Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-15
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uals, regular as clock in their habits,
who lead reserved kind of existence and
whose ambition is limited to maintaining
themselves in the position which brings
them in their daily bread.
He occupied modest apartment in the
Rue Nollet, BatignOlles which was kept
in order by Marianne, a worthy girl, who
from long service had become as method
ical in her ways as her master She knew
exactly at what hour the latter would re-
turn from the theater, and his supper was
always ready to the minute.
One night, however, his customary chop
was missing So was Marianne. The next
day passed, and the next, and still Mari
anne failed to put in al appearance. What
had become of herr He could not even
conjecture. His vexation gave place to I'M
easiness, and his uneasiness to alarm.
On the second day he resolved to ques-
ton the concierge. Tho a1niable Cerebus
gruffly replied that he was not her keeper,
that he had not seen the girl, and, for that
MATTER did not want to-
Jean Rhode was by degrees getting ac-
customed to the disagreeable necessity OF
having to take his meals in a restaurant,
when an incident occurred that furnished
fresh subject of discussion to the gossips
of the street, who were beginning to forget
oil about Marianne's mysterious disap
pearance.
One morning the concierge read the fol-
lowing paragraph in one of the daily pa
pers:
"rhe body of fair haired and some
what stout young woman, evidently
servant, was taken out Of the Seine at
Courbevoie yesterday. 1t was attired in
servants white frilled cap, black bodice,
pink fichu, green skirt and thick laced
shoes. In the pocket purse containing 2
francs 40 confines was found. There being
nothing by which the body could be iden-
titled, it was sent to the morgue."
Seized with dark presentiment, the
concierge clambered on to an omnibus and
went to the morgue. There upon one Of
the slabs he recognized or thought he
recognized, the servant of Jean Rhode.
Although the features were decomposed
by the long sojourn Of the body in the
water, the concierge, with the perspicacity
habitual in those who exercise his profess
sion had no doubt about the matter. A
suspicion which he had long entertained
was thus suddenly confrmed-Rhodie had
murdered his servant. The thing was now
to get the murderer to confess.
Before setting the formidable machinery
of Justice in motion the concierge brusque-
ly stopped his ledger as the latter entered
tho house and thrust the paragraph under
his nose. The effect expected was OBJ
tained-the violinist inoontinently col
lapsed with smothered groan.
The next day Rhode was taken before
the examining magistrate, when an Incl
dent frequent enough in criminal proce-
dure occurred. The accused was SO trou-
bled that he did nothing but contradict
himself and was utterly unable to account
for his time on the day of the girls disap-
pearanCe.
Two months later he was brought up
for trial before the assize court. There
was no material proof, but the circum-
stantial evidence against him was over
whelming
The attorney general insinuated that
the callous wretch-indicating the accused
could have but one reason for wishing
to get rid of the young servant who had
lived with him for certain number Of
years. He was no doubt intimate with the
girl, said tho man of law. and went on to
expatiate at length to the jury upon the
probable consequences of the said intimacy,
amnlv sufficient in itself. for that matter
to account for the crime
This argument produoed profound i'm
nression nnon the minds Of the 70 good
men and truc Of the inrv. who had been
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