Wichita eagle., 1888-06-03
CHAPTER ".

| CHATTER Nv.
| was strolliny down the Boulevard s..
| Michael. after attending the lecture on RO-
| man law. when met by chance ThoGvenot. a
! friend of mine and "A law student ike myself.
| Thouvenot proposed game of billiards; and,
/ feeling the need Of distraction after my late
effort of industry, agreed.
( We went to the Cafe dc Ia Cigarette, where
! the Young ladies who serve you a-eall dressed
/ alike in red. and where everything Is very
gorgeous We played several games at bib
| haris and had several glasses of beer, spend
/ ing the afternoon thus very agreeahiy. Then
| Thouvenot said all at once:
my dear fellow, | have a proposal 70
make
| .What is THAR
THAT we go for walk; that we visit the
Morgue"
And why the Morgue, Of all piacesF'
! ssWhyl because all the world Is running
| there to-day, and We may as well run too.
/ Have YOU not rcad in the journals this morn
| ing of the murder of Joseph MeiSsns~s7
"Ah. have been told OF the murder Of this
man. Did you know hiinF
"To my cost; he was the ciosSt-fiSted Jew
in the Quarter"
''Inpossible Think Of my friend Low
| Jacob"
.'He was infinitely worse than even your
friend Jacob Some poor devil has murSiared
him out OF revenge, fancy. But YOU reslly
must hear the details OF the affair; they arc
curious. assure you. 1t is the most prornis
ing mystery since the affair of Menilmontant
! Euphraiss. my angelic one of the youns
| ladies in red-''be good enough 10 bring me
| The Figaro. Ah, here is the paragraph.
| Listenr'
The paragraph which Thouvenot read mo
! from The Figaro was follows;
MURDER IN THE PASSAGE De MAzARIN.-
| Last evening the inhabitants Of the Quarter
des Ecoles were thrown into excitement by
| the intelligence that q frightful and IuySteri-
! ous crime had been committed III their midst.
Mons. Joseph Meisner, of Jewish nationality,
| and by profession a money-lendeT, had been
found murdered in his room, No. IL Passage
| dc Manrin. The facts, so far rs yet known.
are these: About quarter-past seven last
evening a man out of breath and IN n state
| of extreme agitation presented himself at
the bureau OF police, Rue dies SAINTS ltrcs,
declaring that a murder had been committed.
| Iuterrogated as 10 his name and avoation,
declared that he was called Jean M9utou. and
! that no was janitor OF the house No. rs
Passage do Mazarin, between the Rue ~.
| Andre and the Rue do Bicha. Declared
further that one of the tenants of the house was
| Monsieur Joseph MeisSnar, a jewish money
lender, who had rom and cnbiuet on tho
| second floor. That Joseph Melsnsr was "A
man of eccentric habits, and, aul2ag other
singular instructions. hsd l,ivcn hiia, Mottoli.
this--that if on any day he failed b. appear &C
o O'Clock, the hour at which he invariably
went out To dine his room sh01li be forcibiy
entered without loss Of time On tais even
ing-the eycu,ng OF Tuesday-1 O'Clock bad
sounded from the church of 81. Augtrstira,
and Meissner hai not apparel Such thing
had never happen~i before, the oid money
lender being always Remarkably uunctual.
The ianitor became uneasy, remembering
the instructions that had been given hitfi.
He waited till the bells of s.. Aagustin toled
the quarter, then went unrS'air1 and isioped AZ
the door OF the room. Not a sound was o. b.
beard. He sought 10 peer ihrough the keT-
hole, but the Interior Of the room wtls quito
dark. and he could SEQ nothing. lie oanne
| downstairs agoin: went up a secnDd tirnn,
| the same deal stiffness Ills uneasiIa'as grow
to alarm; nevertheless, he waited az struck
| from the church tower, then went 10 AK
| tse advice of mis- friend and n'ightor, tbs
sieur Francois Hasioul. ptiOiirsn. BGstoul.
n
| him to do as tho old mar Lad bidisE hifu, ai.d
offered 10 help him in breaking op "a tho DOR.
Having provided themselves vita crovtar.
they went up % Ns4ssuer's room; lstened,
called. knocked. shook the door; no an
gwer. They then forcei the door Wsn
with their crossbar. The s3ght that in'l fi''ir
ewes filled them with hDrror. Tho o9rJse =
Joseph Meissrer lay before them IN tts
floor, in the middle Of great rvi s'sin thai
7, covered the planking The body iay uron
H. face buddIed togethet ~ II u bad thiirts
from the chair thai stOod IA front q -
writing table. The fBrnit'irs u tte ro@Ia
had been thrown into confusion. and taf cab
tnets and l0ck .,ast places t,Dre tbs apisarr--fs
Of having been forcibiy Opsussl end rnllsaefi.
A. frst tho jnnitor ard his cu1nptri a
were too much hgrrifed D. d. IT tank u.
ANYTHING: but at lefs-th Bsstpul rrcYosd
that they should inxtaEliy CLOS tie DOR,
without toachins, tbe boy wacre y IA 4
that. whae be hitrlz8 keDt wstch s3e.
Morton shouki run full slesi - f@te1 t'.a
police This be 6i3. ard F.feflI- -a,lfl-..t
I>Sirti. having tskerl down tss s-aTT, ~ oilcs
accompanied hiu . TIE soefa q tsso crime
Fvervthing was found t3ere ss Motion sEsi
described Il. Ss ane i,Ifo-lses that 80
polics have discovered. b,s.sf.e tbs c5rFse =
Joseph Messsner. n da.-@er q foreign Elsua-
facture. used bcvDod cos.bt 10 tiis coEaflil1..I
os TIE crinle. also on ivory yT5sz stsd. uitl
~, initial on q. ia oil yr~ssabi-.y dTorper tY
th. assasstn- II IA tsos.ght t1ss tise-a sr;ie.as
cz-unut fan 10 give c.eU D. iAs d .ssotf1F =
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6outoa, has ben plaCed gTzs.sr sirss1 Z .zss.e-
@weB. Hzr.al. saat D. sou tains q illai
essf TiaoaYessot. a. be iai1 dorm 'ie fafsr
and relir as csgar. s. = a. Eos = sist - ca.l-
fay II q promising ulyste-yf
Certainly Tbs ~sB HuiisT ihe krs
Jerusalem, / sbosAd tsink- The Po-zos nass
tdasr c.aarac.e. - regain
s'Pree4sly -hai = sd hers n Iao Fizs-,A
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sud sc " AH; 10 % l-s s-za
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sseht,s<. With u Is beng sa5su - -
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lnury3er~f r1aa ~ iiisszr1ts hss ETar1os All
sooentriesfy
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stretching elory tSs Peas g , lsyrsss venus.
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