Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
OHAPTER XVII

Shortly before ten o'clock on the fol
lowing morning, Cassagne and D'Auburol
entered the bureau, where under the di
rect supervision Of the commissary tn
records of the department of police ar
preserved for future reference. Cassagn
was evidently well known to the officer
Of the bureau. In q few minutes sucl
books and indices as he required wert
placed at his disposal.
D'Auburon stood by intently watching
his principal as he turned to the indie,
page Of q huge volume. Reaching the
letter &c" he ran his eye rapidly over the
names, which were arranged In the order
OF their date Of entry. He started In al
the top Of the page full Of confidence
as his finger travelled down the column
however, his face grew perceptibly longer
When he reached the bottom, he gave au.
dible expression to his disappointment by
exclaiming:
Phillip Graham either was never I'M
der police surveillance at all, or he chang
ed his name when he came to Paris"
As the detective uttered these words,
an idea suddenly occurred to D'Auburon.
s'Look Inder the name of the woman
in whose charge he was placed. If he
took any other name than his own, what
more natural than he should take hers p
That's a good suggestion" said Cas-
sagne. "Her name was Marie La Seur,
as recollect it--yes, that was 1t. Marie
La Seur. I'll trouble you for that II
volume
D'Auburon handed 1t to him, and the
search commenced afresh. Presently Cas-
sagne exclaimed:
"Here is Philip La Seur 1 shouldn't
be surprised II you were right. Page
ffty-three."
Hold on a minute. Don't be disap-
pointed IL 1t shouldn't prove to be the
man. La Seur is a common enough name,
and there are over two millions and a
half of people in Paris to draw from.
Here's page 6fty-three; now let me see
what 1t says"
The two men leaned over the book as
they scanned the page before them. Then
they read:
Phillip La Seur, placed under police
surveillance by order of the commissary."
1--WE have him % exclaimed D'Auburon.
in tone of triumph. I'VE have him
now, for certain"
mot too fast, my friend not too fast.
Let's see what this foot note il"
At the bottom of the page was written
in red ink:
"Toulon, seventeen years, forgery"
An expression of intense disappoint-
ment spread itself over the face of the
detective. D'Auburon, also, understood.
Philip La Seur could have served out
but little more than half his sentence
Consequently he could have had no hand
in the commission of the crime
For few minutes both men were en-
tirely nonplused. At length Cassagne,
who had again been thinking deeply, ex-
claimed
Il shall not be satisfied until have
examined the state papers relating to this
trial. at the conclusion of which Philip |
La Seur was sent to Toulon."
You will waste your time" replied |
D'Auburon.
Il shall not. How do you know there
may not have been commutation of SEN
tence?"
to me-"
well. IT occurred to me; and in any
event 4 van be time we'll spent to look
over the record OF the trial. Philip La
Ssu. NAY nave called witnesses to testify
~ nis own oehalt-to speak, for instance,
o. ms FORMER good character-and who
knows what We may learn from them?
Go out and get cab while | take down
the number OF the case and put away
these books
ITO the Palais de Justice"
As they ere about to step into cab. a
aswsboy approached them, crying:
Horrible murder A body found in
the Seine r
Buy . paper D'AuOurOn," said Cas-