The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08
Doc S SILENCE
SOLVES MYSTERY
Animal Fails to Bark When
Master Is Killed, Though
of Ferocious Disposition

SPECIAL, DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
PARIS, April MANY crimes have been
detected through the barking OF Watch7
dog, but that the failure of one OF these
faithful canine guardians to raise an
alarm should furnish the clew by which
the perpetrator of a murder was dlscoV-
cred is rather unusual. That, however
is only one of the elements which lends
unusual interest to the crime OF the hue
Saint Maur, which all Paris is discussing.
1t contains all the material for one Oh
those thrilling stories in which Emile
Gaboriau delighted.
Henri Bedor, the proprietor OF large
bookbinding factory, frequently WORKED
late in his Office over his accounts. he
was doing that on the fateful night which
proved to be his last on earth AT
o. clock, a maid servant, Germaine IA
rioe. brought in, as usual, the Dig poar-
hound Diane which was kenneled at
night in NJ. Bedor's office to guard the
safe This dog and its mate, Tom, winch
guarded the factory at night, were OF
great size and ferocity. None of the en-
nloves in the factory dared touch tnem-
The only persons VINO could come near
them without arousing their anger, as
the police subsequently, ascertained, were
M. Bedor himself, his wife, MS brother
Frederic, the girl Germaine. August Ma
thieu. his chauffeur, and his coachman,
Dubois.
LEARN OF THE MURDER.
The maid servant left M. Bedor short
" after o'clock. At quarter past ten
Germaine heard door SIAM She rouseo
Dubois and they made an Investigation
They found M. Bedor lying dead at the
foot of the staircase leading from MS OF
fee. He had been STABBED in the back
and again in the chest, apparently by
rapier or stiletto. The fingers of his right
hand had endeavored to wrest the weapon
from the assassin.
When the police arrived on the scene
the great boarhound in the room above.
which had given no tongue While MS
master was being done to death, began
to bark furiously. When they entered
the room with Dubois, his intervention
alone prevented the animal from attack
ing them.
They found the safe locked and the Key
in the dead mans pocket. On the taDie
was the lamp which M. Bedor had USED
while examining his books. The glass
shade had been broken. Fragments OF
the glass. found at the foot of the stairs,
where NJ Bedor had met his death,
showed plainly 1t was there 1t had peen
broken The murderer evidently had SUD
seuuently replaced it on the table IN the
office room. To do that he had to pass
in front of the boarhound's kennel. Yet
the dog had made no sound.
Obviously M. Bedor had been murdered
by some one who was on good terms with
the dog. That was the clew-tne only
clew-which the detectives had to work
on NJ. Bedor alone knew what money
he had in the safe, and they could NOT
tell whether any had been actually stolen.
OF those whom the dogs silence brought
under suspicion, the chauffeur alone was
unable to give satisfactory account OF
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der He was arrested. At first he stout
" protested his innocence, but ultimately
he broke down and made complete con-
fession. That brought the element OF
love into the crime. which is essential to.
all thrilling detective stories.
LOVE PROMPTS DEED.
Matthew was engaged to be married.
To win the consent of the girls parents
he had misrepresented his financial posi-