Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-21

~ hat - nut tlo Ininti lnu efAi' ~
que.tion. Dd Girani u.s tho hngua-e q.
hatred with rcfercnoe 81 his uncie, or dli ..
noti
A. Given after oon.ilerahle hssitationl !
believe he dd Ny s1methlng to tie cffc'.i tha
h. hAiei his uncle. a. ho hal god ryaa1n &
DO
q. Yea are here o. give evlienoc. not T.
conment Attend q tbs quesi.0n. A. What
ho,ir d.i yo'i leave tho Cafe 90 Ia hourosi
A. Ata litis i.'f. 81 tn O'Clock.
q Did G.pri ar'omIany you homei
A go. hs lsft us a. tbs up n the lus
nagphinc. saying that b. meant - Iay
visit
q Al What hour was that
A. Al 10 O'Clock prr.-i-rly, the bells ~ -
suluifs a1unsl,i Tho hour A. We parted
q You - thi. dagger; have yOg socn u
hsforci
A. I canno' say.
q Hnsi Yea oanno, sayi Di you never
- this dagger Ia The hands q Raul
Clrardi
A. IhAve -sn In hi, Pps.,~ion ~capon
wh.ch vas very l.ke o.
q EEacsly l.ke ~
A Ncs
q That dagysr which you saw In G.rarf'
p,slsssl0n la.l a shoaih. can ypu dcsfrit' o.
A. IL vas ,hapsl, rcmemlcr, hso a ol,ss'.
fAn.
%. wnthii tho shoaihi dlore tho witnae
~ shown TO Al aih % tho woaPln l.long.
ing 81 N. dsEt llorcnI
A. II mlzht have locn; u trcaembicsit
q When vas 10 that yoa NV tho das'scr IN
Glnnis posIs-sloni
A. tAfer a Iauaol I think eluut tNoy yeir
az. / ~ Il ono day ly.ng "a l,alu. tale
Iunisr.to..i that 10 Lad lacn giF !. . /.
his uncle g. son Itook u up tocsar..re !.
ami said that IL seemed valuable ell vofi
bring sosnething
q You sas it only that oncsf
A W. vas nj living with Oiruri
tle time. / un.ierstord that D. Was sung ..
sll o.
o But you do no, InOw for a fat thA'h
dd ~
A. N0
q CA ,hs ,abls in your rom, 70. - Rlf
D.suhin,. tl,ers vas fund by The dcic lft
ofiiosr ~. on the nirAt - weinssiay, th
sth. nessfaf..r. so g.. lei that a TaragrsiI
r,iatlnr % tie crms lay upFcrm1st, a 4 .
htils hap q money u was you plaoci To,
thinss thcrsi
A. Nrl
o. wlih What purpo-ci
4. To warn my frisni that D. vas In dan.
gcr
q. Then you susT-.tei hint
Ala - at that tina II wa an a..
rorthv ,,,ri ION. 4 VII IA I "a n.hhmo
Ian nov a. ccrtaln q Ia iunpcencs a. q ma
own.
Gabrielle DumAine, glove cleaner, Rue d.
Ia.N ~. !
ao7l-.I Iuaaul Glrari intimately; TIA, ai.
wa.hi. lefrYths.i. Interrogaied a. % " hctlI'f
,he hal ever hoard Girard soak u D.
uncle, DECLARED that she bad, but very rarry.
Tharht no hal l.en told McLzsncrs name,
bat know nothing about h.m, etcent mat ~
was n n ani m.-criy, and had bahaFci Nefy
bAily b her friend Dii Orari ever ne u
Language q cnmlty In referring to hii unci'
NJ; hs spoke bitterly about tho ullga 10 hld
revived. ami that was AL Bat hs lansi-g
left tho impr,-,ion that ho dlsli@ci h.'u.l'ei
on. Certainly; how could u b. o;Acrw.ae
Meizner hai trcatcl Lin ,hamcially
q. Dad you ever 80 in G4rarIs Poos'ss4o1e
iong daggcr, with curious writing ca th
bla'le. ani an ollly shaTod lhoaihi
A Yea 4 ono saw shch adasscr l,aoul
viitel us ono day In paz.ins, al shovel u
% us. IL hal ben given hi.n, no "a by H.
uncle a week or two bc,ore, ani b. vas hel
On his way 10 sell 10 II b. opuA Cad a puF'
chaser.
q. Wa that long agoi
A. Yes. mors than q year; perhaps t"o
years; cannot fay precisely.
o. Would you rccoGnizo th-s woaPoa an
H. sheaih II they were shown yoai
A. think ~
o l. that the dAggcri csboWn the PoniAr'i
us.i In the MURDER
A. IL Il very Ike it, rcmetnbsr tho cAry'
santhemum flower On the blaie.
o l. that the kheaihi shown The sheath
from NJ De ~ Florcnts oollertioul.
A. Ihslicve IL Il, or one exactly Ike IL
q What was the last oocasion On which
yoa saw the acculedi
A On Monday night, little after Tn h.
tspts.l at the dor u our shop In the Hue d.
rCilsoa, aud went 10 the door and sPoke 10
him.
q How long dii your eonverSaiion lAsi'
A Only few minutes.
q D.d he refer 10 his uncle a. al during
your intervievi
A. on, no; We talked slmo~t exclusively
about the comedy which hao1l hAd Srus b.
tho Oieon.
o. Dd you observe anything peculiar in
Giraris mAnneri
A. No, I dli not; % me- Raoul has always
bccn the zane
q. You do not think your conversation
lasfei more than i've minutesf
A. I am certain Il lasted no longer than
that. Raoul would not come IN, AMI u Vas
showing at the time
Absl Ienormani, journalist, stated that be
hal hesn a colleague q Girards on the stan
q Ie Petit Monde. weekly journal now en-
tinct. Remembered calling On 0lrard IN
company with bis friend Ttzson, and sesing
on his C0irsrd's table dagger q Oriental
wakmanship In sheath made 10 initiate Z
clo~cd fan Had taken up the dagger and
fandled Il, admirinx tho tns ter pr Of u,
steel Ths weapon now shovr him that
found beside the dead body Of Mei~nerl, II
not the one he had ssn IN Cirardspossssion,
Was At all events n. very fac-simile. Could
not any ezactly when he had paid this visil
10 Girsrd, but thought u mud have bscn a
lest . couple of years ago
Auguss Ti<-on, Journalist, confirmed tn
vidrnos Of the last witDcz
flsrrs Rouzsl, srrvxnt % ths houe No. -
Rue Dsuphine, bors witness 20 the fact that
Glrard did not rvturn koms until after two