The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-20
PROCESSING love,
TURNS MURDERER
Shocking Crime Committed by
Youth, Who Then Attempts
Suicide.
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Especial Sable to Tho Times Dspatrh.l
Parts, November io.-Truly shocking
is tho crime which has been colrmittea
ut d hotel at tontainbleau by young
man who had been employed there for
about half a year TO look after the
cellar As the landlord noticed thut
hc took advantage of his visits 10 nc
cellar 10 sample its contents on his
own account and that he also peree-
t:i,ted the two servant maids with his
attentions, he told him on "Wednesday
he must leave IN q week. In the small
hours of yesterday morning the land
lord and llis wife heard the report oil
firearms resonnding from the attlcs,
and. on going upstairs they found one
of the maids in the passage with ncr
face fractured, and on proceeding FUR
ther. they discovered her companion
lying dead at the door df her room.
The landlord went Oft to the gem
darmerie. and soon several police OIL
Gals were al the hotel, the tenants of
which had risen from their beds, and
were In a state of utter consternation
The landlady took the wounded girl
to her own chamber, where she was
examined by a doctor. who found that
the lower part of the face had been
fractured by bullet which had lodged
in her throat; AS for the other poor
girl death had been instantaneous, as
she had been struck in the heart.
The investigation which followed led
to the discovery that the cellarman,
who occupied a room adjoining that
of the two maids, had about midnight
got ND aud Knocked at their door.
and on receiving no reply had broken
q pane of glass which was In the
door Then. turning the key, which
was. In the lock inside, he had entered
the room, and without uttering word
had shot one of the maids through tho
heart. and then had fired on the other,
who was screaming for help, fractuf'
ing her face. .
Lying on the floor was razor, viii h
the miscreant had brought with him
to use If his revolver did not su..ce
for his purpose. His own door VS.
locked, so it mad to be hdoken in, but
when the officials entered the room 1t
proved to be empty. AS. however,
there were traces of blood about the
chamber. and as the man had cut his
hand when breaking the glass IN the
girls door. it was evident that he no
returned to his room after committing
the horrible crime
The judicial authorities having now
arrived at the hotel. twelve gendarmes
ings with which 1T was connected. II
being believed that the man must have
climbed on to the roof with view of
escaping, and presently a captain per-
ceived a figure crouching close to
chimney. The captain fred two blank
shots as warning and immediatei5
afterwards two reports resounded,
The miscreant had lodged bullet IN
his forehead, and he then fell from that
height on TO roof in the COURTYARD.
lie was taken to the hospital in pit
liable condition. and when he had sufh-
GENTLY recovered to be questioned by
the judicial authorities he said that
he had been in love With one of the
maids and had been unable to bear the
thought of parting with her Later on.
when he learned that the poor girl was
dead, and that it was impossible to
extract the bullet which had lodged
in the throat of her companion, he
burst into tears and cried, II must
have been mad, / loved them both!'
He had been through his term of mil
itary service, and had done some work
in Paris, where his noriIer is settled,
when he got the place al the Fon-
tainbleau hotel.