The sun., 1893-04-02


| trunk mas played conspicuous pan. although
not SO horriiying one as In other cases. A
singuiarly meiodramatic incident has been
imported into the nnendinE Panama prosecu-
| tions by the discovery OF the box OF the notori-
Gus Afton ana It's delivery into the hands
OF french officials By the Roumanian
Government. The adventures OF this remark
| aoie person. OF this mysterious nnd invisible
Arton. arc more than romantic; they SAVIOR
VI the iantastical and fabulous. and do noe
seem to appertain to our prosaic nm dc
secte flSinG once more before the tracking
detectives sent TO bucharest to seize his per-
| soh ne cohVrlNeu-When nearly uapped-to
| eNade MS captors' but ne was compelled to
aoahuon MS luggage. and portion OF It cons
talned tho evidence required against him aud
! others. Ire parers tound In the carefully
locked and corded box were oil nature to
somewhat compensate Tor the disappoint-
ment caused by ms escape The now his
toric trunk IS aualiied to take place with
many others whose record. IL more tragicai.
hao no greater Importance. Tor IL IS with Arton
| as win tne men VINO. haVlhg excited public
cufios'S Wy sonio ueeu vi uatthk ot auoacity.
are eltnmediateiy surrounded by an atmosphere
OF iesenus ana iaoies.
iropabiy oeiore 'he present instance the
trunk on which the latest interest fastened
was Michel Eyraud s. the accomplice OF the
VIZ efSnSe $50
oouy OF MS victim In an ordinary travelling
poN anu sent IL as such TO Lyons no had noe
invented this simple method OF disposing OF
mutiateo remains LOT over century ago
In feoruary. lrn-a little old man OF peaceful
demeanof. wearing. according to the fashion
OF the day violet coat and knee brooches.
ana carrying respectable gold-headed cana
was seen walking In the neighborhood OF the
Hotel de Vile. In Paris apparently looking up
at the houses IN quest OF some particular sign
or NUMBER. lie stopped at last oefore .
printed advertisement intimating that there
was cellar to let on the premises. He inter
viewed the proprietor. woman. settled the
terms OF the rent. demanded Immediate pos
session ana the iollowing morning. having
previously stated that he required the cellar
to store some Spanish wine. he returned. fol-
lowed by q truck on which stood cask and
big box In n linen wrapper These goods ne
had carried into the cellar. which he locked
and took away the key. Shortly after it was
rumored that certain Dame de La Motto. the
widow OF former employee in the stables OF
the queen. had disappeared When last seen
this lady occupied rooms in tho house OF .
Respectable grocer. to whom she mad Just sold
q property she possessed In the country. This
grocer. called Desrues. was quite unexpected-
ly accused oy one OF MS creditors OF being
the same man who hai hired cellar near
the Hotel de Niile that hetaad dropped intoits
huGe trunk ana never gone near the place
again. These facts were substantiated by the
proprietress OF the cellar and seemed to Justify
the public prosecutor in ordering the prem
ises to be searched me police found the boz
nall hidden In the darkest portion OF tho
cellar. anu on heing forced open IL contained
the unclotheo ooiy OF woman whose mead
mad been wrapped In ollcloth Nine. do La
Motto was Identified by her earrings Desrues
mad poisoned nor IN order to avoid paying the
purchase money. he made full confession
and was racked on the Place de Greve.
In lSoS butcher OF Melun called J-espinois
lured man to whom he owed money Into o
remote. solitary spot. ana. having him iairly
IN MS power. oieu MIN as ne was wont TO bleed
his oxen. and packed him In the sort OF case
IN which ne forwarded goods TO Paris. laoel-
ing IL SAT- N eat Inc othcers OF the octroL
however detected something unusual. and in~
aufries Led to the discovery OF the murderer
VINO was condemned ana hune
1t was IN trunk OF Engish manufacturo
that In lSlI tho body OF wealthy banker OF
Mafseilies was lounu. he hao lett the city ior
journey credited with having ON him large
sum OF money. IN the company OF two foreign.
ers VINO were never heard OF or seen since.
and. IL guilty OF tho murder. they escaped
punishment. E
In 1883 the ausnorities OF Lille were in-
formed that woman named klootz. the wife
OF Iourneyman. was missing. The hehusband's
donicile was searched. During the proceed
ings he remained quietly seated on corded
box smoking pipe. and on being interro-
gated on what could have happened TO his
wife. he repeated slowly and placidly that
surely she could not be very far. He spoke the
truth SO far that she was at the time reposfn9
IN the trunk-a remarkably small one. which
he used as a seat During the trial he was
asked how no had managed to squeeze the
body OF q wel-developed woman into SO small
a compass. and without losing his phleematio
p!acidity. he retorted: Monsieurl 10 President.
there were six inches OF room to spare"
The now common practice OF finding eEten-
uating circumstances for the most atrocious
crimes was just finding favor with Court and
Jury so that klootz was merely sentenced TO
penal servitude for life.
In 1872 large crowd had gathered In the