The sun., 1897-01-13


Bsgnsaud. as he had bidden him good night
had seen him lock up the store and house, for.
ike most storekeepers in southern Louisiana,
he lived behind his shop. Tho murder had
besn perpetrated for robbery. There stood the
.Afs open and mpty. and two large bags were
sing from the store. In which the nurderers
'vtdcntly carried OF their plunder.
people were deeply aroused by tho crime,
-ly every one contributed to the reward
tho capture Of tho murderers. The
If bloodhounds in Louisiana was
y. but failed to track the crimi-
not the sliehtcst clue to tho
was felt that IL was . case
or extreme measures In tho
II was q bad time. that
:avelling along the line of
Railroad In Louisiana. for
inst whom the slightest
u f$Syery ono who could
nigh, OF AnrT f''c had been on the
One man was arrested ,. liable to arrest.
ss.. =. The ownsr Of ssa;o. .s than
sosy st a:ssS snS sh: SuSss %GusS. in body exc
osnk vas jailed because he had Iss' mounte-
sua"ss for 'sss sS,n af'ss Ls s. ma5ds
2,Mould have eone hard with them. WY or
" ,Sr,ns 1 R All this time the two real murder,,.
r.A funeral without the slientest spepIetnn
n tho tbev' for who could have suspeSted
ssinE on q "a, bad ...e con r pyitisd oy
TIVE boys, one of them delicate lir-> Nnnerp
Nh An angelic face and piua.ant nfs- -srls-..,
sqpsss sIS; and sf APssi. s Blsne both % under
3Safg Of sRs; aBd not only had the idea OF the
sss ed. 70 s.... ai% n ,hrs .ofs hfs
s.se sss. %sis ias Sras So1n
ssss:s. fhsy wsro bright boys, profoundly in;
tsrsstsd in 6sborian and In stories OF crime and
sS,y TO 'vsn year sso 70 90 ous
md srow no with the indi.ns H v ana COWBOYS , n;
of the SPOKE French their
months hers. They worked on Col. Drsnsin
Rcudre.uI's place. mile from Scot,
Ssys who 'AsssH sosS
}snt them books, for ,hey seemed ,,n,s,n.. TO
iurid order. THE Life of Jesse James" at;
Sraoted them most and they secretly resolved
we're S.a: 'Ss no, aooa ,h.1 coneiaded TO sry s%ple
Their plan. being determined TO srrang. all tho
"details In advance, and 20 about it In sys-
.ou..ns she merit. N
pen In the neigh borhood. they nnally fxed on
Martin Begneaud as their victim. because be
them fully two weeks tn arrange tho details Of
where the money was to be buried after they
had killed their victim and taken II, and pre-
shs1Sensa snS nei' q. a. TO- TO- max: ponar
h. S"y: s a rs .hi snn.e
eocpsed each other OF bsing towards and not up
70 the Jesse James standard. They determined
Svs1inC Of April 23 determined TO prove to each
fther that they were msn and heroes. They hid
= - Marlin % Bssnssad @ as Siddi"s Sis brotRrs
The two lad. he vas not not =, for he
They pretended they wanted some sardines,
and ~ he bent over 70 get box the two boys
Hsad. Tho crime was easy after that. Their
blood was up, and they became like hends. The
sNrrisd % " to % his % Searoom % Them hem % Ernest stood @
guard over him and began the torture which
Eas 20 force him 70 surrender his fortune. AZ
che hrst stab from the sharpened file BIO agreed
70 surrender the key of the safe. Alexis opened
and found 81 200 In greenbacks; eknew that
shat with the IFrenchnan's love for coin, the
bulk OF the money was In gold. and. besides.
could not open. Not until The Me had de. .
sosnded again and again into his chest ana he
Ina Tsn,s "s iStsro d
well directed blows silenced him forever. His
There were hundred pounds OF gold and sill.
yer coins, as much as the two boys could carry
shs store filled them with the money. swung
them over their backs. and, locking the door
And throwing the key under ths house, marched
TO their little cabin on the Boudreaux place.
whore the money was buried under u mel lghbor.
Ing tree and grass planted over It.
y they left at once, suspicion would point to
them; so % they worked on as Z nothing had hap
When II had quIeted down they showed COL
Bopdreapx; their employer. letter from man
Colonel thought u n good advance for tho
Soys; ana they went wen, away. openly and above
and without the slightest suspicion attaching to
them, but with Becneaud's gold in their little
Itwas after their departure that the letter they
Rrstended TO have received from New Orleans
setSa or perhsps soa nsg ssa os e' hs
Post ofce showed hat % neither M Of Es the Boys had
When The ssr s"S came s"s S sSy Orleans he
looked them M at the Toulouse street store
They had never been thore. These facts
gave r!so to serlons siapleion that the
quite ""des masr nSast to tSf and %qres nem
fsSs ss, Of the saTh Of psCPs
last nine months, and have Wondered
q. two youngsters travelling around tho world
lessly. and u seems strange that they should
never have been tho subject of police suspicion
and arrest. This was probably due to the fact
shat they went only TO the big cities. They took
trip around the world; they visited New York.
Brussels, London, Paris Mexico, San Francisco,
and half dozen other great cities. and at all
astonlfned their old comrades IN Paris with the
tnr!une that they, two poor. unlrlended boys,
had made IN few months. Wherever they
went they lived extravagantly, npd denied
lhemsslves no pleasures that boys can enjoy
Hhey dressed we'll. lived well. and saw all The
tighu OF Europe and America.
On Monday last two very ragged boys, show.
mg all tSo signs OF suffering poverty, presented
hsmssPfss 81 Col. Boudrsaux's plantation. and