The evening world., 1910-12-16

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whats THAR" eclaimed NJ. Fiiisul
The man whom NJ. de Gesvres saw IN
the boudoi and struggled with. the
man whom the young ladies saw In the
dra wing room and whom Mile. do saint
Veran shot at, the man who fell In the
park and whom we are looking fer: 40
you suggest that he Is not the man
who killed Jean Davalf"
II do"
Have you discovered the traces OF q
third accompiice who disappeared De-
fore the arrival of the young ladiesT
Il have nst."
I'm that case. I don't understand
Well. who Is the murderer or Jean
Daval?"
Jean Davai was killed by
Beautrelet interrupted himself
thought for a moment. and continued;
But ! must first show you the ROAD
which ! followed to arrive at the GER
tainty and the very reasons or the muir
der-without which my accusation
would seem monstrous to you. And u
is ot-n IL Is not monstrous at AT
There is one detail which has passed
unobserved. and which. nevertheless, "
Of the greatest Importance; and that
is that Jean Daval, at the momen
when he was stabbed. had all MS
clothes on. including his walking boots
vas dressed. In short. as a man "
dressed in the middle of the day with
a waistcoat. collar. tie and braces
Now the crime was commit'eo ~
o'clock In the morning.
Il reflected on that strange fact" said
the magistrate, "and NJ. do Gesvre'
replied that Jean Daval spent q par
OF his nights In working
The servant say, on the contrary
that he went to bed regularly at a very
early hour But, admitting that he was
49,. uN.. lEI hA AtaAFTnnRa htA Deu-
clothes to make believe that he nal
gone to bed? And. II he was In bed
why, when he heard n noise, do ne
take the trouble to dress himself IRON
head to foot instead OF slipping on any
thing that came to hand? ] went 10 MS
room on the first day. while you we're
at lunch, his slippers were at the foo'
OF the bed. What prevented him from
putting them on rather than his heavy
nailed boots?"
so far. / do not seq
so far. IN fact, you cannot see any
thing. except anomalies. They appeared
|, much more suspicious to me. however
when I learned that Charpenais tie
painter, the man who copied the Ru'
bens pictures, had been introduced and
recommended to the Comte de oesvFe'
by Jean Davll himself"
"Well?'
We'll. from that to the conclusion
that lean Daval and Charpenais were
/, accomplices required but n step.
took that step at the time OF our con-
versatlon."
"a little quickly. I think
las a matter Of fact. a material
proof was wanted. Now I had discov-
: cred In Davals room. on one OF the
sheets OF the b,ot;ing pad on which he
Y used to write. this address: Monsieur
|. A. l.. N. Post-Ofice %. Paris Yoa
: will find 1t there still. traced h re-
verse way on the blot,ing paper. The
> next day II was discovered that the
: telegram sent by the sham lyman from
d Saint-Nicolas bore the same address
r "A. l.. ~, Post-Ofice As The material
e proof existed: Jean Daval was In cor.
e respondence with the gang which ar
ranged the robbery OF the pictures"
Filleul raised no objection.
@ Agreed. The completely Is establ!shet
And wha conclusion do you draw
o This, hrst OF all. that II was not TIE
runaway who killed Jean Daval. be-
d cause Jean Daval was his accomplish.
/. And after that"
: Monsieur 10 Juge d'Instruction, |
g will ask you to remember the first SEN
tence uttered by Monsieur lie Comte
S whc, he recovered from fainting. The
sentence forms part OF Mile. de Cos
yres's evidence and Is In the official re-
port: 4 AIN not wounded -Daval?-ls
o he alive?-The knife? And I will ask
YOU 10 compare II with that part OF his
n own story. also In the report. IN when
Monsieur lie Comte describes the as
sault: The man leaped at me and felled
me with n blow on the temple! How
could NJ. de Gesvres. who had tainted.
e know. on waking. that Davnl hao been
y sta with a knife?'
Isidore Beautrelet did not wait for an
answer I, his question. 1t seemed ms
though he were In a hurry to give the
answer himself and to avoid all com
ment. He continued straightway:
. wherefore It was Jean Daval VIII
y brought the three burglars to the draw
: ing room. While he was there with the
one whom they call their chief a nois
was heard In the boudoir. laval opened
!, tho door. Recognizing N. de 0esvres
he rushed at him.. armed with the knife
y NJ, de Gesvres succeeded In snatchins
the knife from him. struck him with
|: and himself fell on receiving a bloH
from the man whom the two girls we'c
to sec a few minutes after
once again 4. Filleul and the inspec'
, tor exchanged ~glances. Ganimard tossed
his head in a ~disconcertcd way. Tn
A magistra'0 said:
- "Monsleur lie Comte. am I to bel!ev,
" that this version is correct?'
NJ. de Gesvres r.ad"n no answer.
Come, Monsieur lie Comte, you:
y silence would allow us TO Supposed be
" you to speak"
Replying in a very clear voice. n. d.
Gesvres' said:
The version is correct In every par
ticular."
The magistrate gave a start.
n "T.en | cannot understand why 20
m,slci tho police. Why conceal an ac'
which y6u were lawfully entitled :.
?. commit IN defense OF your life?"
'.5r twenty years" said NJ. d.
ID Gcsvrcs, "Davai ' orlted by my side.
trusted him. II he betrayed me. as tn,
result OF some temptation or other,
VS., a. least. unwilling, for the sake o,
~ the past, that his treachery should he
"a come known"
~ 'You were unwilling, 7 agree. but so.
had no right to be-
~ II am not OF your opinion, Monsieur +
Juge G'lnstruction. AS long as no limo.
a. cent person was accused OF the crime
I was absolutely entitled 10 refrain from
ne accusing the man VINO was at the sam,
IA ,t,,. tNa g,lnrit and tho ,fctg,, n 4,