Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-21
DOG REVEALS A
PARTISAN MURDER
Construction That is Put on the
Silence Of a Famous
Boarhound.
HOW THE CLUE WAS WORKED.
Chauffeur Confessed After lie Was Ar-
rested That He Had Committed
The Shocking Crime.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
~ ARTS. April 1i.--Many crimes have
- been detected through the bark
Ing of watch dog, but that the
failure OF one OF these faithful
canine guardians to raise an alarm
should furnish the clue by which the
perpetrator Of a murder was discovered.
Is rather unusual. That. however, Is
only one Of the elements which lends
unusual interest to the crime of the
Rue Saint Naur which all Paris IL
discussing. 1t contains all the ma
terisl for one OF those thrilling stories
In which Emile Gaboriau delighted.
WORKED AT OFFICE LATE.
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.
AZ O'Clock, n maid servant. Germaine
PARROT, brought IN, as usual. the big
boarhound. Diane, which was ken
nelled at night IN NJ. Bedor.s office 10
guard the safe, This dog and its mate,
Tom which guarded the factory at
night were Of great size and ferocity.
None Of the employees In the factory
dared touch them. The only per-
sons who could come near them
without arousing their anger, as the
police subsequently ascertaned. were
NJ. Bedor himself, his wife. his brother
Frederic, the girl Germaine, August
Matthew, his chauffeur, and his coach,
man, Dubois,
MAID SERVANT OUT.
The maid servant left NJ. Bedor Short
~ after o'clock. At a quarter past
w. dernaine heard a door slam. She
reused Dubois. and they made an in
Nestigation. They found M. Bedor
lying dead at the foot of the staircase
leading from his ONCE, He had been
stabbed IN the back and again In the
chest, apparently by rapier or stiletto.
The fingers Of his right hand had en-
deaVord 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 his
master was being done TO death, began
to bark turiously. When they entered
the room with Dubois, his Intervention
alone prevented the animal from at.
lacking them
KEY IN DEAD MANS POCKET.
They found the safe locked and tho
Key In the dead mans pocket on the
table was the lamp which NJ. Bedor
had used while examining his hooks.
The glass shade had been broken
fragments OF the glass; found at the
loot OF the stairs where NJ. Bedor had
met his death, showed plainly Il was
there IL had been broken. The murderer
evidently had subsequently replaced IL
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 NJ. Bedor
had been murdered by someone who
was on good terms with the dog That
was the clue-the only olue-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 actually been stolen.
SILENCE CAUSED SUSPICION.
or those whom the dogs silence
brought under suspicion, the chauffeur
alone was unable to give a satisfactory
account or his movements on the night
OF the murder He was arrested. AT
first lac stoutly protested his innocence
but ultimately he broke down ana
made complete confession. That
brought the element OF love into the
crime, which is essential to all thrillu,
detective stories.
Matthew was engaged TO be married.
To win the consent OF the girls par
ents, he had misrepresented his flnar-
cial position, He had declared that he
was In receipt Of q salary twice az large
as he was actually paid. and had be-
sides. snug little sum in the bank.
As matter OF fact, he had not saved
anything. His prospective father-in-
law bad complained OF the delay I'm the
marriage and had told him that II it
did not take place soon. he would
break OF the match. Thus pressed, he
agreed TO marry his nancee in fort
night In the meantime he had 20
secure a nat paying a quarters rent in
advance. and furnish It. In a few DAYS
the girl was to meet him az dealers
and inspect the furniture which he had
not even purchased,
DECIDED TO TRY.
lie decided to make a coup. Relying
on the fact that the boarhound Tom.
which guarded the factory at night,
would not betray HIS presence, he con-
ceaed himself IN the building until at
ter the work-people had left Then he
forced open a drawer In which money
was kept to meet petty cash expenses.
but found only so francs That was not
enough for his purpose, SO he hid him
self again and waited. He watched his
master as he went to his Office after
hts dinner and while NJ Bedor was
writing, he slipped into hts apartments.
and took his swordstlck which he had
placed iu an umbrella stand.
when NJ Bedor. his work over, was
returning from the Office, the chauffeur.
Who was cruuchng In recess on The
landing. faucied thar he had detected
him. That he says I'm his confession,
"Nas hls misfortune II he had not
looked my way, I should have allowed
him to- pass. But felt 40 sure that ho
had seen mo, that, gripping the sword
stick, ! dashed forward and tried To
pass him IN my flight"
BARRED AT STAIRWAY.
But VI. Beior barred the way al the
foot Of the stairs A struggle ensued
and the lamp which his master was car
rylng, fell to the ground. NJ. Bedo-
clutched ri the swordstick, the chaut-
four plunged Il into his body. and
kreeling on his chest after ne had fai.