Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-12-06

- Berard, for many
Il years judge, and,
1TG5:T9N afterward, member
IEShKSs of the Chamber of
M sSssGE Deputies.
- A few months
,o had been called to the bench
sl''I a ~ for an excursion in the Ce-
DC W Mountains and spent the night
'slI' lonely inn. He fell asleep and
y terrible nightmare. He saw
DIV ,UnEeeper and his wife steal up
ss he'd and, while the woman
- both his arms, the husband
s I.ad a long, sharp knife. and stabbed
.~ in the throat They then carried
s sn mt of the room, threw him into
u 1.an hole behind the house, and COW
s-sd him with refuse.
"y Whom NJ Berard awoke, it took him
,ong time to shake off the effects OF
81, fearful dream, and, even while he
s,a.sed he still seemed to feel the
cuts in bis throat
Before leaving the house where ne
..ort such an unpleasant night, he
r,,ad long at the host and hostess,
'rd could not help thinking they
OOEed vlllanous.
year later NJ. Berard was ap-
,aDted assistant judge in the very
district where his sleep had been SO
mpYDectedly disturbed, and the first
thing he learned was that the au-
tborities there were investigating a
rme that had been committed some
months before. A notary, who had
mrected a large sum Of money, had
nwteriousy 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-
MINIS 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
eryieW.
When they entered the room, M.
Berard could hardly suppress an ex-
Camation 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-
rence.
You are the murderers," he said,
and l will even tell you how you
committed the crime. You, the man,
stabbed your victim with your large
hiie and, together, you carried the
body to a deep hole, covering it with
refuse. 1t must be there now
The couple looked tlunderstruck.
Then the wife was seized with fit
Of trembling, and before another mo-
nent had passed both confessed their
crime. The body OF the unfortunate
man was found in the very spot
named by NJ. Berard.
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
Geam |, too, might possibly never
nave discovered who committed the
murder at Vincennes.
IN January. 1891, l was informed,
early in the morning, that an old
Acy, a Madame Bazire, living in a
'lsA apartment in the Rue de Ter
uT' Fmcennes, had been found
sFangled.
! at once started for Vincennes
WIN NJ Guillot, the magistrate, and
s'u' straight to the house, where
",s'!tnlng had been left undisturbed.
Al poorly furnished bedroom, or
s - with banners, rosaries, and
=. s,'u'eS OF saints, lay the body of the
w ~ 'Ieature, face downward.
~, ,Ie murderer had strangied her,
~ lau placed on her back curious
,E,a 4s OLD trunk, covered with boar
r s.uS and provided with four rollers.
We, W., Oelore had seen such a trunk.
,. s.suane Bazire, Well known in the
r.ssuuorAood, was a quiet, inoffensive
~ 'au' most religious, who, during
'Iilty Years she had resided at
so,H Jules, had Fever missed either
s,.s's mass or vespers. On the
hm 'lS OF the murder she had gone
b.t -- - at nine. telling the concierge
n. sue would return soon, because
sI'eu TO put her room in order.
Ma ~ '&st, nobody in the house tr0u-
lha n aaUuG her, as it was thought that
mt k,sAt nave come back late with
.rsr th noticed. The next day. how
esr 'De Eeighbors began to feel IN
Mad Madame Bazire received every
ssps Ns lie Messenger de Sainte Philo-
tn !, : little religious paper which
lass : toOus people what prayers they
sss - Say during the day. When it
&n,a D1fhed that LIE Messenger de
hoebss rhliomene remained ua-
SO,s Ss, under the door, the neigh
rpy IS IS uef bell, and, receiving nc
Nv ss le Tor the police commissary,
Aag bas s' Impression was that rob,
cine @u been the motive OF the
aasaetoa =" the cupboards had been
ssI sr eu, and on the floor were sew