The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-19
The Mysterious Disappearance
of a Frerch Parish Priest. A
LEAN HUNGRY HYENA
Has Bsen Unloosed to Smell Out the
Body of the Priest Who Is Thought
to Have Been Mu der
ed, Robbed sad
Buried.

2 interest Una. lh2- q GG6 AOte LIE
ar g, cure Of she little parish {
, Chstensy, near E .sm;e France. ]
is assumed that a foul n rurder ha
, , be n com nitted.
All the parsphnsl1s Of detsctiV
work, su the nidnighs sleuthing, a
she imaginative reasoning that marx
q the unravelment Of murder mysts
rttes in the ws rks Il G .eoriau, Sus an
Eigar Allen Poe have b en- exhauste
IL connection with this affair, anc th
mCderC crime hu ters have now hi
upon 6evice oesi3e which the meth
cd. suggested by those famous author
iiies n crime pale into tameness ant
insign fcsnce-
a 1--we hy.ns Ct the desert-an ami
nal expert i'm hunting for al deat
5hiogs-has bsen employed to fad til
priests body.
T.s 6igaop arancs OF The Able Del
,rue wss c rtsinly 8; astonishing af
:air. lie rode out OF his parish %
bicycle into the night and never csG
back. He left hardly trace OF any
antog that could point to the cause o.
ais disappearance
The Aohe was an extremely popular
man in his parish, He e' dyed a gooc
income. BE was In exc.lient health
sd spirits. he had just been plsn
aing visit to his mother in Paris
rhere was no discovera Hle reason vi
ne should have committed Eulcide o,
voluntarily run a ay.
He had, however, 1926 frarcs ir
ncaey on his person when he cisap
oearsd. and the mos obvious course is
to suppose that be wss murdered fc1
,he sake Of this money.
Whatever be the truth, 1t Is at
present raped in mystery.
The Ab5e Dela-ue left the town OF
E.ampes at about s O'clock in the
.veniug, riding his bicycle he VS.
returning to his parish. At five min
ltes past nine be was seen rapid!
riding along shs road by locksmitf:
wing ct the farm Of LonguftoiSe
Hs W. s seen by ne OF two osher per
sona just before this time, but neNe1
again.
Af7er his disappearance the polic4
of E .ampes, Sleepy couatry town,
showed grest negligence in inVesttsas-
my the casa. T1;s fact, lcgether With
many other remarkable circumstances
.rcussd the attention Of the Partisan
newspapers and ths7 began to invest
sate Win extraordinary enthu. iasn
and ingenuity.
Tie Mstin was the first newspaper
90 begin operations. Two member
II It's staff went 70 the spot and spent
money lsyishly in enplo. ing loca'
;ea!cners.
The country where the Abbe wa
lost is marked by some remarkable
physical formations. It contains mar
shy ponds OF great extent ard also
crest beds Of loose sand kcoWn az
'sao]iefes."
Both ube ponds and the sand beds
would cfer very favorable hidinR
olacs for q dead body. The sand
could he turoe3 ov:r by hand until g
nols 8, IS Gently dosp had been made
to bury i body. and then the hole
could be filled in by the same means
and snoothed ov.r 30 that it would b:
extremely difficult to ds5ect any dis
turbsrcs Of the surface.
On tile other hand, there are the
ponds. The lorgest Is known as tae
E ing des oulinesux. It is sur
rounded by reeds that grow to tWic
Ghe height OF 2 man, aud II the Grim
inal could have carried the boo!
through there without breaking then
down extensively he might have dis
posed OF 1T very effectively.
Tue Matin offere3 q reward OF ], ,00'
fra.c: for it's discovery and also en-
saged 8 force OF sixty besters at ds,
wages to search the country for tn
oody. Tae first discovery they mad
.as the bread. orimmed hat OF tn
priest, which wss found in field of
the roadside, torn and soaked Will
mud.
Then the Pascie Ct Paris en!e:e'
into the contest with q Hindu faki
named Ravsh. This man Is skllle
in sll the mysterious esoteric lea-nin
OF the Orient. He Is reputsd to pos
sess the gifts Of second sight and rrc
phecy. he can peer into the future
snd his vision passes through mater
!sl or i.oss. Rsvah ran through th
Iooos and over the sand beds, pick
ing up pieces Of earth and leaves an
? smelling them. On the second da
ais intuition led him into 3 wood &
3 q hollow unfrequented road leading d
; the Chateau de VslDoy.
Here be made the first inportar
discovery OF the search-the piieSt
E bicycle. II is generally assumed ths
sh- murderer nSd hidden 1t there 8
: ter killing him.
At about this time many newspal
) srs appeared on the scene with cccu
: experts, among them being the Mag1
Alvis, Maiaue Fiauber9, who, a
though OF Ffench nittn, has spel
{ many years absorbing abe myseeri
q Of the Orient, and Professor Devas.
:, Then tbe Matin thought OF an abs
Il lutely novel, If rather grewsom
J. method Of hunting down the corps
u It decided to employ hYena In Il
5. search, and arranged With the famo
'e lion tanner P z,n to obrain the use
bis largest and ugliest hyens, nam
Carlos. This animal y the most !
,e pulstve and disgusting In e1istsnt
,e BE lives exclusively upon carrion a.
E the dead body OF s man has for hin
e greater attraction than any OH
- kind OF food. The hyena lives in ho
and caves during the day time .