The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
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TRUTH ABOUT THE CAST
The Experiences Of M. F. Goron Ex.ch;sf
OF the Paris Detective Police
Edited BY Albert K.y..r
TRACKED BY A DREAM
Copyright by J. Is. LlppincoIt O..

peared' On the marble slab the mi,
coating of dust showed the spot wber,
1t had stood.
on the other hand, Madame Bazire,,
solu watch was stlll hanging on a mai
near her bed II the murderer bao
so"o 'here bent on robbery, why did
ne leave the watch and carry on tbs
cumorous and less valuable time
| piece?
moreover. the poor lady. who had
Dut small annuity. was known to
nave NIUE money in the house, for
she had put of a few payments for
Tue !oilo"ing day, when she intended
10 collect her quarterly payment from
tue Dank. And when | inquired a,
.nat establishment learned tina,
Madame Bazire had not called there
was puzzled. and sounded the
hclshbors one after the other. They
however, had but little 10 saw. with
Tue exception Of Madame l., a
most taIkative old creature. whose
longwinded stories began TO get on
M nerves. | had no cause whatever
Tor suspicion, yet ] could not help in
curing from the police commissary
In her district who she was.
Oh, he said laughingly. she is all
right Her husband is employed in a
big establishment, and they are very
we'll on"
In the quarter, too. Madame II
bore a good reputation.
For all that. the woman seemed to
haunt me. and paid her another visit
10 ask for further information. This
limo she gave me the description OF
mysterious parsonage. who, she
said often came 10 see Madame Ba-
zire, poorly dressed man, easily rec
ogni7able by huge bag hanging from
his shoulders by strap
Il took me several days to hunt up
this individual. traced him TO the
Notre Dame des victories church,
waited till he came out. and asked
him 10 conduct me TO his house. With
out uttering word, he took me -
Batignolles, 10 a queer-looking room,
where he and his brother lived.
I confess that, although ! consid-
cred myself case-hardened as regards
surprises. stared with establishment
when | beheld that room. while a
pungent smell nearly choked me. In
the corner the brother was bending
over small stove cooking miser-
able stew, their evening meal. But
the strange odor emanated from hun
dreds of pairs OF old boots and shoes,
piled up everywhere, dirty and COW
cred with mildew.
Quietly, with an almost touching
simplicity, these two men informed
me that they knew Madame BaZire
very we'll indeed-a charitable, kind
lady. who helped them in the good
work they we're doing. One or them
had been 10 see her on the morning
before the murder, and not on the day
itself. as Madame L had asserted.
And then these two quaint fellows
told me the extraordinary life they
led. The elder brother was messenger
in n big shop and both, fanatically re-
ligious, not only lived on that humble
salary, but managed 10 put a little
money aside, with which they bought
old boots and shoes. and sold them at
fairs. The profits they derived from
those transactions they gave 10 a
charitable institution In aid or aban-
doned children. Their only JOY in life
was 10 pray. and TO assist those poor
or than themselves!
subsequent inquiry showed that
these men had nothing TO do with the
crime. and | am not ashamed to own
that. despite my anxiety to trace the
culprit. | was glad these two quaint
nhilanthropists were innocent.
next discovered that Madame Ba-
virs had q niece, whom she had not
seen for a long time because that
Young person did not go regularly 10
mass. This niece was engaged TO a
youth. kind of butcher, who sold
borse.flesh I'm the Paris streets. his
reputation was anything but good.
7 have always been averse TO ar
resting a person on mere suspicion
But here. without any clue to work
mon. I departed from my principle.
ard ordered one OF my men TO pring
the man to my office.
ue looked SO scared. and contra
d,cted himself so much, that had ne
haor orraigned there and then before
n Jury they would unhesitatingly nave
found him guilty. Moreover, he had
n very unclean record, and TWO CIT
looked most suspicious'
First. he. who the day before the muir
dor did not possess a cent, now nad'
when searched, two gold pieces IN MS
nocket. Ard. second. he was carry
ing n little parcel containing hneh
md some fancy material, In every
way similar TO the bundles iound at
Madame Bazire's.
Az first he would not explain
chance came the money and the par
%, and finally said that in the tram
.or no had met one OF his former
swsetbearts-cook in swell house
who had given him the forty francs
and the linen. g.,
The story seemed all the more IN
or.d,ble as he pretended to be IL
uorant Of the name and address OF
this generous woman 80. ana.
"Ail I know" he declared, Is .na'