The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-20
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IS IN ANNALS Or CRIME

. ouI no ldliUT iifeu IN LHe rue fTlu
eesse, nor was t6eEel anything to con
meet any Of the inhabitants Of thai
street with the crime. But the janl
tress, a weak:mtnded old woman, adj
mitted that 1t was easy for anybody
to gain access 10 the house and well
provided he knew OF the existence Of
small button in the door, which
worked string latch. 1t was clear
then, that the murderer had once lived
there.
Did any Of your dodgers ever work
for a taiIor?7 asked the commlssary
The janitress recalled a young WON
an named Gaufe, who had formerly
worked as u seamstress, but had after
ward gone on the vaudeville stage.
she sings at the cafe concerts"
babbied the old woman. she told ME
she was tired Of making waistcoats
for taiIors."
"For whom did she work?"
"a number of people. There was
one man brought her a lot OF work;
remember him, because he always
used to spill water on my stairs"
What water?"
"The water he carried up from the
we'll"
An assistant in drug shop opposite
told the commlssary some more about
the tailor and Mile. Gaufe. This man
was known as Pierre; he lived in the
Rue Mazarln, and often brought waist.
coats for the seamstress to make up.
NJ Mace promptly searched for and
found the woman. She was brought
to his office for examination and i'm.
pressed him with the sincerity Of her
reulies
who was the tailor who carried
I'm water for Won from the welI?" NJ.
Mace asked.
"Afonsieur yoIrbo."
"Nbere does he llye?"
"IIe used TO live in the Rue Mazarin,
but he has married and moved away
7 don't know where"
Further questioning revealed the
fact that he never worked much. yet
always seemed to have plenty of
money He drank a great deal.
Trfepds7 He had one in particular, a
little old man known as Pere Desire,
with whom he often drank.
"whcn aid Won see this old man
lastq" NJ Mace asked.
"a connie Of months ago at the cafe
with Votrbo Pere Desires aunt was
Win them Madame Bodasse. she re.
sidos IN the Rue des Sesles and is a
banJaee maker
IA A detective was Immediately sent
IL 6nI the old woman. and she was
hrongbt to the commissary's Office.
She wns ready to tell all she knew.
She had a nephew named Desire Be-
dosse who had been a tapestry work.
or Int he was horribly stingy, and
they we're not on the best terms. She
had not seen him for a month. Some.
lines he took her out TO concerts. and
on the last occasion Pierre Voirbo had
ACCOMPANIED them.
"nescribe this man Voirbo."
"He was a short man, and some.
fines wore n long overcoat and a high
hat"
And NJ. Mace remembered the mi.
tial Il upon the fragment of sock.
B-that might well stand for the fam
fly name OF Desire Bodasse. The
scent was becoming stronger. The
old bandagc maker was taken to the
morgue, where she promptly identified
the fragment Of trouser and the sock
with the initial. which, she declared,
she had marked herself. between two
crosses IN red cotton. And she had
sewn the sock to the stockings, to
protect her nephew's feet against the
winter cold. Madame Bodasse could
also furnish information as TO the scar
on the leg, for she remembered that
her nephew had cut himself badly by
falling upon the edge of a broken
bottle.
The identity OF the murdered man
was proved. He was Desire Bodasse,
Of No. SO Rue DauphIne. Halt the
battle was won-bnt not the greater
half!
The commIssary now took Madame
Bodasse. I'd her nephew's abode No.
20 - an old ron,b,Ing building so