The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-11-05
CHAPTER vi.

THE attorneys for the republic called
IN the examining magistrate. Nothing
mofestwas to be done The magistrate
had studied the position. of. the corpse,
exarbfned the wound, and now. having
toldtM. Ginory his impressions, he did
not hide from him his belief that the
crime ttad been cpnTnitted by a profess
sionai, as the strokes of the knife across
the throat had been given neatly, scien-
tifcally, according to all the established
rules. .rt& = ~ j. 4. q a."
zone might we'll lake It for the work
of a professional butcher"
Eyes, without doubt, M. Ginory, but
one does not know. Brute force-a
strong blow-can produce exactly what
science can"
More agitated than he wished to ap-
pear by the strange conversation be-
tween the agent of Surete and himself,
the examining magistrate stood at the
o of the corpse and gaZed, with a
fixity almost fierce, not at the gaping
wound OF which M. J~acquelin des Au-
brays had spoken to him, but at those
eyes, those fixed eyes, those eyes which
no opacity had yet invaded, which,
open, frightful, seemingly burning with
anger. menacing, full of accusations of
some sort and animated with VEN
geance. gave him a look, immoyable,
most powerful.
1t Is true: it was true. They lived:
those eyes spoke. They cried to him for
Justice. They retained the expression
OF some atrocious vision, the expression
of violent rage. They menaced some
one. Whom? If the picture OF some one
was craven there, was IL not the last
image reflected on the little mirror of
the retina? What II a face was re-
hecied there? What IL it was still re-
tanned in the depths OF those vide open
Nh q of no ~ un aWn - D~.~2
Diet, half crazy, enthused with new
ideas, with the mysteries which ira
verse chimerical brains, troubled him,
Giuory. a man,of statistics and of facts.
But truly those dead eyes seemed to
appeal, TO speak, to designate some one.
What MORE eloquent, what more ter
rible witness: could there be than the
dead man himself. IL At We're possible
for his eyes to speak? If that organ
life should contain, shut up within IL,
preserved, the secret OF death! Bernar-
DEF, whose eyes never left the magis-
trate's face, ought to have been con-
tent, for 1t plainly expressed doubt. a
hesitation, and the police officer heard
him cursing under his breath.
Folly, stupidity Bah, we shall see!"
Bernardet was filled with hope. M,
Ginory. the examining magistrate, was
moreover convinced that for the pres
ert. and the sooner the better. the
corpse should be sent to the morgue
There only could a thorough n scien-
tihc examination be made. : The re.
porter listened intently to he.conyersa
ton. and Nine. Moniche clasped her
hands, more, and. more agonized by thai
word morgue, which among the people
produces the same terror that that 9th.
'er word-which means, however. care.
full attendance. scientific treatment and
safety-hosoital,, does.
HL AfAALs,.. ..a-
to question some OF the neighbors and
to take a sketch of the salon. Bernar.
1et said 10 the magistrate: MY photo.
graph will give you that" While som
-one went out TO get q hearse' the magis
trates went away The police Officer
placed a small guard in front of tn,
house. The crowd was constantly in
creasing and becoming more and more
curious, violently excited and eager Il
see the spectacle-the murdered maj
borne from his home.
Bernardet did not allow NJ. Ginor,
20 go away wltEcit asking respectfulIy
81 he would be allowed to photograph
the dead mans eyes. Without givinI
him a formal answer M. Ginory simpl,
told him to be present at the autopsy a
the morgue Evidently IL the magis
trate had not been already full of doub
his reply would have been different
Why did that inferior officer have tn,
audacity to give his opinion on the sub
ject OF conducting a judicial investiga
tion2 M. Ginory would long before thi
have sent him about his business If h,
had not become suddenly interested II
INN. In his quality of judge he hat
come to know Bernardet's history ant
his exploits In the service. No more ca
pable man In lis line could be found
He was perfectly and utterly devoted q
his profession. Some strange tales wer
told OF his methods. 1t was he VIII,
once passed an entire night on a bench
pretending intoxication. In order to gatl