The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-10
n CRIME.


TRANSLATED from the fresHih al lrr,nina, 10y ".
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have succeedes!-mortovcr, il WAS very
easy To succeed.
My object was this: To commit u crime.
IA profit ny IL, and tai remain unpublished.
u clear and concise programme which I
How: Well, 1 am going to tell You, for
! believe, with all due motiesty. that I have
displayed some ingenuity.
I. The crime; beIol il. I was young
and ! was married. the husband of "a beali-
siful hut purx. girl, and only "a simple en-
ploye, an "a salary Of 2,aUO francs "a year.
Not an exalted position, bat one with
which I was reasonably content, for I had
always possessed modest tastes. My wife
was an orphan. with one sister. Marie
and Blanche. both pretty girls and names.
! had married Marie. and Blanche lived
with us. Every thing went we'll will ms
first u son, then "a daughter, and then
they raised my salary tn 3,OBOf. IA year. I
had nothing to complain of. And then, ~
notary wrote to mC. I was greatly aston
isled, for ] had had but little to dn with
these honorable ministerial officers. My
surprise increased when this worthy la
bellion appraised. me that n certain Cal
ister~in-law's father. had died and lett
them heirs to ~ miiiion. That is tai SAY,
aD.GOf 70 each. items! I" my wife a
The succession was promptly regulated
and ! WAS in receipt of 25,UUU iIvres of il-
come. ! sent in my resignation AIS prompt
~. and organized anew my life. Five
hundred thousand francs was "a Hoodly
stIn and my wIfc's sister had it's counter
part. IL put the house ON excellent foot
ing. with servants, horses, carriages, etc.
Always fond of ART, l purchased some, pic
lures of good style, and had myself cloth
ed for the fist time Try a. tailor of cnown.
Decidedly my style was AS good as my
pictures style, and with my weil-slIaINd
feet, small hands and fine. hair, 1 was
what IN generally termed 10 handsome
man.. Only ss tisc time wOrc ON 1 began
To feel profoundly vcxed that my wires
sister had taken the full half million left.
j should have experienced 10 very real
satisfaction in possessing the entir, sum.
j had expense, a. wife and two childrpn.
since "coiffed Saint Catherine" had no
one hut herself to think of.
olt was then the idea. occurred tn me-to
kiii her! MY wiIe was her only heir. and il
she Blanche, were out of tls. way, the mil
lion would remain intact. and 1 ''could
MAKE goon us.. OF IT.. ms was what
the two sisters. My CRIME, then. ar rather
my contemplated crime, as yet, was the
sl,rewd and Intelligent, ] applied myself
at once tai finding a. way to commit this
crime without danger
To this end j sought and tudie all the.
accounts of causes ceieDres mat 1 could
lay my hands ON, and very speedily ac-
quired the conviction that assassins i'll
variable betrayed themselves by the very
care they took tn dissiInuiate their crinli-
nal intentions. SO much learned Was so
nllllGn Ral1eNI.
Then l took to reading scientific treat
ises bearing upon mental Bois-
mont's "Mannal of Haliucinations,'
Morel's fla Folic'' and Mauslsl.r's III Crime
ct folie." Ii was in the latter work that 1
found tho outline of "a plan we'll fitted for
the present conjunction. Ii is ~onderfu
ina purpose; now, see You how 1 went
about Il: A simple visit To the house of u
certain speciaiist-Dr. Laaussedat. we will
call hiIn-and the most eminent siieniste
Of modern times.
~ have come. 4 said tn him. ~ have come
d"rsor' to MAKE y"" = terrible rin. Tonfessio,,:
wife and children, and 1 have no cause
for hate OF anger against "a soul that lives;
nevertiieicss, AT times 4 ann i'm ~ frightfui
situation."
In speaking thus / affected "a dull. un-
even tone, wilcIicsi my eyes and permitted
caily. i had not devoted myself, you sec,
tai medical lore without coIiqus.rinH all the
symptoms. The doctor regarded me AT
.1,ontiuue.' he said to me.
bowed my head ~sorrowfully and re-
"Yes. "a frightful situation n sudden de-
sire that s&.izssl upon me, when alone i'm the
bo.om of my family To Kill something.
A fearful combat goes On within inc, and
] feel-ycs. absolutely feel tiny hand i'm
vincibly draws toward the knit On the table
Who do ] wish tai kill" My wife, my
children, my sister-in law ? l do not know.
In that hidcous nightmare i seem To have
hbo wa sAti thit III tiD Io
how long fearing every instant tllat they
will read i'm my eyes tln. horrible secret
that to~runents me. The first time or times
physical movement. physical Impressions,
were sufficient to dissipate the i,ossessiol.
A dash .af cold water upon the brow
brought back my calmnesA the spsctcr
Disappeared and ! returned To my fanny
at ease again.
"Now however, the trouble IL becoming
more frequent, and feel IL, 1 know it
he Resistance of my will and reason
weakens with every attack. ibegin 20 In,
afraid that ] shall throw myself upon those
love and do them "a fatal harm. My rom
fession &. made, doctor. 1 fear myself.
Gan you save nse :!
81. Lausse<iat had listened with the deep
est r ttention, and now questioned me
cio~ely: "What symptoms. IL amy. prsr.s-
sieti these crisis ?' &c.
had studied them well: ! had them
al mt my tongues end. and ran them all
OH with thu glibness of a scholar not tn be
tripps.d i'm his lesson: "A weigh ia the
lsesd-at least Il seemed so-as IL the
brain were too heavy and rolled i'm its boi y
hox Of late "a construction of the breast.
pressure upon the sides. and-cer'"in a"-
~Gislents-"