Wichita eagle., 1888-06-03

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'But against this conjecture there is ths
medical and police testimony Is 70 TIE position
IN which the corpse wzs found. All the VT
neSses concur In stating that b wss found
lying between his chair and tie writing
table. as II he had been struck suddenly and
silently from 5ohSaG. Had the blow bssr
preceded by an altcrcation, that would CIR.
tairly have been heard By the copyisc Pernst,
whose room Is divided from Essssn61's bv a
| thin partition Had there been a hot dssouszs,
! face 20 face, between uncle and nepl.ew, the
blow would alnios. certainly have beea struck
IN front, and not planted under the shoulder
! blade.
There being difficulty in the way Of both
Of these ccnjsctureS, the judge of instruction
adopted q third. lie supposed that Girard
| had armed himself with q dagger merely 10
| frighten the old man, and that he had hcek
| led TO murder him IN a moment Of horsicidal
n,ania-changing his purpose before a word
had passed This conjecture IS oile way out
OF the difsculty-r
! Ingenious, but unsatisfactory observed
NJ Blery.
Il a,n CHARMED 20 find tha; Monsieur agrees
with me. Now, rs 10 the question II time"
All. as 70 the question Of timer said NJ.
Blery, relighting his cigar.
! <As 10 Slht, tIV!G t-4rce WITNESSES OF
chief nnportance-SOphie Moutoa, daughter
| Of the jsnitor; the police sergeant Garuicr,
( and PerneS the copyiSt. None of those Wit
4 neSSes were able TO make a dsfinite st2taIncnt
/ Pernet was so positive in his uncertainty ihat
/ hisevidence may besesasias. on the night IF
| he murder GiEard parted company from me.
Is you vii remember, at 10 o'clock preCiSel;;
/ going by the Rae de I'Odeun, he can scarcely
aave reached the Passage 6e Mazarin before
twenty minutes past ten. Sophie Aouton. n
little before or q Ettle after tea'-I quote her
words exactly-sees tho figure Of man. nos
oneof the tenants peSs her door going towards
the court Il this was a little before ten, the
man canact have been Girard; and IA little
altar ten is probably not 81 much as twenty
( minutes The policc sergeant Garnscr began
by stating his belief that II was hall-p ten
when the man Tg.shed past kin in tina Rus ds
Biche. Girard Llinself asserted ia hts evidences
that 1t was half-psSt ten oNriock when be
came to the Passage; he has since explained
this 10 NJ. SapinaHd, his counsel, by tie s.asc-
ment that he did not fellow tbo NEST direct
way from the Rue dc iOsiecn 30 tho Passage.
But putting aside Girard's statement, and
taxing simply tho evidence OF Sophie Moutcp
and of GARNER, apart from tie judges in
splration, / reach this concluSOrl-that the
man whom the police sergeant saw rush by
him in the Rue do Biche and the man y hon
the janitor'S daughter saw Fastening through
the passage were not enc and the sane per.
son. The former teas RdOut GtrGrd. tAa
latter tcGs the assassin"
''Ah, another pointi And now shall tell
Monsieur how he goes onf He las shown that
Girard did not premeditate the crinle; he
goes 20 show that the real assassin did
that he had his plan Of operations. IL not
sof'
That is certainly how go on / answered.
admiring the readiness with which tho de-
tcctive took up my train Of reasonng.
YES continued Blery, that Is the next
step, undoubtedly He was now walking
up and down ths room he spoke, eTupha-
sizing his words by hourishes Il his cigar,
which had gone out. "Girard entered Mels--
ner's room by the window; the assassin did
not. No man with plan Of operations sonld
attempt such thing; be would calculate bis
chances, and find them twenty TO ono against
his doing il unobservej. Your friend is q
man Of unusual agility. is be notf'
YES, be Is a trained gymnast -
"Ah but was the assassin IA trained gym
nastl The balance Of probabilities Is against
it. No; hs did not enter by the window.
How, then, did he entsri You say, naturally,
by the door. 1 say Yes, but howl The door
Of Meissner-s room is found locked, the kssy
hanging within; the janitor has declared in
evidence that there is no duplicate key 10 any
room in the house. You tell me that the
assassin must have procured second key T.
fit the lock of Meissner's door. 1 say, good;
but again, howi Yoa tell mc-but no, for
get; Monsieur cannot know this; he has not
seen the key OF Meissners door
''No; you were beforehand with inc there
''Well, here Is the key M. Blcry lad u
before me on the Table Our aSslssin has bis
plan of operations; that Is agreed. What,
then, does he dot His natural course is 10
obtain temporary Possession Of Meissncr'z KEY,
in order TO have a duplicate made from II.
Now, observe the key. It IL Of gimplc con-
struction; an expert hcksu4ith could fashion
Dne like t in half an hour. This key Of Meiss-
ner's was always IN ore Of two plaoes-eitter
It hung On its nail IN h.s room, when be was
at home; or on the rack ia the jauitor's roo,l,
when he was abroad. Wesuppo-e cur assassin
to have watched Neissner's movements care
fully, TO bs thoroughly acquainted With his
hGbtfS He knows that every evening with
out fail the ORD rsaoney lender goes cut at e1x
O'Clock, and returns at nine. Good; be viii
eek 10 gain possession 81 the key between
these hours Now, Monsieur, you have talked
with houton the janitor and With his daagh-
ter Sophie Yon have made notes of y0sgr
conversation with these persons; ! have tnaGe
nons--I never do. l carry them All heTe'-
81 Blery tapped h'z brow-'but shogld -
glad 20 listen 10 yours. You f0uad tle enid
Sophie Nouton intelligent. did you hotF7
Certainly. She appears % have boon sornc-
what agi;ated during ber examination BY tho
judge, but shs answered my uuestiosis most
clearly
''As she did mine. Ard now. Monsieur,
for the notes Of your convergatiOn'
Every good; here they are: Sophie A0u-
ton states that about two months sgo--th
exact date she cannot remember man
came To No. IS Passage dc AazLrin desiring
10 See Joseph Heissner. IL was after SIX
O'Clock: Metzsuer had gone cut a. usual So
phie Mouton, who cbanced 20 te alone Ia ths
janitor's room, said 80 10 Hsi=snsr's vsEitor.
The stranger. Sophie Mouton says, WA
evidently a foreigner, both from hiz appeaT-
snce and accent. he was Of medium height
and slim fggre'--"
''Of medium beighs - sisn n-ure-sh&t
Is II" said " Blery.
Had q dark complexion. s.rrigh; black
hair, and very dsrk, suflken sys=- She eo1id
not guess % what nation he b~iouSDd; ~ id
not look like either an Itsiinn or c tipaaia-d;
seemed more foreign than ttsa;--sus-h naz thss
phrase. lie mus. have oo1ss from warm
"A warm oliEnsts77 rurrs1rsd ". BleTy.
'Froossd, Monsieur, proceed r.
- BecsEse he EhsTersd Constantly, arf
complained bseeriy IN his hroken Fr@Bch z
tbs cold He was in evening dsszs. AID Tars
. fur cloak hung loosesy over bis sls7'iIisrs.
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