The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
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bS<Eaze9=1AeS Deputies.
A few months
sr ne had been called TO the bench
went for an excursion In the Co
prr,s Mountains and spent the night
4 lonely inn. lie fell asleep and
ii terrible nightmare. He saw
;. "nkceper and his wife steal up
his bed. and, while the woman
ta.n,d both his arms. the husband
scd long. sharp knife. and stabbed
m in the throat. They then carried
i'm out Of the room, threw him into
dcep hole behind the house. and COW
rrd him with refuse.
When ". Berard awoke, IL took him
long time TO shake off the effects OF
b. 'earful dream. and. even while he
resscd. he still seemed TO feel the
utS in his throat.
T., fore leaving the house where he
rcut such an unpleasant night, he
aled long at the host and hostess,
mi could not help thinking they
oohcd villanors
year later nj. Berard was APP
pointed assistant judge in the very
Lstrlct where his sleep had been so
Lnnypectedly disturbed, and the tirst
hing be learned was that the au.
hho.iies there were investigating a
brine that had been committed some
anths before. A notary, who had
collected a large sum OF money. had
b. -tcriously disappeared, and there
Nas no doubt that the unfortunate
man had been assassinated.
On the very day of NJ. Berards ar.
rival the police had received an anony-
mogs communication informing them
that this notary had entered GER
tain tavern. and since that moment
had not been seen. The examining
magistrate had the innkeeper and his
wife brought before him, and asked
W. Berard TO be present at this In.
teryiew.
When they entered the room. NJ.
Beyard could hardly suppress an ex-
clamation as he recognized his host
and hostess OF the country inn. His
dream rose up before MIN, and he
asked the magistrate to be allowed TO
say something to the man and woman.
who violently protested their inno-
cCuce.
You arc the murderers," he said,
and ! will even tell you how you
committed the crime. You, the man,
stabbed your victim with your large
Knife. and, together. you carried the
body to a deep hole. covering IL with
/ refuse. II must be there now"
Tho couple looked thunderstruck.
Then the wife was seized with TT
o. trembling, and before another mo-
ment had passed both confessed their
crime. The body OF the unfortunate
nan was found in the very spot
named by NJ. Berard.
j Is not for me to explain this
orange incident, which at the time
created a tremendous sensation. All
know Is that but for an extraordinary
dream |. too, might possibly never
have discovered who committed the
murder mt Vincennes.
In January. 1891. was informed,
early in the morning, that an old
lady, Madame Bazire, living in n
small apartment in the Rue de Ter
ner, Vincennes, had been found
strangled.
ut once started for Vincennos
WIN NJ. Guillot, the magistrate, and
Won't straight to the house, where
t'arything had been left undisturbed.
IN a poorly furnished bedroom, Or
hdmented with banners, rosaries, ana
PICTURES or saints. lay the body OF the
ola creature, face downward.
The murderer had strangled her,
ana had placed on her back curious
looking old trunk, covered with boar
SKINS and provided with four rollers.
Never before had seen such a trunk.
Madame Bazire, well known In the
helghborhood, was a quiet, inonensNe
woman, most religious. who, during
The thirty years she had resided ut
'incennes, had never missed either
morning mass or vespers. On the
morning Of the murder sho had gone
10 mass ut nine, telling the concierge
mat she would return soon, because
she wanted to put her room in order
AT first. nobody in the house trou'
Died about her. as II was thought that
she might have come back late with
cut being noticed. The next day, now
ever. the neighbors began to feel I'M
easy.
Madame Bazire received every |
morning LIE Messenger de Sainte Phiio-
meme, a little religious paper when
Tells pious people. what prayers they
nave to say during the day When IL
was remarked that LIE Messenger dc
sainte Philomene remained III
touched under the door, the neigh
oors rang her bell, and. receiving no
reply. sent for the police commissary.
My first impression was that rob-
oery had been the motive OF the
crime. All the cupboards had been
ransacked, and on the door were sew.
erai small bundles OF linen ana
ciothes--of which Madame Bazire had
large quantity-and which the as
sassin. for some reason or other. nad
'sft behind. Only a big clock mat