Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-24

people. Come, come, my good woman
said he, don't interfere with us: You
shall have your husband again.
Far from making way for us, she
chung still more convulsively to the door,
swearing that her husband was innocent;
declaring that if he were taken to prison
she would follow him; sometimes threat
ening us aud overwhelming us with
curses, sometimes pleading with us in the
sweetest tones.
"Then, when she realized that nothing
would prevent us from doing our duty,
she moved away from the door, and.
throwing herself into her husbands
arms: oh my dearest she moaned, Is
It possible you can be accused of a crime,
you-youi Tell these men you are in
nocent.'
"we were all touched but he, more
callous than any of us, had the cruelty
to push his poor wife away, SO brutally
that she fell like lump in a corner of
the shop.
fortunately this was the end.
"The wife had tainted. We took adj
vantage of the opportunity to pack the
husband into the facre we had brought.
"Pack is the right word, for he had be-
come like a lifeless thing; he could no
longer stand and had to be carried. To
forget nothing, must add that his dog,
sort of black pug, actually tried to
jump into the carriage with us, and we
had the greatest difficulty in getting rid
of it.
"On the way, as was right, Goulard
tried to divert our prisoners thoughts
and make him talk. But it was i'm
possible to get word out of his mouth.
Not until we reached the prefecture did
he 10 hso WhoTn hn
was safely and duly installed in one of
the 'close-confinement' cells he threw
himself full length on the bed, repeating,
What have done, oh, God! what have
done9'
CAT that moment Goulard approached
him for the second time. &c. said he,
you confess that you are guiltyP Yes,
yes,' replied Monistrol, and then added,
in a hoarse voice, pray let me alonep
1--WE did so, taking care, however, to
station an attendant at the grating of the
cell, to watch lest the fellow should at
tempt to commit suicide.
"Goulard and Poltin remained there,
and I-came here"
"That report is exact" muttered the
commissary of police; sit couldn't be
more So"
This was also the magistrates opinion,
for he muttered:
"How can there be a doubt of Monis-
trolls guilt after that?"
was COMPOUNDED, yet my convictions
were improbable. even opened my lips
to hazard an objection, when NJ. Mech.
met anticipated me.
"All this is very finer he exclaimed.
"Only, if we admit that Monistrol is tue
assassin, we are also forced to admit that
1,a Ea
and, POUNDS, it's hard"
"Stop" interrupted the commissary OF
police; "since the criminal confesses,
what is the use of troubling ourselves
about n circumstance that will be ex-
planned ?"
But my neighbours remark had once
more aroused the magistrates doubts.
So, without pronouncing any opinion, he
saidi
81 am going to the prefecture; want
to question Monistrol this very evening"
And after having told the commissary
of police to carefully execute all the for
malities required by the law and wait for
the physicians summoned to make post
mortem examination of the body, he went
away, followed by his clerk and the
policeman who had come to tell us Of the
success of the arrest.
III GneSe doctors only don't keep us
waiting too long p grumbled the COM
missary, who was thinking of his dinner.
Neither NJ. Mechinet nor 1 answered.
we remained standing face to face, evi.
IDENTIFY haunted by the same idea.
Perhaps the old man wrote it after
all, :" murmured my neighbor.
with his left hand? Is that possiblei
Without considering that the poor mans
death must have been instantaneous"
"Are you sure of itiH
From the nature of his wound would
take my oath upon it. But some doctors
are coming who will tell you whether
am right or wrong"
NJ. Mechinet tormented his nose in 8
perfect frenzy of excitement.
perhaps there is really some mystery
in it," said he.
Inquiries must be made again. Well
let's make them; and to begin let us ques
ton the concierge"
And running to the staircase, he Leaned
| over the railing, calling:
concierge! Concierge! Come up her.
for few minutes, if you please"