Wichita eagle., 1888-06-03

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"I remember he called his uncIe q ca.r.n
A. Raoul was excited; attached no sig
nifcance to what he said
Q. That is not the point; you evade my
question. Did Girard use the language of
hatred with reference to his uncle, or did he
not!
4. Given after considerable hesitation ]
believe he did say something to the effect that
he hated his uncle, as he had good reason to
do.
Q. You are here to give evidence, not to
comment. Attend 10 this question: At what
hour did you leave the Cafe de Ia Source!
A At little before ten O'Clock.
@. Did Girard accompany you home!
j. No, he lcet me az the top of the Rue
Dauphine, saying that he meant to pay a
visit.
Q. At what hour was that?
4. At 10 o'clock precisely; the bells of St.
Suipice sounded the hour as we parted.
Q. You sea this dagger; have you seen it
before.
A. | cannot say.
Q. How! You cannot say? Did you never
see this dagger in the hands of Raoul
Girard?
A. [ have seen in his possession weapon
which was very like It.
Q. Exactly like it!
\. Yes
@. That dagger which you saw in Girard's
possession Lad a sheath; can you describe it!
4. 1t was shaped, remember, like closed
fan.
Q. Was this the sheath? QIere the witness
was shown the sheath of the weapon belong
ing 10 NJ. de St. Florent)
y. 1t might have been; it resembles it.
Q. When was it that you saw the dagger in
Girard's possession!
i. (After a pause.) I think about two years
ago. L saw it one day lying on Raoul's table;
understood that it had been given him by
his uncle to sell. ] took it up TO examine it,
and said that it seemed valuable and would
bring something.
@. You saw it only that once'
A. Yes; was not living with Girard at
the time; understood that he was going to
sell it.
@. But you do not know for fact that he
did so.
a. No.
@ On the table in your room, No. 2s Rue
Dauphine, there was found by the detective
officer Ply, en- the night of Wednesday, the
Goth, newspaper, 50 folded that paragraph
relating to the crime lay uppermost, and
little heap Of money; it was you placed those
things there!
A. Yes.
Q. With what purpose?
a. To warn my friend that be vas il dan
ger.
.. Then you suspected him?
A. | Cd so ct that time. Il was an un-
worthy suspicion, of which I am ashamed
I an now as certain of his innocence as of my
own.
Gabrielle Dumaine, glove cleaner, Rue de
rOdeon, gave evidence: That she knew the
accused Raoul Cirard intimately: that she
was his betrothed. InCerr1galed as to whether
she had ever heard Girard speak of his
uncle, declared that she had, but very rarely.
Thought she had been told Meissuer's name,
but knew nothing about him, except that he
was rich and niserly, and had behaved very
badly to her friend. Did Girard ever use the
language of enmity in referring to his uncle?
No; he spoke bitterly about the usage he had
received, and that was ali. But his language
left the impression that he diSliked his uncle.
Oh, certainly; how could it be otherwise!
AieiSSner had treated him shamefully.
q. Did you ever see in Girard's possession
long dagger, with curious writing on the I
blade, and an oddly-shaped sheathl
A. Yes, l once saw such a dagger: Raoul /
visited us one day in passing, and showed it
to us; it had been given him, he said, by his /
lncle week or two before, and be was then |
n his way to sell it if he could find pur-
,haser,
Q. Was that long ago9
A. Yes; more than q year; perhaps two |
7ears; l cannot say precisely.
q. Would you recognize this weapon and |
Is sheath if they were shown yous
A. think so.
Q. Is that the daggerl Shown the poniard
lsed in the nlurder).
A. 1t is very like it: l remember the chry-
anthemum flower on the blade.
.. Is that the sheathl Shown the sheath
rom NJ de st. Florent's collection.
A l believe il is, or one exactly ike it
O. What was the last occasion on which
ou saw the accused:
a On Monday night, little after ten, he
apped at the door Of our shop in the Rue de
Odeon, and went to the door and spoke to
i'm.
Q. How lorg d,i your conversation last:
a. Only a few minutes.
Q. Did he refer to his uncle at all during
our interview?
a. Oh, no; we talked almost exclusively
bout the comedy which Eaoul had sent to
be Odeon
Q. Did YOU observe anything peculiar in
iirard's manner.
A No, did not; to me Raoul has always
cen tie same.
@ Nou do not think your conversation
.Sced more than five minutes!
~ am certain it lasted no longer than
,at. Raoul would not come in, and it was
lowiEg at the time
Abel LenormaId, journalist. stated that be
adj been colleague of Girard's on the staff
lie Petit Monde, a weekly journal now ex-
net. Remembered calling on Girard in
0mpany with his friend Tisson. and seeing
n his tGirard'S) table dagger Of Oriental ..
in sheath made TO initiate a | ,,
oSed fan. Had taken up the dagger and !
andled il, adniring tie fine temper of the
eel. The weapon now shown him that
'und beside the dead body Of Meissner), if :
ot the one he had seen in Girsrd's Possession,
IS at al events Us very facsimile. Could