Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-06
CHAPTER VI.

The attorneys for the republic called
In the examining magistrate. Nothing
more was to be done The magistrate
had studied the position of the corpse,
examined the wound. and now, having
told NJ. Ginory his impressions, he did
not hide from him his belief that the
crime had been committed by a profess
sional. as the strokes of the knife across
the throat had been given neatly, scien-
~tifcally. according 90 all the established
rules.
one might well take It for the work
Of a professional butcher"
Yes, without doubt, NJ. Ginory, but
one does not know. Brute force-a
strong blow-can produce exactly what
science cam"
More agitated thar he wished to APP
pear by the strange conversation be-
tween the agent OF Surete and himself,
the examining magistrate stood at the
foot of the corpse and gazed, with a
fixity almost fierce, not at the gaping
wound OF which NJ. ~Jacquelin 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 n animated with VEN
geance, gave him a look, immovable,
most powerful.
lie is true: IL 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 menace some
one. Whom? III the picture of some one
was craven there, was IL not the last
image reflected OIL the little mirror of
the retina? What If a face was re-
Elected there? What IL 1t was still re-
tanned IN he depths OF those wide open
eyes2 That strange creature. Bernar-
Diet, half crazy, enthused with new
ideas, with the mysteries which ira
verse chimerical brains, troubled him.
Ginory, n 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
rihle witness. could there be than the
dead man himself, IL 1t were possible
ror his eyes 10 speak? If that organ
life should contain, shut up within II,
preserved, the secret of death! Bernar-
Diet, whose eyes never left the magis-
trate's face, ought to have been con-
tent, for II plainly expressed doubt, a
hesitation. and the police officer heard
him cursing under his breath.
Folly, stupidity! Bah, we shall seel"
Bernardet was filled with hope. NJ.
Ginory, the examining magistrate. was
moreover convinced that for the pres
cnt, and the sooner the better. the
corpse should be sent to the morgue
There only could a thorough and scien-
tifc examination be made. The re-
porter listened intently to the converse
ton. n Mime. Moniche clasped her
hands, o and more ~agonized by that
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-hospital. does.
Nothing was now to be done except
TO question some Of the n%eighbors and
to take a sketch of the salon. Bernar-
Diet said 90 the magistrate: my photo
graph Will give you that While some
one went out to get a hearse the magis
trates went ava The police officer
placed a small guard in front of the
house. The crowd was constantly I'm.
~creasing n becoming more and more
curious. violently excited and eager te
see the spectacle--the murdered mar
borne from his home.
Bernardet did not allow nj. Ginor,
to go away without asking respectfully
II he would be allowed to photograph
h dead mans eyes. Without givins
him a formal answer NJ. Ginory simply
told him 70 be present at the autopsy a
the morgue Evidently II the magis
trate had not been already full of doub
his reply would have been different
Why dtd that inferior officer have tn,
audaclty To give his opinion on the sub
1ect or conducting q judicial investiga
ton N. Ginory would long before thi
have sent him about his business II h
had not become suddenly Interested ii
him. IN his quality Of judge he ma,
come 20 know Bernardets history an,
his exploits IN the seryice. No Elorc ca
pabIe mar In his tine could be founc
He was perfectly and utterly devoted /
his profession. Some strange tales wer