The sun., 1907-04-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THIS WANDERER FROM PARIS. IF
IT MEANT SEPARATION
40 Was Il Any wonder That Louis Belle
vile. VINO Came Here 10 Make Music
and Got AmericanILed, Found Isabelle
Dead In the Bed That once was Hers.

Vile, VINO Came Here 10 Mako Music
and Got AmericanlLed, Found Isabelle
Dead in the bed That once was Hers.
Standing at the tail OF gardeners tru;k
and bantering with Partisan housewives
as best she could in an effort to obtain the
highest price for the green stuff from her
fathers little farm, Isabelle RousselOt at
tracted the attention Of Louis Bellevile, a
musician. who was wandering through the
Montmartre. This was two years ago, The
musician visited the market often and
always stopped at ths girls cart. The
result was that Isabelle RouAselot forsOok
the farm and the market stand She lived
in Paris and wit BelleVille.
A little more than a year ago Benevine
decided to come to this city. He played
the bass viol in cafes and thought he could
do better here. He came and has since
played in various places ptOwn. Last
fall he deserted the ranks OF restaurant
fiddlers and secured place In the orchestra
at the Manhattan Opera House Then he
sent for Isabelle
She had opposed the coming Of Belleville
here and had declared that never would
she leave Paris. But Belleville sent for her
and she came. The two went to live in the
DOdIuiuk HOuhS COnuuCISu Dy Nnle.
Marie Guillard at 800 West Twenty-eighth
street. Isabelle found changed Louis
Belleville. He didn't seem the same reck-
less. romping fellow that she had known
In the French capital.
Six weeks ago Belleville startled the girl
by informing her that he was going to
marry her. This was acceptable 10 her.
until he told her they must not live to-
gether He made her take a room at S25
West Thirteth street-apart from him.
He was to call and see her, take her out to
dinner and entertainments and the like for
a period then they would go to a
priest and be welded.
The Americanization OF Louis Belleville
had wrought distressing wonders In the
opinion OF the girl He fitted up the little
room on Thirtieth street, even TO the pet
canary and the barking dog. The girl was
Louis did for her. Womanlike, she began
to imagine things. He wanted to be rid
of her she thought. His heart had gone
to another. She decided to be independent
and secured place as seamstress in a dress-
ma king esta ablishment on Sixty-ffth street
Her training had been in the fields and she
was not handy with the needle and thread
She made but little. On Friday night she
was compelled to go to Belleville for $50,
her arrears in rent. He gave il to her, and
more, too.
As Bellevile came out OF his boarding
house on Saturday evening and was maxi |
ing for the opera house. a little wisp OF !
woman grabbed his arm and hung on all |
the way up Eighth avenue until he was
lost in the darkness OF the Manhattan stage |
door. Folks along Eighth avenue and out !
side OF the opera house noticed the frail |
little brunette, with sparkling eyes. talking |
with the tall. broad shouldered |
On the way to the opera house |
she had told him she was going back to |
Paris. He laughed OF the remark and |
She would remain right here until the opera !
season had ended and then they would be |
married. and have their honeymoon.
As Belleville disappeared in the stage !
ioor the girl called TO him In French that !
The had changed her mind. She was go
ng on longer journey than trip to Paris.
lie paid little or no attention to her re-
mark, and his thoughts tor the rest Of the
'vening were on the bass fiddle part OF
he orchestration OF Aida
From the stage door Of the Manhattan
he girl made straight for Nine. Guillard's
BOARDING house. Ringing the bell, she told
he maid that she wanted TO see an elderly
french woman who lives on the top floor
4 the Twenty eighth street house. To
his old lady the girl told her feelings
md her suspicions. She was comforted !
md informed that Belleville was true to
Ter. Apparently much cheered up, the
prl lett few minutes before 10 O'Clock, !
aying she was going home.
She did not leave the house. Instead,
he halted az the stair landing on the sec
md floor. Louis Belevilles room ia on
hat floor in the rear. In this room the
,irl had once lived and was happy. She
ried the door, but it was locked. Ad-
dining the room is a bath. Isabelle en-
cred here. She opened the window and
imbed out on a roof that sheltered the
iitchen extension. From there she swung
ierself to a window Of her lovers room
nd entered. Soon she went to bed.
At O'Clock in the morning Louis Belle
lille opened the door Of his lodgings. He
vas knocked back by the fumes OF escap-
ng gas. The household was quickly
reused and, placing wet towels over their
aces, the boarders entered the room, threw
pen the windows and turned of the gas
rom two open jets. Belleville picked up
he girl and carried her to the hallway.
he was cold. An ambulance surgeon
from Roosevelt Hospital said
hat she was dead.
On a bureau she had left a note written
y French In it she told Belleville that
he wished TO blame no one and that she
ad tired OF living.
The body lay yesterday in an under
aker's establishment on Tenth avenue.
O-day it will be buried. with Belleville as