The Springdale news., 1889-10-11
A SUCCESSFUL CRIME.
How It Was Deliberately Planned
 and Executed.

I have ucceeded-moreoyer, 1t was very easy to succeed.
 Ny object was this: To commit crime. to profit by it. and to remain un- punished. clear and concise pro- gramme which 1 have carried out in every particular.
 How? Well. am going to tell you, for believe with all due modesty, that l have displayed some ingenuity.
 The crime; behold it. was young and l was married, the husband Of beautiful girl, and only a simple em- ploye, on salary of ,, 200 francs year. Not an exalted position. but one with which l was reasonably con tent. for had always possessed modest tastes Ny wife was an orphan, with one sister Marie and Blanche, both pretty girls and pretty names. had married Marie, and Blanche lived with us. Every thing went well with Us first a son. then daughter and then they raised my salary to }, ,090f year. l had nothing to complain of. And then, notary wrote to me- was greatly assonished. for had had but little to do with these honorable minis terial officers. Ny surprise increased when this worthy Tabellion apprised me that q certain Calcutta merchant, brother to my wife and sistcr-in-Iaw' father, had died and left them heirs to a million. That is to say, 800 o00f to each Tiens' to my wife whole half million.
 The succession was promptly regu- lated, and l was in receipt of 25,000 livres of income l sent in my re5igna- tion as promptly, and organized anew my life. Five hundred thousand francs was a goodly sum. and my wife's sister had its counterpart It put the house on an excellent footing, with servants. horses and carriages. Always fond of art, 1 purchased some pictures of good style, and had myself clothed for the first time by tailor of renown.
 Decidedly my style was as good as my pictures style. and with my we'll shaped feet, small hands and fine hair
 
 some man. Only as time wore on be- gan to feel profoundly vcXed that my wife sister had taken the full half of the million left 1 should have ex- perienced very real satisfaction in possessing the entire sum. had ex- penses, wife and two children, and this old maid, for Blanche had long since "coiTed Saint Catherine" had no one but herself to think of.
 It was then the idea came to me-to kill her. My wife was her only heir, and fl she. Blanche, were out of the way, the million would remain intact, and l ''could make good use of t. This was what l told myself one night while talking to the two sisters My crime, then. or rather my contemplated crime, as yet. was the assassination of Blanche and, as l Was shrewd and intelligent applied myself at once to finding way to commit this crime without danger.
 To this end l sought and studied all the accounts of causes celebres that 1 could lay my hands on, and very speed fly acquired the conviction that assas- sins invariably betrayed themselves by the very care they took to dissimulate their criminal intentions So much learned was so much gained.
 Then l took to reading scientific treatises bearing upon mental subjects -Boismont's Manual of Hallucina- tions. Morels La Folie" and Mauds- ley's Crime ct Folie It was in the latter work that l found the outline of a plan well fitted for the present con- junction. It is wonderfully easy to be criminal in deed when criminal in pur- pose; now. sec you how l went about it: A simple visit to the houso Of a certain specialist-Dr. Laussedat. We will call him-and the most eminent alieniste of modern times.
 II have come.a l said to him. 'I have come, doctor, to make you a ter rible confession. 1 am a happy man. l am rich. 1 adore my wife and chil- dren. and l have no cause for hate or anger against a soul that lives; never .heless. at times am in frightful sit nation.
 In speaking thus l affected dull,