
another had struck the fatal blow He att
erward confessed that he himself was the
murderer. An immense throDg had block
AIDED the streets around and would have torn
him to pieces but for the gendarme'. AS he
was driven away, surrounded by the police,
the maddened crowd followed for blocks,
shouting, kill him kill himin
Among the persons whom he had robbed
and who had been summoned to identify
him IN the room OF the murdered woman
was the Princess P.-the police preserve her
incognito-to whom he had applied for
service short time before. So prepossessing
in appearance was he that he was engaged.
The Princess, however, asked for references,
and Marchandon added that he had served
with the Count Bredeville and gave his ad-
dress. On passing out he remarked 70 the
other servants. This is good fnd. Ill be
here tomorrow at : o'clock" The Princess
wrote 10 the Count de Bredeville and re.
ceived IN answer an eQuiYocal lettsr. Her
suspicious aroused. she went TO the address
and questioned the concierge. who replied
that no Count Brsdeville lived there, bat
that young man CONS on the Monday
previous and asked her to keep for him
letter addressed 10 that name. The next
morning the Princess read in the papers Of
the murder of the Rue de Ssze. The truth
hashed on her, and she hurried TO the police
station and told her story. The Chief of Po-
lice took photograph from the drawer, and
the princess exclslmed There be isl"
Whsn confronted by tbs Princess, he admit
| ted that he had forged the letters from the
| alleged Count Bredevile
why did you not return next morning.
| he.was ssked-
"BeCaule talked with the servants going
out, and understood that there was not
much hope for good steaI,'' he answered.
"You lesfned from the concierge at Mme.
CARROTS that you would have a better
chance?'
Exactly: that's why | went there
The Princess almost tainted at her narrow