The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-03-27

Thy magistrate to ramble on. When that
gentleman had quite finished. he said:
You had better tell the prisoner and
she principal witnesses to get ready to
AXE the early train for Paris. The pres
nee of your local physician will be nee
essary also, so that he can testify to the
nature of the wound by which MadaNe
Roupell met her death. In the meaar
will make an examination of the
of the murder"
That will be unnecessary. ] have
ready made one"
with what result, monsieur le
'The finding of this pistol. with
doubtless, the murder was comm, 90
Let me look at it,"
The project took the weapon. and ex
amined it carefully.
1T is of American manufacture" he
said. Ibid you find anything else?'
Nothing except some private pap :
of Madame Roupell's scattered on The
floor of her chamber
Where is the young man who has been
accused of this crime?"
He is under a strong guard at pres.
ent, in the buffers pantry. Do you wish
to see him?'
mo, think not" he said. "The judge
sits at ten o'clock. and he will hear what
he has to say. Meantime, though. as
said, l wish to make an inspection OF
the premises"
The mayor at once bestirred himself
and conducted M. Lablanche upstairs to
the room where the body of Madame
Roupell was still lying. Nothing had been
moved. Even the blood which had soaked
into the hearth rug had not been wiped
up; an overturned chair lay where it had
fallen; some papers were scattered about
| the room.
do not disturb them" said NJ. La.
blanche, pointing to the papers. while
( tb43 sipply indicate how Madame Rou.
I peE was aneaRsd at the time of the shoot.
ihs and Perhaps have no bearing on the
| question of who committed this crime
| still it is our rule to move nothing"
"And as to who did commit it, l think
there can be no doubt" remarked the
| mayor.
There Is always room for doubt in
any case" replied the project. "Oi
course this young man denies his guilt
though silent on other points?"
| Most decidedly he does"
'Then you have got to prove 1t in or.
der to bring the crime home to him. You
must recollect that under the revised
penal code of France, the prisoner has
no longer to prove his innocence of .
charge. 1t is the duty of the law to
bring it home to him."
But Monsieur Chabot assures me. "
said the mayor, 'that he found this young
man in Madame Roupell's chamber imme-
diately after the report of the pistol"
"Oh perhaps the young man found him
What do you think of that?" remarked
the project. You see. my dear sir. we
must not be too hasty."
II must confess that you put the mat.
| ter in a new light; but Monsieur Var
Lith's appearance in the chateau?"
How does he account for thatr'
He refuses to account for that at all
as l said" replied the mayor.
WAS he in the habit of calling at thil
| house"
| AT one time, but lately had been moi
only unlimited, but requested to discon
| tinue his visits. His presence in the
chateau was, In fact, totally unexpected
by anyone until he was discovered in
Madame Roupell's chamber"
NJ. Lablanche now threw a searching
| glance around the chamber. 1t would
seem, indeed, as if nothing could escap.
his acute observation. On the large
handsome bedstead, lay the body of the
late proprietress of the Chateau Vile
neuve. This piece of furniture was near
| ly in the center of the room, with the
head placed against the wall. To the
east two windows looked out upon the
grounds In the rear of the building. Al
aviary, containing several canaries, which
had been great favorites of the deat
woman, stood between the windows. lti
occupants were singing merrily, appar
emily unmindful that the hand which ha(
fed and tended them was powerless tt
do SO more. In the windows, stands o.
geraniums and other plants were tasteful
ly arranged, and the heavy curtains hat
been carefully draped back to permit thu
free ingress of the sunlight. On the toi
lette table lay the gloves which Nine
Roupell had worn at the opera the proceed
ing evening. There, also, was the far
which she had carried. On one of thu
chairs was the shawl which Emily Wei
don had wrapped about her.
Ito be contnued.)