Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-09
The Mystery
Of
TheYeI|ow Room
BY CASTOR LEROUX
Copyright. 1908, by Brentano's
Continued
BY CASTOR LEROlJX
Copyright. 1908, by Brentano's

never see him again. The press also
1t may be he is no longer living. We
Shall know how to avenge him. Our
manager will this afternoon be at the
court of nssize at Versailles with tn"
letter-thc letter containing the name
OF the murderer
Those PariSians who flocked to the
assize court at Versailles to be present
at the trial Of what was known as the
mystery Of the yellow room" will
certainly remember the terrible crush
In the courtroom.
The trial itself was presided over by
NJ. de Itocouz. n judge filed with the
prejudice Of his class. but Il man hon
est at heart The witnesses had been
called. | WAS there, of course. as were
all who had In any way been In touch
with the mysteries of the Chandler |
was lucky enough to be called early
in the trial so that | WAS ,hcu able 10
watch and be present III almost the
whole Of the proceedings.
The court was so crowded that many
lawyers were compelled to find seats
on the steps. Behind the bench "f jus
tees were representatives from other
benches. NJ. Robert Darznr stood IN
the prisoners dock between police
men, tail, handsome and calm. A muir
muir of admiration rather than Of com
passion greeted his appearance. He
leaned forward toward his counsel,
Maltre Henri Robert, who. assisted by
his chief secretary. Maitre Andre
Hesse. was buslly turning over the
folios of his brief.
Many expected that NJ. Stangerson
after giving his evidence would have
gone over TO the prisoner and shaken
hands with him, but he left the court
without another word 1t was remark
ed that the jurors appeared to be deep
~ interested in rapid conversation
which the manager of the Epoque was
having with Maitre Henri Robert The
manager later sat down In the front
row Of the public seats Some were
{ surprised that he was not asked to re-
main with the other witnesses In the
room reserved for them
The reading of the indictment was
got through. as 1t always is. without
any incident. ! shall not here report
the long examination to which NJ. Oar
FAC was subjected. He answered all
the questions quickly and easily. His
silence as to the Important matters of
which we know was dead against him
1t would seem as II this reticence
would be fatal for him, He resented
the presidents reprimands. He was
told that his silence might mean
death
4 Every we'll" he said. II will submit
to 1t, but am innocent"
With that splendid ability which has
made his fame Maitre Robert took ad-
vantage Of the incident and tried to |
show that 1t brought out in noble re- |
lief his clients character, for only |
heroic natures could remain silent for
moral reasons in face of such dan
ger. The eminent advocate, however,
only succeeded In assuring those who
were already assured Of Darzac's inno-
eence. At the adjournment RouleGa-.
billie had not vet arrived. livery time
door opened all eyes there turned to-
ward IT. and back to the manager of
the EDoque. who sat impressive In his
place. When he once was feeling In
his pocket u loud murmur Of expecta.
lion followed. The letter!
u. When the trial was resumed Maitre
Henri Robert questioned Daddy Ma
then as to his cotnplicity In the death
of the keeper. His wife was also
brought In and was confronted by her
husband, She burst into tears and
confessed that she had been the keep
er's sweetheart and that her husband
had suspected tt She again, how
ever. affirmed that he had had nothing
to do with the murder Of her lover.
Maitre Henri Robert thereupon asked
the court to hear Frederic Iaarsan on
this point. s38
In short conversation which Il
have had with Frederic Larsan dur
Ing the adjournment, = declared the az.
yocate. tshe has made me und erstand
that the death OF the keeper may have 4,
been brought about otherwise than by
the hand Of adathieu. ItSwill be in-g
terestiiag to hear Frederic I4arsan,s
theory, .
!: Frederic Larsan was brought in. Il
His EXPLANATION was quite clear.
81 see no necessity he said, for
ringing Matthew In this. u have told
a de Marquet that the man,s threats
had biased the examining magistrate
against him. TO me the attempt to Fl
murder mademoiselle and the death
Of the keeper are the work Of one and
the same ne,sssny II AyiJ. sstss, s.. I, Ie