Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-04

him.
"We must know" said my friend
Let's go to the chateau" And he
drew me with him. But at the cha
teau gendarme placed in the vesti-
bule denied us admission up the stair
case of the first floor. We were obliged
to wait downstairs.
This is what passed in the chamber
of the victim while we were waiting
below.
The family doctor, finding that Mile.
Stangerson was much better, but fear
ing relapse which would no longer
permit Of her being questioned, had
thought 1t his duty to inform the ex-
amining magistrate of this, who de.
cided to proceed Immediately with
brief examination. At this examina-
ton the registrar. NJ. Stangerson and
the doctor were present. Later l OBJ
tanned the text Of the report of the ex-
animation, and / give it here In all its
legal dryness:
Question. Are you able, mademoi-
selle, without too much fatiguing
yourself, to give some necessary de-
tails of the frightful attack of which
you have been the victim? Answer.
feel much better, monsieur, and l will
tell you all l know. When l entered
my chamber l did not notice anything
unusual there.
20. What did you do on that day!
want you to be as minute and pre-
else as possible. / wish to know all
you did that day if 1t is not asking
too much of you. A. rose late, at 10
o'clock, for my father and / had re-
turned home late on the night previ-
ously, having been to dinner at the re-
ception given by the president of the
republic in honor of the Academy of
Science of Philadelphia. When / left
my chamber at half past 10 my father
was already at work in the laboratory.
We worked together till midday. We
then took half an hours walk in the
park, as we were accustomed to do,
before breakfasting at the chateau.
After breakfast we took another walk
Tor half an hour and then returned to
the laboratory. There we found my
chambermaid, who had come to set nv
room In order / went into the vel
low room to give her some slight or
GERS, and she directly afterward left
the pavilion, and resumed my work
with my father. At o'clock we again
went for walk in the park and after
ward had tea.
20. Before leaving the pavilion at s
o'clock did you go into your chamber?
A. No, monsieur. My father went into
1t, at my request, to bring me my hat
%. And he found nothing suspicious
there. A. Evidently no. monsieur.
%. 1t is, then, almost certain that
the murderer was not yet concealed
under the bed. When you went out
was the door Of the room locked? A.
No; there was no reason for locking It,
%. You were absent from the pavil-
Ion some length of time. NJ. Stangerson
and you? A. About an hour.
20. 1t was during that hour, no
doubt, that the murderer got into the
pavilion. But how? Nobody knows
Footmarks have been found in the
park leading away from the window
Of the vestibule. but none has been
found going toward 1t. Did you notice
whether the vestibule window was
open when you went out? A. don't
remember
IN. Stangerson-It was closed.
20. And when you returned?
Mile. Stangerson-I did not notice
m. Stangerson-It was still closed
| remember remarking aloud. Daddy
jacques must surely have opened 1t
while we were away
20. Strange. Do you recollect, NJ
Stangerson. If during your absence
and before going ou; he had opened it?
You returned to the laboratory at @
O'Clock and resumed work?
mile. Stangerscn-Yes monsieur.
20. And you did not leave the labo-
ratory from that hour up to the mo-
ment when you entered your chamber?
IN. Stangerson-Ne Neither my daugh-
ter nor l. monsieur. We were engag-
ed on work that was pressing, and we
lost not a moment. neglecting every
thing else on that account.
20. Did you dine I'm the laboratory?
A. For that reason.
%. Are you accustomed to dine in
the laboratory? A. We rarely dine
there.
%. Could the murderer have known
that you would dine there that even
ing?
m. stangerson-Good heavens! j