Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-03

he nau Ia. .ucred and devoured. He
was dragged back to the town, tied to
q beam in cellar and burned to death.
Il myself says Raoul Glabert, was
present at his execution From other
chronicles also of this period canni-
balism seems to have been looked upon
by innkeepers as one of the perquisites
of their profession.
"The French inn Of most sinister rep
utation leaving aside the famous Au-
berge DIES Adrets. the scene of the ex-
ploits Of Robert MacaiZe. is house
which is still standing, though unin-
habited. in mountain pass in Au-
vergne This is the Auberge de Per
velhann, known to history as the Au-
berge des Tuers the murderers inn).
The building was offered for sale some
months ago. and, strangely enough, al
though less than 5000 was asked for
the freehold, no purchaser was found.
1T seems to me that some Snowman
lost good opportunity, for the story
of this typical evil inn is known all
over France. 1t has tempted genera
tons of sensational writer's, and only
quite recently publishers posters
were placarded all over Paris announc-
ing a new book on the subject of this
inn. The poster appealed particularly
to Englishmen, for the startling pic
ture portrayed the innkeeper and his
accomplices in the act of dealing with
q family of English tourists, referring
to one of the many crimes which, 1t
was proved at the trial, had been COM
mitted in the house.
"The inn. as l say, still stands and is
occasionally visited by tourists. 1t is
very death trap. The rooms assigned
to the wretched travellers have WIN
dows barred with iron. In one Of the
outhOuses is the furnace in which the
bodies of the victims were disposed of.
1t was established that hundreds of
and well nigh inaccessible spot, had
been plundered and murdered.
with regard to English tourists, the
clew to some of the mysterious disap-
pearances of our countrymen in France
which were reported in the London pa
perS at the beginning Of last century
could no doubt have been afforded by
discovery made at the village of Piscot,
on the great highroad from Paris to
Calais In the old days Of diligences
and mail coaches travellers from the
north to the French capital arrived at
Piscot toward nightfall.
THE house, it appeared, had had
rather a bad reputation in former
times, but that had been quite lived
down, and the worthy innkeeper, the
tenant of this house. was a popular
man in the district. Among his friends
was the late Mr. Carter, correspondent
in Paris Of the Graphic. who had
country house in the neighborhood of
Piscot 1t was Mr.. Garter who told me
the story Of the discovery 20 which I
refer AMI which was made in his pres
cnc@. The inn was badly supplied with
water, and the landlord employed some
men to dig Il we'll in the orchard at the
back Of the inn. When the diggers
had got down Il few feet they came
upon q skeleton, and. having removed
this, Il further exploration of the soil
revealed to them that they were dig
&ing into very graveyard. The aJl-
thorities We're communicated with, and
amid great excitement in the village
the orchard was thoroughly dug up.
altogether the remains of eighteen
bodies Wcrc found. Then the old peo-
pie Of piScot began to talk Of the evil
stories which when they were children
they had heard in connection with the
house The bones were removed and
solomnly inferred in the neighborng
churchyard. and there the action of
the authorities had pcrforce to end, for
1t was evident that the authors of these
crimes had long since gone to their last
account
quite as greWsome was the find
made Il few months ago by workmen
pulling down an old house in town in
the Morbihan district of Brittany,
vealcd itself as hiding vertable char
mel house of human remains. In for
mer days this house had been an inn.
but for more than Il genera ton it had
been the dwelling place of worthy
family of Breton artisans, good, pious
folk who were appalled, to learn that
for years they had lived and moved on
such unhallowed ground.
THE instances cited are of crimes
committed long ago but there is evil
dence that this kind of robbery still