The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24

tho assassin. would change all that. Now,
could you put as on the track Of this
MANI"
Il saw him stop a second to shake hands
with wine merchant"
"The address,
THE first shop upon the quay on the
left bank, going from the Pont Royal 10
the POnt de Ia Concorde"
Very well. Evidently this man is a reg
ular customer. Now one minute, and ] am
al your service; Will you please be seated,
Monsieur le Baron?'
The chief approached the telephone, call
ed the bureau of police near the Pont Roy
al. and gave a description of the individ-
ual with the order TO 90 to the wine mer-
chants for Information.
'ls IL strange" said the chief, seating
himself again at his large desk, opposite
Monsieur Monnier. THAT chance serves. US
better than logic to find criminall some
times an indications are gathered, all the
acQuaintances of the victim are sounded,
and when everything Is settled, some un-
expected revelation abruptly Eliminates
the affair. II Is most often detail of ap-
parent insigniticance.
"Then YOU believe that the assassin
"ls the man whom you met Monday
night; II ! dared, would say already
"But You have no proof. and only a
slight similarity in the description when
you already possess
well but the presence of this individ-
ual upon the bridge. His delirious OBJ
stinacy I'm following the boat, which, per-
haps, he had expected there for some
object haunted him. An! Here is the re-
The electric bell of the telephone rang.
The chief received the message and re-
turned to his place.
"The individual is captured" said he.
'They found him at the tavern. He will
be here in five minutes. Then We shall
KNOW
Soon the agents entered with the man.
He was liyid, his face distorted. The
chief made him sit down and brusquely
demanded:
How long have you known the sauve-
tire Woman?
Il? But"
He hesitated. fearing to compromise
himself even by denying the acquaint-
ance.
Reply"
81 knew her very little. / saw her once
last year, crossing the Marne.'
Wen. That is enough. Now what
were you doing upon the Pont Royal,
Monday Of last week, at o'clock in the
morning
YES this gentleman saw you
The man lost his head, finding the in
| terroBator so well informed, and at once
! fell into the trap which ne had laid for
him.
'And what were you doing about S
! O'Clock in the evening, the same day, In
front Of the house Of this woman Sau-
III returned to Joinville to take the
THAT is sufficient. We know the rest.
| poor woman
| Il ASA ssinate herr I2'
do not try to deny II. We know all. |"
After some hesitation the criminal end
| ed by confesslng, utterng a cry of despair.
| Later he told the manner In which the
/ crime came to him. He was left with
| out money or resources, and, knowing the
/ woman Sauvetre had saved up some
/ money, Ire planned a most mysterious
| crime After IL, be returned TO Paris, but
| the haunting Of the crime began to beset
/ him After running from cafe TO cafe the
/ shock increased as he found himself alone.
/ Then the thought of the boat drifting
/ alone came to him. He had waited for u
| to pass forty or fifty minutes at the Point
/ Neuf crazed by his expectation.
/ After his resctation he was seized with
| a nervous spasm, which took the two
/ agents strength to prevent him from
/ smashing his head against the wall. The
/ chief thanked M. Monnier warmly for
/ bringing a criminal TO justice.
oh" said the baron, Il am happy, above
/ all, TO rescue from your hands the poor
| innocent devil, Thomasseau."