St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-13

To my mind his forgetfulness Of
all details In the appearance and
demeanOr of his customers on this
occasion led me to suspect very
strongly that he knew more than he
would tell, ordered lunch, that l
might have time to reflect, and an OPP
pOrtunity to watch him. 1t was already
evening, but the tbeaters were open.
and custom was dull at the time. AS l
reflected concluded that deliberate
murder would not have been committed
in this way without an accOmplice. The
woman would not enter a public cafe
for the purpose of drugging her victim,
unless she was sure that her identity
would he preserved secret. AT last
concluded that this waiter must he the
accomplice.
"Then, monsieur the chief, acted
upon this theory. that no long time
would elapse before the real murderess
would come to that very cafe to see her
accOmplice. went out, but no further
than the door, and presently returned,
and, telling the waiter that l had All ap.
pointment there, sat down to wait.
Three hours passed, and every woman
who came in received my careful scru-
tiny. None came unattended, until at
last whom should / see but Marie! |
was rejOiced to see her. She was very
pale, complained of feeling ill, and at
once ushered her into a private stall,
one of the kind that closes
by means of a curtain. and sent for
spirits. AS drew the curtains | saw
her glance at the waiter in way that
sent terrible chill to my heart. For a
moment was unable to speak. 1t was
not exactly inquiry, or terror, or recOg-
milton in her glance, but something of
all three, and so brief! Noting my dis
traction, she became all smiles and
vivacity. wholly unlike the sick person
she had seemed at first. This was
strange. When the spirits were pro-
duced l watched the waiter, but not
once did he look toward her. Enraged
at myself for the frightful suspicion
that had crossed my mind, l sought to
quiet the fierce beating of my heart in
every way. / could not succeed. At
last persuaded Marie to eat and when
the supper had been ordered excused
myself saying that l would return
shortly, in time for the first course.
''As | went to the door l took pains
that the waiter should see me, but did
not actually leave the room. stood
where could watch him unObServed.
Instantly was out of sight he went to
the stall where Marie sat, and, pulling
aside the curtain, thrust in his head.
While was yet undecided what to do,
he went in. Then carefully approach
ed. The patrons of the cafe paid no at
tentiOn to me. l stood against the cur
tain and heard Marie say:
"Do you think the detective will call
here again?"
''And then, pardon my agitation,
monsieur the chief, the waiter re-
sponded:
"'No. for to none of them did 1 admit
that Lemaitre was here
Il nearly died that instant. l wish l
had. All. we'll! l thrust aside the cur
tain suddenly and entered. Marie
stifled scream, and the waiter pre-
cipitately withdrew.
"'Marie,' whispered, you murdered
NJ. Lamaitre.'
''She gave one look at me and tainted.
There was scene, of course, and half
hour later was assisting Marie into her
own chamber"
De Beaussant paused.
"Well," asked, ''what came of it?''
t'She: confessed, monsieur the chief.
and vowed it was done for the love of
me, that she might supply me with
means. Oh! what came of it? | left
Paris the next morning without making
a report, and have not been there
SINCE"