The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-19
A HANDS SHADOW.

destination and Immediately repaired to
my hotel The first note Of the cock awoke
me. The town clock struck 4. ! resolved
to take q look at the city at daybreak.
WAS nstonished, on reaching the street,
to see IL full OF people rushing In cease
less tide In one direction. Wondering what
the attraction could be, / followed the
ever increasing crowd surging down tho
Rue Grando. At the foot Of tho street was
a large, open square, where the crowd
formed perfect jam. From platform
at tho opposite side / distinguished dark
outlines that fro@c the blood in my veins.
1t was the lu.ilo;,he. twas not long un-
til bell tulicd dolcful death clangor,
and the tulnbril, with the condemned,
slowly approached The cxccutioner ad-
dressed Limstlf deity TO his task, and In
q fu;7 moments al WIS over.
"Nho was the man, and why was he
exccutctls" inquired of police agent at
my side. He locked at me with astonish-
menta and sud, Indeed, sir, 1t was jacques
Reynauld.
My curiosity was excited, and before
left Dieppe had gathered all the details
Of the life and crimes Of the dead man.
No longer than four months before there
had lived in the Rue des Armes huck-
ster named Norris, who was honestly but
frugally supporting himself, his wife and
child from the Irotits Of his trade.
II should rehql Some oysters today,
said Nine. Mor,t5 as her husband entered
one Sunday.
~ fear it is too late, my dear. It's o
quarter past 0'ctock."
Justine thought that tho shop OF tho
. corner might b. open.
"Sond her, thsil. Tho truth is, am
myself as hungry IS wolf.
The servant took a basket to get the
oysters and left the door partly open, to
save her master the trouble of unlocking
1t when she returned The shop at which
she was to get the oyssers was locked, and
Justine went down the Rue drande to
procure them elsewhere II possible. She
had been absent three quarters of an hour.
To her surprise, Justine found the house
locked. She thought the wind had blown
the door shut, and she tried the knob.
"They must have retired, " thought Jus
tine, indignant that they locked her out.
In her anxiety she related her troubles
to several passeFsby. The police were
sent for, and the door was forced. The
hall was dark. Ono of the gondGrmes
stumbled over An object. He stopped
down, and his hand touched something
wet. A light was procured, and horrible
scene WINS revealed. Poor Morris luy in
the hall with his throat cut The whole
floor was covered with blood. In tho lit
tie room lay his wife, with a horrible
wound across her throat. Tho assassin
had not even spared the infant in the
cradle The poor little creature had met
the same fate as his parents The house
was sacked.
Eight days after the crime several men
were passing along the Rue Grellard.
Suddenly man clad in nothing but his
shirt appeared on roof carrying child
in his arms and CRYING, murder muir
derr' A rush was made for the door, bet
it was found to be locked from within.
A few crashing blows sufI1ced to break it,
and man ran up r.airs In the fore hall,
at the head Of tho stairs man was found
with his throat Cut He WINS dead. In
the chamber woman was found dangling
out of bed with similar wound, and in
the kitchen lay the servant girl, disposed
of in u like manner. 1t was undoubtedly
the work of the same person that had
committed the crime in the Rue des
Arnies.
The young man who had been seen on
the roof gave this testimony:
My name is Pierre Dnlac. I an a
matchmaker. For two yearsI have been
employed in the house OF the murdered
Manton, whose family consisted of his
vito, child and u servant girl. slept
in an attic chamber. Next to me slept
! the servant girl, who usually had the
child with her. 1t was about O'Clock in
! the morning when l awoke, feeling very
thirsty. My water pitcher was empty,
! and started to get fresh supply, but
| before had time to descend the first fight
| of stairs I saw man sneaking up tho
lower flight.
"Being very nervous, tho murder in
| the Rue des Armes had SO stunned my
| faculties that when / saw tho man / was
| positively unable to move hand Or foot
The stranger had nearly reached the door
which led to NJ. Manton's room when tho
door of tho same suddenly opened, and my
employer stepped out. Tho murderer
| hurled himself upon him and pressed his
hand upon his mouth to prevent cutlery
noticed that the villain had only three
fingers on his left hahd ran up stairs
| nynfn ond cntered the Drills chamber.
Marie was not there but the child was
fast ,sleop. Itook it in nv arms and ran
an the roof
In the faubourg Of Dieppo, in rather
obscure house. all alore with o rvant
Girl resided n widow named Bpuumalrice.
she vas the widow of an army officer and
distinguished for pr.nt frlnness cf char
actpr. The excitement throughout the
city had not been able to disturb her COM
uos,rc aecnite tho foct that she was COM
| Io-N :, ~ .i,'.,t1
On the g0th of Amil. at about 10
o'clock. Mime Beaumaurice. who had al
div suffered from n ,uinful headache. en-
tered her boud,ir. she wss very tired aad
snt down in n large easy chair Ia resi- II p.
self Opnosits her stood her dressing
case. whoge curtains extended do>,u to
thc floor Back of her upon a small ia
bic, stood the lamp. The lady hud begun
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