Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-18


button to friend. This friend found
after some delay, and he admitted that
he had once had the button, but that he
had given it to woman. More time
was lost in discovering this woman. but
when did she, too, recognized the
button and said that it had been stolen
from her by another woman, whom she
described as creole Thus at last I got
on the track of the Montalbon, for that
was the name which she used in France.
Under this name it was easier to follow
her. I soon learned that she had a COM
panion, of the name of Jean Molitaire.
then easily found that Molitaire had
been in the employ of the Paris jewel
ers as shipping clerk. 1t was he who
had written the two descriptions Of the
jewels, one of which found among the
woman's effects and the other In Mr..
Mitchel's possession. This was suspi-
cious circumstance, but we know now
how it.was that the handwriting match
ed, a fact which had puzzled me great
ly. 1t seems that MIR. Mitchell at one
time had bought some valuable papers
from the Montalbon woman, paying her
with diamonds and recommending her
to his Paris jewellers to dispose Of
them"
"That," said Mr.. Mitchell, "was
partly TO get her ont of this country
and partly to recover the diamonds,
which I did, through the dealer"
/ $50 be told me. 1t was when she re-
ceived the money from them that she
noticed Molitaire. 1t was not long after
that the second set Of jewels were sold
to Mr.. Mitchell This clerk, of course,
knew of the transaction, because he
packed them for shipment Then he
must have persuaded the woman to ac-
company him across the Atlantic, with
the design of stealing the gems from Mr..
Mitchell as soon as be should take them
from the custom house. This is seen
from the fact that three days after the
shipment this man resigned his posi-
tion, and from that time all trace Of
both the man and the woman IN Paris
is lost"
: "From which you deduce that they
followed the jewels?" said Mr.. Mitchell.
"Of course. The man and woman
separated here to avoid suspicion. By a
trick the woman obtained possession of
apartments in the very house where
your intended lived, while Molitaire
stopped at the Hoffman, which, Of
course, is very near your own hotel. AS
soon as you went to Boston they follow
ed and registered at the same hotel.
You obtained the jewels from the Gus
tom house, and they entered your room
and robbed you during your absence.
Your theory of the murderer's actions
after the jewels were recovered by you
is probably correct. He went back to
hunt for them, hoping that she had not
placed them in the satchel Or rather
that she had taken them out Of 1t, since
you yourself placed them there. ] think
there is no point left unexplained.
Pardon me-" said Mr.. Thauret, "I
think you are wrong. You have not to
my mind quite connected this man
what did you call him? Jean Molitaire,
was 1t notP Well, do not see that you
have traced bis hand to the crime"
81 think that have" said Mr..
Barnes.
"You do not make II clear to me, "
said Mr.. Thauret, as coolly as though
discussing some question in which he
had but passing interest. "You say
that your Montaibon woman noticed
this Molitaire when she sold her dia-