Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-20


 On the 25th of October. 1892. the following note appeared in the lat est edition of the Temps:
 "A frightful crime has been commit ted at the Chateau du Chandler, on the border of the forest of Sainte Gene vieve, above Epinay-sur-Orge. at the house of Professor Stangerson. In the night while the master was working in his laboratory. an attempt was made to assassinate Mile. Stangerson, who was sleeping in the yellow room,' a chamber adjoining this laboratory. The doctors do not answer for the life of Mile. Stangerson."
 The impression made on Paris by this news may be easily imagined Al ready at that time the learned world was deeply interested in the labors of Professor Stangerson and his daugh- ter These labors-the first that were attempted in radiography-served to open the way for M. and Mime. Curie to the discovery of radium. It was expected the professor would shortly read to the Academy of Sciences sen sational paper on his new theory. the dissociation of matter, a theory des- tined to overthrow from its base the whole of official science. which based itself on the principle of the conserva- ton of energy.
 On the following day the newspapers were full of the tragedy. The Matin published the following article. entitled "A Supernatural Crime"
 'sThese are the only details" wrote the anonymous writer in the Matin. i've have been able to obtain concern ing the crime of the Chateau du Clan dier. The state of despair in which Professor Stangerson is plunged and the impossibility of getting any infor- snation from the lips of the victim have rendered our investigations and those of justice so difficult that at present we cannot form the least idea of what has passed in the yellow room fin which Mile. Stangerson. fin her night dress. was found lying on the floor in the agonies of death. We have at least been able to interview Daddy Jacques. as he is called in the country. an old servant in the Stangerson family Daddy Jacques entered the yellow room at the same time as the profes- sor. This chamber adjoins the labo- ratory. Laboratory and yellow room are in pavilion at the end of the park, about thousand feet from the chateau.
 "'It was half past 12 at night this honest old man told us. and I was in the laboratory, where M Stangerson was still working. when the thing hap pened. I had been cleaning and put ting instruments in order all the even ing and was waiting for M Stangerson to go to bed. Mile. Stangerson had worked with her father up 10 midnight. When the twelve strokes of midnight had been sounded by the cuckoo clock in the laboratory she rose, kissed NJ. Stangerson and bade him good night To me she said Good night, Daddy Jacques" as she passed into the vel low room. We heard her lock the door and shoot the bolt, so that could not help laughing and said to monsieur: There's mademoiselle dou- Il ble locking herself In. She must be afraid of "the Bete du Bon Dieu." Monsieur aid not even hear me, he | was so deeply absorbed in what he was doing. Just then we heard the l distant miawing of cat. "Is that | eOing to keep us awake all nightr I | said to myself. for I must tell you. nor ieur. that, to the end of October. l
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