The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-03
The Crime of s'szf:2 y: :: !,
e e. 5ss:s EENe Boulevard

Jacques Dantin seemed to hesitate
Il do not know-chance. In Paris one
has intimate friends; one does not see
! them for some months, and suddenly
one sees them again and one meets
mem more frequently"
HAY you ever had any reasons for
the interruptions in you relations with
M. fovere when you ceased to see him
as you Say?''
None whatever"
Was there between you any sort OF
rivalry, any motive for ~coldness?"
Any motive, any rivalry? What dc
you mean
Il do not know said the great man;
ask you. | am questioning YOU"
Inc 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
time?"
The last timeo"
Yes. Strive to remember"
Two or three days before the MUIR
der
1T was not two or three days; it
was two avs exactly before the as
s~assination."
You are right, I beg your pardon"
The examining magistrate waited a
moment. looking the man full in the
tace. 1t seemed to him tina a slight
fush passed over his hitherto pale face.
DO you suspect any one as the muir
derer of Rovere?" asked NJ. Ginory aft
er a moments reflection.
n one said Dantin. II have tried
TO think of some one"
Hau RoVere any enemieS?"
! do not know of any"
The magistrate swung around bv a
detour habitual with him to Jacuues
Dantln's last visit to the murdered man
and legged him to be precise and asked
MN II anything had especially struck
friend.
The idea of suicide having been i'm
medlately dropped IN the simple exam-
inatlon of the wound, no doubt exists
as 10 the cause of death. Revere was
assassinated. BY whom? In your last
interview was there any ak 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, that he
was running any danger?"
No Dantin replied. "Rovere made
no aiiuslon to me of any peril which he
feared. I have asked myself who could
nave any interest in his death. One
might nave done the deed for plumber"
That seems very probable to me-,
SAID the magistrate, but the examina-
toh made in the apartment proves that
lol ming mad been ouche Theft
was not the motive"
Them" asked Dantin.
Inc fact of the magistrate.
mat robust visage, with it's massive
Jaws, lighted up with a sort of ironicaI
expression.
Then we are here to search for tho
truth and to find it," In this response,
MADE in a hooking tone, the registrar
VINO knew every varying shade of tone
IN ms chiefs voice, raised his head, for
Iii lie fnnnL q
Will you tell me all that passed in
that last interview" -
Nothing whatever which could q,
any way put justice on the track of the
criminal" 'e
But yet can you, or rather I sbo,,d
say ought you. not to relate to me ali
that was said or done? The slightest
circumstance might enlighten us"
Y spoke to me of private af-
laifs, Dantin replied, but quickly add
eo. ihey We're insignificant things"
what are insignificant tningsp"
RemenbranceS-family matters"
Fam1ly things are not insignificant
above all in a case. like this. Had Ro-
we're any family? No relative assistad
at the ~obsequies."
Jacques Dantin seemed troubled nm
nerVed rather. and this tire If was
plainly visible. He replied In a short
tone, which was almost brusque:
Isl talked of the past"
What past ?" asked the ind 90 ou;o1,
ly. e aoieA-
III his youth-of moral debts"
M. G1nory turned around In his chair
leaned back and said in a caustic tone.
1ruly. monsieur, you certainly ought
to complete your information and nat
make an enigma of your deposition +
40 not understand this useless reticence
ana moral debts, to use your words
Ihey are only to gain time. what
then, was M. Rovere's past?''
Dantin hesitated a very
long. Then he firmly said. THAT. NJ
ie Juge, is a secret confded to me- Nv
my friend. and as it has nothing to do
with this matter I ask you to refrain
from questioning me about it."
Deg your pardon the magistrate
replled. There is not, there cannot be.
a secret for an examining ma pistr,ta
In Rovere's interests, whose memory
g to have public vindication-yes
IN his interests, and I ought to saw also
"a your oWn-it is necessary that you
Just alluded to. You tell me that thare
is a secret. I wish to know itn
1t is the confidence of a dead ner-
son. monsieur" Dantin replied In
There are no ~fde when i,s-
tice is in the balance"
But 1T Is also the secret of a. Ivinr
person said Jacques Dantin.
is IT yourself Of whom you speak? o,
he gazed keenly at the face. now for
tured and contracted.
pantin replied, No, I do not speak
of myself, but of another
THAT other-who is hep"
1t is impossible to tell you"
Impossible 2"
II will repeat to you my first ques-
tion-why2 2"
Because / have sworn on my honor
10 reveal 1t to no one
All. ah!' said Ginory mockingly.
" was a vow? That is perfect"
Yes. NJ lie Juge; 1t was a VOW"
~ vow made to whom?"
+ Revere,
Who Is no longer here to release
you from 1t. I understand
And asked Dantin. with a yehe.
mence which made the registrars thir
hand trernble as it Few over the paper
what do Q understand?"
Pardon" said NJ. Ginory. .sYou
are not here to put questions, but to
answer those which are asked you. q
us certain that a vow which binds the
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