The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
MURDER FOR TWO DOLLARS.

Albert Martin, the murderer of M.
Banderly, the dentist of the Rut Pois-
~sonnlere, who was arrested OF Thurs
day at the house of his parents, has
confessed to the crime and given an
account of his movements after the
murder. after having killed M. Ban
derly,' he said, according to the &C.
count in the Temps, 81 mingled with
the crowd which was standing before
the dentists house. I was without my
hat, but in my pocket was a cyclists
cap, which I placed On my head. I
went Immediately to the exterior boule-
wards. When on the way I noticed a
blood stain at the bottom of my trou-
sers, so I covered it with a little mud.
l then entered a cafe, where 1 wrote to
tell one of my sisters what had hap
pened. M. Banderly provoked me- 1
wrote, by making an unjust remark
to me. 1 replied sharply. My master
having struck me, I seized a mallet
which was near me and struck him a
blow on the head which killed him. l
ask forgiveness for what I have done.
There is nothing for me to 10 now but
to kill myself. 1t is untrue that 1 have
stolen a sum of 500f.-I only ook 35f.'
II sent my letter. Night having come
I took a bedroom in the Rue d'Angou-
leme. A woman passed the night with
me. I left at six o'clock in the morn
ing, proceeding to the Buttes-Chau-
mont, thence to Noisy-le-Sec, and only
returning to Paris at nightfall. I met a
woman with whom I took a room in
a furnished hotel on the Boulevard
~RochechOuart. You can imagine what
q troubles air I had when I tell you
that my companion several times said:
What is the matter with your But I
replied evasively to her questions.
GOT 1of% how, 1Ir 49, ~v% H~--s~
I went INTO a shop to buy a silk hand
kerchief, which 1 placed aroun my
neck, to replace my collar, which 1
had thrown away because it vas spot
ted with blood. I wandered about the
suburbs the whole Of the morning.
When at Neuilly the idea struck me OF
calling upon one of my relatives, but
seeing a number of men before the door
whom I took to be detectives, I made
off. Then I went to my mothers, with
the intention of killing myself, but 'the
police captured me and prevented me
from doing So"
After hearing this recital, M. Coche-
fert, the chief of the detective depart
ment, had food supplied to the MUIR
derer, who refused, however, to touch
it. At 1890 at night HI stated he was
hungry. When he had had a good meal
he slept soundly until yesterday morn
ing.
M. Cochefert, who has again ques-
toned him, states that Martin is a de-
generate. He talks quite calmly of his
crime. Martin used to give his mother
each week the money which he earned
at the edntist's. Recently he borrowed
from NJ. Banderly ten francs. a sum
of money which the dentist deducted
on Saturday last from his weekly wage
Of fifteen francs. How vas he to ex-
plain to his mother the reason for
being ten francs short? He told his
mother that he would not be paid until
Monday. From that time he conceived
the idea of killing his employer with
the object of stealing the money which
he needed.
On Monday evening Martin fingered
behind in the office after the other en-
ployes had left. M. Banderly asked
him what he was doing there after
hours, and Martin told him that he
was going to mend a gas pipe. At that
moment NJ. Banderly turned his back to
the young man to strike a match on
the wall to light his cigarette. Judg-
ing the position a favorable one, Mar
tin struck the unfortunate dentist yer
the head, killing him on the spot. The
murderer, fearing that the fall of the
body would attract attention., rushed
to his victim and gently stretched out
the body on the ground. He then
searched the dead mans pockets and
found 32f. 35c., of which he took pos
session. He afterward attempted to
kill Nine. Campredon, the cashier.
At the time Martin was arrested in
Paris the Brussels police, by a curious
arrested a youth whose de-
scrlption comedies absolutely with that
of the murderer. Detectives were about
to be sent to Brussels to verify the
identity of the supposed murderer when
the real one was arrested.