The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-06

udU q IeTTlUlS ulSutIndue. ne saw
the innkeeper and his wife steal up
to his bed, and, while the woman
grasped both his arms, the husband
raised long, sharp knife, and stabbed
him in the throat. They then carried
him out of the room, threw him into
a deep hole behind the house, and COW
cred him with refuse.
When NJ. Berard awoke, it took him
a long time to shake off the effects OF
this fearful dream, and, even while he
dressed, he still seemed to feel the
cuts in his throat.
Before leaving the house where he
spent such an unpleasant night, he
gazed long at the host and hostess,
and could not help thinking they
looked villanous. "a
A year later M. Berard was APP
pointed assistant Judge in the-yery
district where his sleep had been SO
Unexpectedly disturbed, and the first
thing he learned was that the au-
thorities there were investigating a
months before. A notary, who had
collected large sum of money, had
mysteriousiy disappeared, and there
was no doubt that the unfortunate
man had been assassinated.
On the very day of M Berard's ar
rival the police had received an anony-
nous 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
NJ. Berard to be present at this in
terview.
When they, entered the room, M.
Berard- could hardly suppress an ex-
clamation as he recognized his host
and hostess Of the country inn. His
dream rose up before him, and he
asked the magistrate to be allowed to
say something to the man and woman,
who violently protested their inno-
,cence. 8at Ff1f
You are 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 it with
refuse. 1t must be there now"
The couple looked thunderstruck.
Then the wife was seized with a tit
of trembling, and before another mo-
ment had passed both confessed their
crime. The body of the unfortunate
man was found in the very spot
named by M. Berard. aH ~
1t is not for me to explain this
strange incident, which at the, time
created tremendous sensation. All
know is that but for an extraordinary
dream !, too, might possibly never
have discovered who committed the
murder at Vincennes.
In January, 1891, | was informed,
early in the morning, that an old
lady, a Madame Bazire, living in a
small apartment in the Rue de Ter
rier, Vincennes, had been found
strangled.
at once started for Vincennes
with M. Guillot, the magistrate, and
went straight to the house, where
everything had been left undisturbed.
In a poorly furnished bedroom, or
namented with banners, rosaries, and
pictures of saints, lay the body of the
old creature, face downward.
The murderer had strangled her,
and had placed on her back curious
looking old trunk, covered with boar
skins and provided with four rollers.
Never before had l seen such trunk.
Madame Bazire, well known in the
neighborhood, was a quiet, inoffensive
woman, most religious, who, during
the thirty years she had resided at
Vincennes, had never missed either
morning mass or vespers. On the
morning Of the murder she had gone
to mass at nine, telling the concierge
that she would return soon, because
she wanted to put her room in order.
At frst, nobody in the house trou-
bled about her, as it was thought that
she might have come back late with
out being noticed. The next day, how
ever, the neighbors began to feel un-
easy.
Madame Bazire received every
morning lie Messenger de Sainte Philo-
meme, a little religious paper which
tells pious people what prayers they
have to say during the day. When it
was remarked that lie Messenger de
Sainte Philomene remained III
touched under the door, the neigh
bors rang her bell, and, receiving no
reply, sent for the police commissary
My first impression was that rob-
berry had been the motive of the
crime. All the cupboards had been
ransacked, and on the floor were sew
eral small bundles of linen and
clothes-of which Madame Bazire had
a large Quantity-and which the as
saSsin, for some reason or other, had
left behind Only big clock that
used to stand on the mantelpiece, and
according to the neighbors, weighed
more than forty pounds, had disap
peared. = On the marble slab the thin
coating of dust showed the spot where
1t had stood.
On the other hand, Madame Bazire's
gold watch was still hanging on a mai
near her bed If the murderer haC
gone there bent on robbery. why die
he leave the watch, and carry of the
cumbrous and less valuable time
piece?
Moreover, the poor lady. who hat
but a small annuity, was known tc
have little money in the house. fol