Wichita eagle., 1888-06-03

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| ulcle'S room at that hour!
| A. was in straits for money, a-ld-there
| the accused hesitaten.
/ @ AID YOU meant to borrow from hint
A. No did net mean that. 1 know that
whas l an about to say must seem almost in
| credible, but it is the fact. Ny uncle owed
me money; l came here 70 ask it hack
@ How did you gain access to the rooIni
A Iente-el by the window Of the cabinet,
haviny climbed up from the court below with
the sld of the trellis-work-
O Why did yen adopt this means Of enter
ing your Uncle's room!
4. Because be had previously refused me
admission, and had ordered the people Of the
house to expei me if | ever showed myself
again.
Q. Well, and what after entering the cab
inetl
A Iopened lhp door, and, looking into this
room, saw
Q. WHAT
4 latter moments hesitation on the part
OF Glravd, who betrayed considerable heSita-
tom I saw tbs corpse of my uncle lying In
pool Of blood il front of his writing table.
Q. What do youdo theng
A. / was horror stricken, and for some sec
onds could not move IA limb; felt as if para
lyzed advanced into the room, which was
lit by ono candle, then almost expiring. Ny
uncle's body lay al in "a heap, as II he had
fallen from his chair on beng struck from
behind. Blood stu oozed from his mouth,
but he was quite dead; of that l assured thy
self. A dagger lay beside tho corpse, With
blood still wet upon it.
Q. Would you recognize the dagger which
you say you found lying beside your uacles
= - ia
A Yes, could identify it with ease.
Q. Is that the daggerl QIere the accused
was shown the p0nisrd found beside the body
Morgue)
\. Yes, that Is the weapon ] saw.
Q. Had you ever seen TINS weapon before9
a. / had seen, il not this weapon, at all
events one 50 closely resembling 1t that IL
would be difficult to distinguish between
them. Ny uncle on che occasion gave me "a
japanese dagger which was an exact coun-
terpart q To one found beside his corpse.
@. when did b. give You this daggeri
4. About two years ago, as nearly as can
remember
Q. What has become % IL nows
a l sold it shortly after it came into my
possession.
Q. Tho DAGGER which You say was given
you By your uncle had a SHEATH; can you de
scribe ii"
a The sheath was made Of green silk and
dark lacGucred wood, and in snapo reseInbled
u closed fan.
Q. 1t was, then, Ike this' (Here tho nc
cused was shown a sheath Of n dagger takcn
from the private collection Of n. De st
Florent, on exact counterpart OF tho weapon
used in the mgrIer OF Meisuerl.
y. Like that, exactly-
q. After finding, Is YOU say, the corpse Of
Ne,ssner lying before the writing table, did
you disturb any Of the articles in the rooml-
did you open any Of the drawers, or remove
anything from tho locll-fa-st places'
A. Assuredly not; after seeing my unclc's
body, had bat one iInpul~.-to escape from
the roora Us quietly a. possible; that IS, as
soon Is | had recovered from the shock of tho
dreadful spectacle
Q. How long do you suppose you were In
the rocmg
A. / should imagine. for several minutes
only.
. And yea left it. howi
A. BY tie ss..le way dat bad entered it
by The window az tho cabinet; / camiere,i
i0wn the trellis- work and then hastenecl from
80 court.
-. You zee this ivory wrist-stud which has
been handed - me By the detective officer ~.
Do you rec s-niza IL a your propertyi
a. Yes, believe IL 70 be my property.
Here the accused Raogl Girard requested
permission u mike a statement, and did 80 Ina
the following terms:
Monsieur the Judge, / shall recount %
you in 4 few words my connection with this
dreadful affair. | have 10 explain that my
late uncle, Joseph Muiszner, never treated me
with kindness. / vas brought ~ az Provias
in the k0use II the brother OF Jossguh, Simeon
Meissner, new dead. He was By tlacs a
clockInaker, and was very poor. came 10
Paris five years ago and very soon had spent
all the money left ms by my father. both my
parents had died while ! YVES yet IA child
After my Dorey was gone ! had 70 earn "A
precaTiOus hviBg by ny pen. Mean hide.
my uncle Simeon Meissuer fen ii, and was
unable 20 work; sent him the
little money 1 could scrape togethar:
then be bais mo 70 % his brother
Joseph, end ask he3p from HIN. Oncs o.
twice received small sums q money from
hirn-very small sums, gwen gr9fgingly;
more often 10 would give r1s some article %
SCI; II was one Of his Iccuiiaritlss that hs
could 10; bring hirnsslf % part with money.
Ons morning found HIN ia a remarkably
difficulties. had gone only few INMATES be-
fore arrived; a1d foreigners, r1ch end Ia
temporary difficulties, wers, be SAID, tie sort
Of clients hs preferred That day be gave
INC "a dagger II EaEtor1 manufacture. saving
thai | might dispsyse If IL, rs hs id I.os xas:
% keep such tElnz about him had tie
dagger ~ ny possaezsioa for several Ea.ks
before ssicossdsd ia selling II, which / dai
q. lat 70 csassr In clrlositias IN tbs Palas
Royal, Tor hnncsed and tWszty fraucs.
Next tine ] visited ny uDcls be ssked no
boz I4sea had 81 foT tic dagger. l tod
liza. and Be vas TsTy angry at tie th0gshs
u having parted WITH ttlinZ n TIA. valas
After tbs fozsad . iInpos@ibis o. ext-acs
ron hin either may Or Taozey's worth
Al tAat ever recs@ved from hssa wen. -
NJ uncle s.useou-I kept lot n cent.sss o
myseif. rather Tan have DOES ~ 1 would
have sea-va4. Whsn Etzzeo1 Eessz-er d4s1 7
TGs a. tie ve-y botg,rl II my rSIrse I
visited % 20 % frovias % harry ksra- I
ssksd r1T u-.cis Jossph for assistance. Re
Refused . g5ve RS e-y-htng al The r;aorsss..
bu: bale RE % % FrOvins 20 80 % IL
faner-i I-lEs-4ssny % refund me vha.sv-r
might sx5xs4 ! borrowed money wkerever
c01id, I'D wez;. ca say rs,szra Jos~yh
MeIsDer rstasad - give a single sol, s1d
when resa-ra1sd hin q his promise as-4s4
Tia. Is bad ever made f. lie Ez~slted Us
uast c-uel.y. dselzT1az tsat I kaa h<sa
living IA idleness "a rs kar5-=a-uef szsEz.
and draining ksza - his Esoney Under fslss
pre.s1csz. I aa-z-slly rst1sgts-i; Es ie- i2so
9 p3ss4oo. or fs.gsd % - -, ard ssia 10
ns-er rTo@s b. - "a E-ala- - I sszs
down s-s-Es b. s--eans-i ils1lss sztsT sas.
calling nss 'b2z<zr,' 'gooss-.a- -EsosE-sas' All
o.he- nazzes q that Kid, naally r. sszLs4is4