The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
DETECTIVE TRIES
TO SOLVE MYSTERY
Cattle Dealer Is Murdered In
Railroad Coach
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Is Called Into Waiting Room, Is Later
Forgotten and Arrested, Suspected
of 5urglary-Murder and
Crime In France.
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
BY PAUL VILLIERS.

by PAUL NlEElEhSs
Paris. November All the Sherlock
Holmeses of the Paris detective force
are trying to solve a mysterious crime
which is being much discussed here
now cattle dealer named Leuthreau
was found murdered in a railroad coach
at Autun the other day. Robbery was
the motive of the crime. for M. Leuth
rean was relieved of large amount OF
money. The examining magistrate
who is Investigating the affair has
found three men who were in the same
car as the cattle dealer and whose
statements do not tally. One passenger.
a former miller of Autun, declares that
no other passenger entered the COM
partment, but NJ. Martini, who was in
the coach, declared that as the train
was leaving Lyons station three men
were standing on the platform and one
jumped into the compartment occupied
solely by the murdered man. Towards
midnight he was trying to read when
the door of the cattle dealers compart-
ment opened and the man he had seen
jump into the train came out. He wore
haggard expression and his clothes
were in disorder. He passed near M.
Martini with out seeing him and opened
the door of the car as IL to jump out,
but the train was running at full speed
so he closed the door again. Shortly
afterwards he reappeared and seemed
extremely impatient. 1t has been dis
covered that the murdered man re-
ceived $4,000 from H. Lebandy's farm
ers for cattle he had sold, and thu
murderer evidently knew he carried
this money in his pocket and was also
acquainted with his habits. The cattle
dealer had leather wallet which he
carried in an inside pocket attached by
a brass chain, and this chain had been
cut with wire cutter.
To call on doctor to be ushered into
g waiting room and to find himself for
gotten and ultimately arrested suspected
of burglary-this is the experience which
has befallen NJ. Joseph Anosette. chef
In the house of a well known American
millionaire who has a mansion in the
Champs. Elysees district. M. Anosette,
who was suffering from govt, sat down in
the waiting room in the doctors house in
Rue de Rivol and expected to see the
doctor enter any moment but he never
came. After waiting patiently for nearly
suspiciously quiet so he opened the door
to the next room and asked If anyone
was In the house. There was no reply.
It was then that he realized he had
Been forgotten. How, he asked himself.
was he going to get out of this dilemma?
He thought of opening a window and
shouting, but, on reflection, he feared
he might be taken for lunatic. He be-
came hungry and started on a foraging
expedition. He found some cold meat on
sideboard and bottle of excellent wine
so he made a good meal and selecting
one of the Doctors cigars settled himself
comfortably on a sofa and smoked. After
finishing the cigar 1t occurred to him that
his wife would worry about him and
going through the kitchen he began to
descend the stairs. But the concierge
had heard him move and knowing that
the tenant Of the fiat and the servants
had left for the country, he was anxious
to ascertain the cause Of the noise. When
he saw NJ Joseph he took him for a
burglar and had him arrested. The chef
protested, but was hauled before a police
commissary. There he explained his ap-
pearance In the fiat and after communi-
eating with his employer over the phone
the police judge set him at liberty COM
pletely cured by the excitement of his
attack of govt.
Inc authorizes OF Varenne are fnvesti-
eating mysterious double tragedy Of
which the victims were an adjutant and
young schooimistress, cousins by mar
rage.
The adjutant, Jules Button, had been
70 years in the army and was proposed
for the Legion of Honor. After luncheon
on Thursday he took the train from
Verdun to Anbreville and called upon
Mile, Louis, his cousin, at Varennes.>A
soon as he saw the girl he shot her in
the back and lodged another bullet in
her head. He then turned the weapon
upon himself and blew his brains out.
Neighbors ran out, hearing the shots, but
they could not enter the room as the
girls body barred the way When at
last an entrance was effected it was
found that help was useless The officer
and the girl we're both dead. The dou-
BILE tragedy is yelled In mystery for there
was no love affair between the couple
and the girls reputation is above sus-
picion. They had, however, kept up
correspondence with each other, the let
tiers being written in the Greek alphabet.