Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-28


by magistrate to rambie on. When that
Gentleman had quite finished. he said
you had better tell the prisoner and
he principal witnesses to get ready TO
axe the early train for Paris. The pres
nee of your local physician will be nee
ssary also. so that he can testify to the
nature of the wound by which Madame
,oupell met her death. In the meantime
will make an examination of the scene
Of the murder"
THAT will be unnecessary. have al
ready made one"
with what result, monsieur lie maireT"
"1he finding of this pistol, with which,
doubtless, the murder was committed"
LET me look at it,"
The project took the weapon. and ex-
lmined it carefully.
ut is of American manufacture" he
said. did you find anything else?"
Nothing except some private papers
Of Madame RoupelPs scattered on the
floor of her chamber"
where is the young man who has been
accused of this crime?"
"He is under strong guard at pres
ent, in the buffers pantry. Do you wish
10 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, | wish to make an inspection of
the premises"
The mayor at once bestirred himself,
and conducted NJ. Lablanche upstairs to
the room where the body of Madame
Roupel 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
, tb.y sipply indicate how Madame Rou-
, pell was engaged at the time of the shoot
in. and perhaps nave 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. "Of
course this young man denies his guilt,
though silent on other points?"
| Most decidedly ne does.
"Then you have got to prove it 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 Q
charge. 1t is the duty of the law tC
bring it home to him."
But Monsieur Chabot assures me,
said the mayor. that he found this young
man in Madame Roupells chamber imme
diately after the report of the pistol"
"Oh perhaps the young man found him
What do you think of thatY' remarked
the project. you see. my dear sir, W.
must not be too hasty."
81 must confess that you put the mat
ter in a new light; but Monsieur VaI
Lith's appearance in the chateauw
How does he account for thatT
He refuses to account for that at all
as I said" replied the mayor.
"Was he in the habit of calling at thi
house?"
AT one time, but lately had been no
only unlimited. but requested to discon
tinue his visits. His presence in tn
, chateau was. in fact, totally unexpecte'
by anyone until he was discovered il
Madame Roupell's chamber"
NJ. Lablanche now threw a searching
glance around the chamber. It woul'
seem, indeed, as if nothing could escap
his acute observation. On the large
handsome bedstead. lay the body Of tn
late propretress of the Chateau Vile
neuve. This piece of furniture was near
~ in the center of the room, with tn
head placed against the wall. To tn
east two windows looked out upon tn
grounds IN the rear of the building. A
aviary, containing several canaries. whic
had been great favorites OF the dea
woman, stood between the windows 1t
occupants were singing merrily. appal
emily unmindful that the hand which ha
fed and tended them was powerless t
do so more. In the windows, stands O
geraniums and other plants were tasteful
ly arranged, and the heavy curtains ha
been carefully draped back to permit tn
free ingress of the sunlight. On the to
lette table lay the gloves which Mm'
Roupell had worn at the opera the preceC
ing evening. There. also was the fla
which she had carried. On one of tn
chairs was the shawl which Emily We
don had wrapped about her.
, (To be continued.)