The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-06
DIR. BACARAC'S CRIME.
A Very Strange Story of Love and
Science.

himself down in his seat till he rested
on the small of his back, and propping
his knee against the back of the seat
In front OF him. 1T was only by acci-
dent that embraced my present trade.
That is to say" he added, rubbing off
the ashes of his cigar on the window
sill of the car window, and replacing
the cigar in the corner Of his mouth,
''if there are any accidents"
He was about thirty-five years of age,
and looked like poet. He wore q soft
felt hat and flowing neckscarf, his
hair was wavy, and his face oval and
sallow, with fine-cut features. His
forehead was high. with bulg ing brows
For a year past, on entering the smols-
ing car Of the s:l5 train at my suburban
station, I had found him sitting in the
same seat, and lad gradually fallen
into the habit OF taking my seat beside
him. Thus sort of acquaintanceship
had i,nperceptibly grown up between
US, but our conversation had never till
now shown any symptoms of becoming
personal.
You are fatalist, thcn?" rejoined.
I'm detective" was his reply.
''hh, indeed?" said T. much more as
tonished than l saw At to show. He
WAS not like other detectives that /
kuew.
You are writer think" he went
On. Not that see any nk-stains on
your tingers-1 judge you use the type
writer; but have observed that a cer
tain kind of stories interest you those
Involving peculiarities of human ma
ture especially--and there are other in
tlieations One of the queerest incl
dents in my experience was the one
which led me to adopt my present pro-
fession; and, since you have finished
your newspaper, I'll tell it to you, il
you would care to hear it.
SIT was this way: Out in the town
where lived few years ago, there
was young married man and his wife
by the name of-well, say Talbot. He
was Il junior partner in a wholesale
business, and she was a very pretty
woman, but of delicate constitution.
They kept themselves to themselves
not exclusive at all, you understand
but just quiet ant, retiring They had
no children, and 10 relatives that ever
heard Of They paid their bills every
month, and went to church every Sun
day. and that was about all they-did do
that we knew of | was called in to
prescribe for Mrs Talbot once for an
attack of palpitation, and found them
very nice people They had one serv-
ant, who did cooking and general work
for them. l should say that DI. Baca-
rae was their regular physician; but he
happened to be out of town that day,
So they fell back on me. Bacarac was
quite an eminent man, though he chose
To live away from New York. The
heart was his speciality.
bout a month after my visit, Mrs.
Talbot was very i'll again, and from
then on, for the rest of the summer,
Bacarac was there nearly every day.
He told me once it was the most pc
cu,iar case he ever saw. To make 1t
short, he did ali he could for her, but
sine died. Talbot was in terrible
state about it; | remember thinking to
myself that he was just the fellow to
kill himself on account of it. One gets
such notions about people, you know.
However, the funeral took place all
right, and though he carried on pretty
bac! al the grave, he didn't throw him
self into it: he went hospe and made
np my mind he would pull through.
noticed that when Baca;ac spoke 10
him at the grave-sde ho gave him a
look as savage rs a tiger-which wasn't
right, for Bacarac had doEs all man
could TO save the woman. Anl in fact
next to Talbot himself, he appeared
more affected at the funeral than any
one 1t had no doubt been due to him
that she survived as long as she did
And have reason to think that he hat
made no charge for his services, though
he was very high-priccd man ord
hari1y
tWell, Talbot shut himself up in hi
house TO nurse his grief 1t appeared
Afterward that he had dismissed hi:
servant the same day. intending t,
leave the town. Bucara,c, the next
day, went off in hurry to visit pa
tlent on the other side of New York
- he told me when happened to meel
him on the way to the station. AL
was quiet for two days after that; and
then we had sensation.
ut seems the baker had called twic
, ut the house, and had got no answer
when he rang the bell. The house ap
peared empty. He spoke of it here ana
there. and one thing led to another
until the folks began to suspect some
thing wrong. Finally, they fetched thu
constable and opened the door; ant
there WAS sight. sure enough. TAI
bot lay dead In the sitting-room; tha
yves not 80 surprising; but what tool
our breath away was the fact that thu
body OF his wife lay beside him, will
,nothing but dozen yards of black cam
brio wrapped round IL.
-slt knocked the wits out Of every
body, at first; but by degrees the Onl,
possible inference WAS accepted tina
Talbot had dug her up the night aftel
her burial, had brought her home, ant
then had stabbed himself beside her
II vas fantastic and horrible; but there
were the facts, and no other hypothesi,
would 6t them. There was woune
through his heart and carvipgknifs
on the floor near hini BacsrHc re
turned 70 town the same afternoon
q and was present At the inquest. lnevel
|. saw man so broken up as he was. II,
nade an examination. and testified Al
"a the cause OF death: examined tn,
body also The gerdict. OF conrsc, wal
suicide while temporarily insane.
(, Aatxed hotae with Bscaraa I wish X