The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-20
RxsH. u. EeRERT

the morgue we're those OF her nephew.
To put an end to. all doubt, NJ Mace
forced the lock OF the door of 30;
dasse's apartment The place was In
good order.fbut there was fine layer
OF dust upon the furniture, and the
bed had not been slept in. |on the
floor before the fireplace were the.
ends Of seventeen llalt.Burned matches,
and on the mantel were two paper
candle boxes-one empty, one contain
ing single candle. These boxes were
OF the kind that held eight candles
apiece. Fifteen had therefore presunl-
ably been batned and this correspond
ed with the number Of matches used.
two having missed fire. The one
candle left would burn, it might be
calculated, about three hours; then
there must have been light in the
room on fifteen occasions Of three
hours apiece. This was corroborated
by the janitor, who had noticed a light
from eight O'Clock until eleven In the
evening on fifteen occasions during
the previous six weeks.
N. Mace coniectured that some per
son had come TO the apartment at reg
uIar intervals and of some sot pur-
pnse. Was,it Bodasse? His walking
stick lay 10 one cornerj his tall
hat hung from a nail. His silver
watch and chain hung from the wall.
NJ. Mace became convinced that the
visitor was not Hodasse but SOME one
who had an interest in making 1t ap'
parent that Bodasse was still alive. He
had even wound up the 24.hour cuckoo
clock!
was Monslenr Bodasse well.to-lo@"
NJ. Mace asked of the bandage maker,
recalling The story OF his refusal to
lend Volrbo 10000 francs.
Madame Bcdasse emphatlcally as.
sured the commissary that he was,
and \ that, like many Frenchmen, he
preferred to keep his cash and securi'
ties near at hand. She pointed out a
secret hiding place in an old bureau
In which her nephew had been wont
to keep his wealth. "If anything hap,
pens to me-. lie had told her, you will
find all my papers and valuables In
there. keep them In an old green
pocketbook,"
The drawer was opened, but the
pocketbook was gone. However. NJ.
Mace found. memorandum SCRAP
Of paper tastle the old mans silver
watch, containing the numbers of GER
tain securities. ItaliSn government
stock of the issue OF 1861, payable to
bearer. 'a''''a'-'-''i ','''''' ''''r'z'',
NJ. Mace concealed two of his ON.
GERS in an alcove. with instructions to
arrest Immediately anyone who ap.
peared. Then he set out again upon
The trail Of volrbo. @Had he paid his
rent before leaving the Rhe Mazarin?"
he asked. Eyes" I'm CASH."
NO" replied the landlord. "ITe
paid with a share OF italian stock,
worth 500 francs. cashed it myself
at the money changers at the corner"
NJ. Mace fastened to the money
changers shop and found that the
man had kept the counterfoil Of the
share. The number corresponded with
one upon the list found in the watch
case. The commissary now felt u.s.
sureG that he had the murderer in his
power. Another fact, which ultimate
ly proved to be Of The utmost signifi-
canoe, was now brought to light. On
the morning of December (which
approximated the date of the murder
Voirbo's servant, arriving to clean his
room, discovered that he had already
done so himself, and. furthermore. had
washed a part of the floor, which was
still wet. >yoirbo had explained to her
that an Old woman who brought him a
pair of trousers to mend had let fall
bottle of oil upon the floor The
stencn drove him out--lIe had gone to
his friend Bolasse to spend the night,
and had returned early to wash his
room and get rid of the odor.
The two detectives who were placed
on guard in Bodasse s room ;ulfllled
their task very badly. Whom Voirbo
appeared, instead of arrcsting him.
they entered into conversation with
him and allowed him to depart. 1t ap-
peared that voirbo was actually al
stool pigeon" Of the police, and, when
he arrived, he at once greeted the
officers as colleagues Of his own, wSiile
they, not knowing but that he, too,
was at work upon the case, suffered
him to take himself OF after an ami.
cable chat. But lie did not fly He
believed himself 10 be safe against de-
lection. The evidence was strong, but
not in the least convincing. For tho
moment matters seemed TO be at 3
deadlock. NJ. Mace accordingly sum-
moned the suspected man to appear
before him, and at last the two stood
face % face.
Yoirbo was an understood and ex.
tremely stout man Of about thirty
years. He expressed anxiety al the
disappearance of his old friend. and
said that he would have consulted NJ.
Mace about 1t, but understood that,
owing to the Iattar's youth and mex.
iperience, the affair was soon to be
taken out Of his hands, and he was
waiting until ha o,.,,IJ laarn WIN ,,,os