The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-29
The Crime of s's;:9: a.: ,
e. gsh' the Boulevard

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= asked for a private interview with
glance of his eye. The examining mag
n ~istrate understood what he meant.
d All, Is It you. Bernardet? You wis
o to speak to me?"
Yes, NJ. Ginory. 1 beg Of you to ge
3 the body to the dlssectiug room for tn
: autopsy as o o as possible He ia,
: quietly and almost ~imperceptibl:
@ drawn the magistrate away toward
, window away, from the reporters, VIII
wished to hear every word that wa.
uttered, where he had him quite b,
i, himself in a corner of the room nea
:, the library door.
There IS an experiment which mus
be tried, monsieur. and it ought [,
tempt a man like you" he said.
Bernardet knew very well that pains.
taking even to a fault. taken with any
new scientific discoveries. with a re.
learn, Nj. Ginory would not refuse hin
; any help which would aid justice. Hac
not the Acadamy of Moral and Politica
Sciences crowned the year before Nj
Ginory's book on Tho Duties OF 9
Magistrate to the Discoveries of Sci
ence?"
The word experiment" was rot said
In order to brighten NJ. Giuory.
What do you mean by that, Ber-
nardet?" the magistrate asked, Der
nardet shook his head as If to intimate
that the explanation was too long to
give him there. They were not alone.
Some one might hear them. And il a
journal should publish the strange
proposition which he wished To-
"Ah. all" exclaimed the examining
magistrate, then it is something
strange, our experiment %.
ANY magistrate but you would think
it wild. unreasonable or ridiculous.
which is worse. But you-oh, | do not
say it to f'atter you. monsieur" quick
ly added he police officer. seeing tina
this praise troubles this man, who al
ways shrank from it. Il speak thus be-
cause it is he very truth. and anyone
else would treat me as crack Drained.
But you-no."
NJ. Ginory looked c%urfously at the
little man. who's attitude was humble
and even supplicating and seemed to
seek a favorable response, and whose
eyes sparkled and indicated that his
idea was no common one.
What is that room there" asked
M. Glnory, pointing to the half open
library door.
1T is the study OF VI. Rovere-the
victim
Let us go IN there" said NJ. Emory.
In this room no one could hear them.
They could speak freely. On entering
the examining magistrate mechant-
cally cast his eye over the books. stop
ping at such and such a title of a rare
work., and, seating himself in a low,
easy chat covered with caramanie, he
made a sign to the police officer to
speak. Bernardet stood, hat in hand,
in front of him.
M. lie jude" Bernardet began, Il
beg your pardon for asking you to
grant me an interview. but allowing
Tor n difference in our positions,
which is very great, 1 am. like you. a
schoiar-yery curious. I shall never
belong to the institute. and you
will.
Go on. Bernardet."
And YOU will belong to 1t, M. Gil
nory, but | strive also. in my lower
sphere, to keep myself au courant with
all that is said and with all that is
written. / was in the service Of the
academy when your beautiful work
was crowned, and when the perpetual
secretary spoke of those magistrates
who knew how to unite the love OF
letters with study of justice I
down. on the ladder, NJ. lie Juge, he
might have also searched for and
found some men who studied to learn
and to do their best in doing their
duty"
All, I know you. Bernardet. Your
chief has often spoken Of you.
i know that M. Leriche is very
good to me, but it is not for me to
boast of that. / wish only to inspire
confidence In you because what wish
strange
Bernardet suddenly stopped. II
know" he began, that fl I were to saw
TO a physician what I am about to say
to you he would think / ought to be
shut up in st. Anne, and yet / am not
crazy, I beg of you to believe. No: but
/ have searched and searched. 1t seems
to me that there is a mass Of inyen-
tons, of discoveries. which we police
officers ought to make use OF. and.
although ! am a sub-tnspector-.
Go on, go on, said the magistrate
0Jlirk1vE with a y1nDoyn ay,f of tt,n &r~o.,
toward the open door of the salon,
where the attorney for the republic was
conducting the i-nEestigation, and his
nod eene to say: They are at work
In there. Let us make haste.,
] will be as brief as possible" said
Bernardet, who understood what he
meant.
Monsieur" (and his tone became
rapid, precise, running UP and down
like a baH). 80 years, or, rather, to be
Journals, not political, but scientific,
published the fact that the daguerreo-
type--we have made long strides
since then n photography-had per-
mitted them to find in the retina Of a
murdered mans eye the image OF the
one who struck him"
y es, know" said NJ. Ginory. Ss
In 1860 I was too young. I had
no desire to prove the truth OF this.
discovery. 1 adore photography as I
~ pass lily 1ClSuIG
hours in taking instantaneous pictures,
in developing them, printing and An
sishing Them The idea OF what I am
about to propose to you came to me BY
chance. bought upon one OF the
squays a volume of the Sccfete de Medf-
cine Legale of in which DR.. Yer
nois gives an account Of a communi-
cation g to the society bysa physi-
Clan, who also sent Photographic proofs
thus Endorsed, photographs aiken or
the Tetina Of q woman assassinated the
18th ofSJuf,e.S 1848., - ssa
again said M. emory ST was
q communication from Dr. Bourbon. OF
Darnez. ngs
Precisely"
s.And the proof sent by the doctor
Slowed instant when, after strik-
ling the mother, h assassin killed the
child. while the dog sprang toward the
little Marriage a which the little n
Yes, M. Ginory.
sOh. well. but my poo Bernardet. DR..
VerEotss since . have rear hts re-
l port-
chance, monsieur, found ii on
stall. and II has kent itnnfnr