Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-28
NiMIG. kUHN'S MURDERERs
Three Men Arrested and One of Them
Makes Confession.


lCopyriDhtcd 1859 by James Gordon Bennettl
PARIS, July 81 New York Herald Cable
Special to The BEE.l- The Herald has
recounted In detail how, on the night of
July Is, Mime. Kuhn, concierge of house in
the Rue Bonaparte, was murdered by three
persons whom the police found it impossible
TO lay their hands on Gordon, chief of de-
tectives, on whom the Herald correspondent
called on Friday, sadly acknowledged that
he had not single clue, but was hopeful
Gordon's predictions have been realized,
and the murderers are to-day under lock and
key
The story of how this has been arrived at
is interesting as showing the method of the
department over which Gordon reigns. For
several days the chief detectives had reason
to believe that the Rue Bonaparte murderers
inhabited the Moupornesse quarter and con-
sequently directed their researches in that
district. Detectives Saville and Gny were
instructed to scour all the wneshops where
criminals congregate and number of de-
coys were told off to prevail upon some one
or other connected with the murder to
'peachn
One OF the decoys brought to the chief a
piece of information which at first sight
seemed too strange to be true. This was
that he had obtained from one of the prin-
ciDals of the murder a confidential account
OF how the crime had been
committed and who had been
his accomplices. Although it seemed
likely that that the decoy had been hoaxed
by some practical joker, Gordon decided to
follow up the Information on n chance of its
amounting to something. He detailed In
spectors Gaillarde, Soudaise and Bouerlet
to track the individuals whom the decoy
asserted to be the persons whom the police
wanted. The inspectors quickly ascertained
that two of the presumed murderers were at q
public ball. Policemen in plain clothes were
posted at the doors, and when, about 12
o'clock, the persons wanted made their exit,
they We're collared and conducted to the
station. Hourie Ribox and Albert Ceau-
troux, who has the additional appellation of
the "Sardine," are their names. Though only
tventy-one and eighteen respectively, they
are personages of no mean Importance in the
criminal world, having been condemned for
one crime or another six times.
Meanwhile Inspector Gaillarde and Bouer-
let were keeping watch on the Rue Cam
pagne, where Pillet, another Of the pre-
sumed murderers, resided with his mother,
q widow who earns her bread by selling
milk. Midnight passed, o'clock also, but
still the bird would not fly into the net 1t
was nearly o'clock in the morning ere Pill.
let sought his pillow. When detective
entered the apartment and arrested
Pillet his mother made ges-
ture which caused the inspec-
tors to fancy they We're to be sub.
iected to scene of maternal despair 1t
was, however, from feelings of an entirely
different nature. The good woman was
overioyed to see her son arrested.
"Messieurs, take him; take him away;
never let me see his face again." she cried,
and went on to tell the policemen how her
son was bad man, how he treated her in
the most unnatural manner, beating her
every day. Nine. Pillet's recollections of
her sons treatment were recent enough to
justify her rancour Yesterday, even, she
told the detectives he beat her black and
blue. physiognomist would have been
completely deceived in Pillet, who
is only seventeen years of age,
and whose features are really
so childlike that he looks as il he would not
hurt even a mouse.
When the prisoners were brought together
in the gray dawn at Surete. man named
Behme, nicknamed LA Terrasse de Mont
martre," who is alleged to have been an ac-
cessory before the fact but does not seem to
have assisted in the murder, identified them
All protested that they were as Innocent as
babes UNBORN. Gordon summoned Watch
maker Oulie, and Nine, Vincent, who de-
clared they had seen the murderers, and or
dered the prisoners to be brought before
them. Both Oulie and Nine. Vincent as
serted that the prisoners were not the men
little later IN the day Pillet made full
confession. The others flew into d rage on
hearing this, but persisted in denial.