The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-16

i w Ell, 40 So ana luGH teii NE " iietiiCi
! am mistaken. The woman, now
| dead. We come to the object Of her
assassination. What did this we'll
| dressed young gentleman want? Mon
| ey? Naluables? No, no! hundred
| times no, What he wanted, what he
/ sought, and what he found, were pa
1 pers, documents, letters, which he
/ knew to be in possession of the vic
| tim To find them. he overturned
| everything, upset the cupboards. un-
| folded the linen, broke open the sec
| rotary. OF which he could not find
| the key and even emptied the mat
tress Of the bed. At last he found
| these documents And then do you
know what he did with them? Why,
burned them, Of course: not in the
| fire place, but in the little stove in
the front room. His end accomplish
ed, what does he do next? He flies,
. CARRYING with him all that he finds
, valuable, to battle detection, by sug-
costing robbery.
iAS WI oPPCu SsCi llillS ut louIu
worth taking in the napkin which
was to have served him at dinner,
and, blowing out the candle he fled,
locking the door on the outside, and
throwing the key into a ditch. And
that is ALL"
IN. Tabaret," said the magistrate,
your investigation is admirable; and
| am persuaded your differences are
correct"
"Ah!' cried Lecoq "is he not CO.
lossal, my old Tirauclair?"
"Pyramidal' cried Gevrol, iron
ically. 81 fear, however, your we'll
dressed young man must have been
just little embarrassed in CARRYING
a bundle covered with a snow-white
napkin, which could be so easily seen
from a distance"
He did not carry it hundred
leagues" responded old Tabarel. "You
may well believe, that, to reach the
railway station, he was not fool
enough to take The omnibus. No, he
returned on foot by the shortest way,
which borders the river. Now on
reaching the Seine, unless he is more
knowing than l take him to be, his
first care was to throw this tell-tale
bundle into the water"
DO you believe so, M. Tirauclair?"
asked Gevrol
Il don't mind making a bet on it:
ana the best evidence Of my belief is
that have sent three men, under
the surveillance of a gendarme, to
drag the Seine at the nearest spott
from here. Ii they succeed in finding
the bundle, | have promised them q
recompense.
IF they should not, however, find
this bundle!" murmured M. Daburon.
He was interrupted by the entrance
OF a gendarme, who said:
Here is a soiled ble-napkin, fill
ed with plate, money, and Jewels,
which these men have found; they
claim the hundred francs reward
promised them"
Old Tabaret took from his pocket
book hank-note. which he handed
to the gendarme.
Now demanded he, crushing Gey-
rol with one disdainful glance. what
thinks the Investigating magistrate
after this?,,
That. thanks to your remarkable
we shall discover, and"
He did not finish. The doctor sum-
moned to make the post-mortem ex-
animation entered the room. That
unpleasant task accomplished, it only
confirmed the assertions and ccniee-
lures of old Tabaret. The doctor ex-
planned, as the old man had done, the
position OF the BODY. In his opinion
also, there had been struggle and
declared that Widow Lerouge had cat
EN- about three hours before being
struck.
Nothing now remained except to col
lect the different objects which would
be useful for the prosecution, and
might at later period confound the
culprit. Old Tabaret examined with
extreme care the dead woman's finger
nails; and, using infinite precaution.
he even extracted from behind them
several small particles of kid. The
largest of these pieces was not above
the twenty-fifth part of an inch in
length; but all the same their color
was easily distinguishable. He put
aside also the part of the dress upon
which the assassin had wiped his
weapon.
These. with the bundle recovered
from the Seine and the different casts
taken by the old fellow, were all the
traces the murderer had left behind
him. At the moment Of departure,
after the commissary and the entire
party had wished NJ. Daburon good
night, the latter asked NJ. Tabaret to
accompany him. They set out to-
gether; and naturally the crime form-
ed the subject of their conversation.
1t was agreed, that, the first thing
in the morning, NJ. Tabaret should in
stall himself at Bougival. He boasted
that in eight days he could examine
all the people round about. On his
side NJ. Daburou promised to keen him