Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-04

Il do not know-chance. In Paris ONT
has intimate friends; Il does not set
J them for .some months, n suddenly
one sees them again and n meets
them more frequently"
Have you ever had any reasons FOL
the Interruptions in your relations witt
M. Revere when you ceased to see hin
as you say?"
None whatever"
WAS there between you any sort Of
rivalry, any motive for coldness?"
Amy motive, any rivalry? What dc
you mean?"
II do not know said the great man.
II ask you. / am questioning you
The registrars pen ran rapidly and
noiselessly over the paper with the
speed OF a bird on the wing.
These words. II am questioning YOU
seemed to make an unexpected dis
agreeable impression on Dantin, and he
frowned.
When did you visit Revere the last
timer"
The last timer"
Yes. Strive TO remember"
Two or three days before the muir
der"
was two days exactly before the as
~sassination."
You are right. I beg your pardon
The examining magistrate waited a
moment, looking the man full in the
ace. II seemed to him that a slight
flush passed over his hitherto pale face.
d you suspect any one as the muir
derer of Rovere?" asked NJ. Ginory aft
er a moments reflection.
\ one said Dantiu. II have tried
to think of some one"
Had Royere any enemies?"
Il do not know of any"
ThH ma PiStr3tQ GwlInU Drnftn1 hN, n
detour habitual with him to Jacques
Dantin's last visit to the murdered man
and begged him to be precise and asked
him IL anything had especially struck
him during that last interview with his
friend.
''The idea of suicide having been i'm
mediately dropped on the simple exam
ination OF the wound, no doubt exists
as TO the cause of death. Revere was
assassinated. BY whom? In your last
interview was there any talk between
you of any uneasiness which he felt in
regard to anything? Was he occupied
with any especial affair? Had he-some-
times one has presentiments-any pre-
sentiment of an impending evil. thai he
was running any danger?"
NO" Dantin replied. Revere made
no allusion to me of any peril which he
feared. l have asked myself who could
have any interest in his death. One
might have done the Iced for plumber"
That seems very probable to me"
said the magistrate, but the examina-
ton made I'm the apartment proves that
not a thing had been touched. Theft
was not the motive
Them" asked Dantin.
The sanguine fact Of the magistrate.
that robust visage. with it's massive
jaws, lighted UP with a sort of ~ironical
expression.
Then we are here to search for the
truth and TO find It," Ii this response.
made In a hooking tone, the registrar,
who knew every varying shade of tone
In his chiefs voice. raised his head, for
IN this tone he detected a menace.
"Wil you tell me all that passed in
that last interview"
Nothing whatever which could I'm
any way put justice on the track of the
criminal"
But yet can you, or rather / should
say ought you, not to relate to me all
that was said or done? The slightest
circumstance might enlighten u.s.
Revere spoke to me Of private af-
fairs Dantin replied, but quickly add
ed. They were insignificant things"
What are insignificant tnings?'
"RemembranceS-family matters"
Family things are not insignificant
above all in a case like this. Had Ro-
we're any family? No relative assisted
at the ~obsequies."
jacques Dantin seemed troubled. un-
nerved rather. and this time IL was
plainly visible. He replied in a short
tone, which was almost brusuue:
He talked Of the past"
What past?" asked the Judge Quick
ly.
'Of his youth-of moral debts"
M, Ginory turned around In his chair.
leaned back and said In a caustic tone.
Truly, monsieur, you certainly ought
to complete your information and no
make an enigma Of your deposition. I
do not understand this useless reticence
and moral debts. to use your words
They are only to gain time. What.
then. was M. Rovere's past?'
Dantin hesitated a m~oment-not very
long. Then he firmly said. '.That. M.
lie JUICE, is a secret confided to me by
my friend, n as 1t has nothing to do
with this matter / ask you to refrain
from questioning me about it."
Il beg your pardon the magistrate
replied. There Is not. there cannot be.
a secret for an examining magistrate.
In Rovere's interests, whose memory
ought to have public vindication-yes.
In his interests, and I ought to say also
In your own-it is necessary that you
should state explicitly what you have
just alluded TO. You tell me that there
is a secret. / wish to know It,"
1T is the confidence Of a dead per
son monsieur" Dantin replied In
vibrating tones.
There are no condolences when JUS
tice Is In the balance"
But 1t is also the secret Of a living
person. said Jacques Dantin.
rs 1t yourself OF whom you speak y'
He gazed keenly at the face, now tor
tured and contracted.
Dantin replied, "No. / do not speak
of myself, but of another.
THAT other-who Is he?"
1T is impossible to tell you
Impossible"
II will repeat to you my first ques-
tion-why?"
Because l have sworn on my honor
TO reveal 1t TO no one
"Ah. M" said Ginory mockingly.
III was a VOW? That is perfect"
Yes, NJ. lie Juge: 1t was q VOW
"A VOW made to whom2"
ITO Revere"
Who is no longer here to release
you from II. I understand"
And asked Dantin. with a yehe-
mence which made the registrars thin
hand tremble as II few over the paper,
what do you understand?
Pardon said NJ. Ginory. You
are not here TO put questions. but 10
answer those which are asked you. II