The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01


she was TO get the oysters was locked. and
Justine went down the Rue Grande 10
I procure them elsewhere, II possible She
had been absent three-quarters Of an hour.
I To her surprise, Justine found the houss
I locked She thought the wind had bIovvr
the door shut, and she tried the knob
They must have retired, = thought Jus
tine, indignant that they had locked he,
out
In her anxiety she related her troubles
to several pasSersby. The police we've
sent for, and the dOor was forced. The
hall was dark. One q the sendarmss
stumbled over an object. lie STOPPED
down, and his hand touched something
wet y light was procured. and a horri-
bic scene Was revealed Poor Norris Law
IN the hall with his throat cut The whole
floor was covered with blood. In the little
room lay his wife, with horrible wol.nd
across her throat. The assassin had not
even spared the infant in the cradle The
poor h'tie Creature bad met the same fate
aS hiS parents The house was sacked
light days after the crime several men
were passing along the Rue GrCllarti.
suddenly a man clad in nothing but his
shirt Appeared On roof carving a child
z.
der \ rush was made for the door. bu,
II was found 10 he locked from within. i
few crashing blows suihccd to break il.
and "a man ran up stains In the fore hail.
AT the head Of the stairs. a man was found
with his throat cut He was dead In the
chamber a woman was found dangling out
Of bad with a similar wound. and in the
kitchen lay the servant Sirl. disposed OF IA
L a - Al. -aa.
WORK % the same person that had commit
Sed the crime IN the Rue des Armcs
The Young man W 10 had been seen on
the roof gave thi> testimony:
My name Is Pierre Dulac / am a
watchmakcr. Fer two years have been
employed IN the house ~ the murdered
Nanton, whose family consisted OF his
wife, u child and a servant sirl. 7 slept
IN an attic chamber. Next 70 me slept
the servant girl who usually had The child
with her. IL was about = o'clock In the
morning when 1 Swoke feeling ycrytbirs
". Ny water pitcher was empty. and !
started 10 eet a fresh supply, bat before
bad time 10 descend the first flight ~
stairs l saw a man sueaking Up the lower
flight.
Being very nervous, the murder IN the
Rue dies Armes had 50 stunned my facul-
ties that when 1 saw the man. was posi-
lively unable 10 move hand or foot The
stranger had nearly reached the dooy
which led 70 VI Nanton room when the
door Of the same suddenly opened. and my
employer stepped out The murderer
hurled himself upon him and pressed his
hand upon has mouth toprevcnt ortcTy. l
noticed thar the villain had only thrcc I'm
gers on his left hand | ran up stairs
again and entered the girls chamber
Marie was not there, but the child Was
fast asleep. took 10 IN my arms and RAD
up On the roof
In the fauhourg Of Dicppc, in a rather
obscure house, all alone with servant
girl, resided a widow named Bcaumau-
rice. She was the widow Of an army OH
Ger and distinguished for great firnHCss Of
character. The excitement throughout
the city had not been able to disturb her
ccmposure, despite the fact that she was
comparatively unprotected
ON the aUth Of April, az about 10
O'Clock. Nine. BcaumaGriCc. who had all
day suffered from painful headache. en-
tered her bOudoir. She was very tir.d and
sat down In "A large easy chair o. r,st her
self Opposite Der stood her dressing case.
whose curtains extended down % tuc floor
Back Of h,r upon a small table stood the
lamp. The lady bad begun To disrube hc~-
self when she noticed something that
made her heart stop beating ON the hoor
Sire deserted the shadow Of a man hand
The hand had bat three fingers
The murderer Was concealed within her
dresser. After q short elaboration she
approached tie door and called the -ery-
ant.
Marie, " said she, do you know where
NJ. Bernard hyos''
Very well. my lady
Il forgot that ! shall have to paw 500
francs tomorrow morning lou must 20
Immediately and gct the money To in
sure your getting the bank notes from NJ
Bernard l VIII write you a note '
DEAR BTRSaHD-TEc murderer ~ tho Rus
ics ARM ard the Rue Orchard 81 .u nay
house Bran. thc s,uGarHr- and take him
HELE~ EERJNAUguss
She handed the servant the note and
sent her away. She then sat down and
waited. Yes, fun hour the lady sat n
hcr room. within whose dressing case tho
murderer was concealed The shadow u
he hand, apparent now and then. was
he only evidence o. the presence ~ the
murderer When finally the gcndsrrno.
,rriyed, Jacques RcyBaJ IL aas taken prls-
.ner. --Excbauge.