The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-16

On the previous evening, he left his
place. wearing fur coat took his let
ters and his paper, the Turf Illustrc,
from the porter S wife, walked away
and returned home nj midnight. This
Al. Prevaillcs wore single cyeglass.
He was regular racegoer and him
self owned several hacks which he
either rode himself or jobbed out.
The inquiry had taken go short a
time and the results obtained were so
exactly in accordance with Lupin e pre-
dictions that Ganimard felt quite over
! come on hearing the detectives report.
Once more he was measuring the
Prodig!lous. extent of the resources at
Lupin g disposal. Never in the course
Of his life-and Ganimard was already
we'll advanced in years-had he come
across such perspicacity, such a quick
and far"seeIDg mind.
He went in search of NJ. Dudous
"Everything's. ready, chief. Have
you warranti'
"Eh?D
~ said, everything is ready for the
arrest, chief -
You know the name of Jenny
Saphir g murderer7'
"Yesp
I. But how2 Explain yourself"
Ganlmard had sort Of scruple of
| conscience, blushed little and never
theless replied:
can accident, chief. The murderer
threw everything that was likely to
compromise him into the Seine. Part
of the parcel was picked up and handed
to me-
"By whom'''
90 boatman who refused TO give his
name, for fear of getting into trouble.
But | had all the clcws [ wanted 1t
was not so difficult as / expected"
And the inspector described how he
had gone to work.
''And You call that an accident -
cried NJ. Dudouis. "And YOU say that
your finest performances. Finish it
yourself, Ganimard. and be prudent. -
Ganimard was eager to get the bust
ness done. He went TO the Qual des
AugustIns with his men and distrib
uted them around the house. He ques
toned the FORTRESS. who said that her
tenant took his meals out Of doors, but
made point of looking in after din
ncr.
A little before 9 O'Clock. in fact,
leaning out Of her window, she warned
Ganimard who at once gave a low
whistle. \ gentleman in. tall hat and
q fur coat was coming along the pave
ment beside the Seine. He crossed the
road and walked up to the house,
Ganimard stepped forward;
NJ, Prevailles, ! believe9'
Yes, but who are you7'
81 have commission TO . ~
He had not time to finish his SEN
tence. At the sight of the men appear
ing out of the shadow. Prevailles
quickly rotreatcd to the wall and faced
his adversaries, with his back to the
door of n shop on the ground floor,
the shutters of which were closed.
"Stand back!'' he cried. 81 don t
know you'll
His right hand brandishcd a heavy
stick. while his left was slipped behind
him and seemed to be trying to open
Ganimard had an impression that the
man might escape through this way and
through some secret outlet:
None Of this nonsense, be said,
moving closer to him. you re caught.
|. You had better come
quietly
But, just as he was laying hold of
Prevailles IS stick, Gauimard remember
Prevaillcs was left.handed; and it was
his revolver for which he was feeling
behind his back.
The inspector ducked his head, lie
had noticed the man S sudden move
ment. Two reports rang out. No one
was hit.
second later, Prevaillcs received
blow under the chin from the butt end
of a revolver, which brought him down
Depot soon after 9 o clock:
Ganimard enjoyed great reputation
even at that time, But this capture,
so quickly effected, by. such very sim
pie means, and at once made public by
the police, won him n sudden celebrity,
But, on the eighth day, everything
was changed. Until then Prevailles
had refused to reply to the questions
counsel, he pleaded Il circumstantial ali
hi and maintained that he was at the
Fohes Bergere on the night of the muir
der,
As a matter Of fact. the pockets Of
his dinner Jacket contained the coun
terfoil of stall ticket and programme
OF the performance, both bearing the
date of that evening.
AN alibi prepared in advance, OBJ
lected the examining magistrate.
prove it, - said Prevailles,
The prisoner was confronted with the
witnesses for the prosecution. The young
lady from the confectioner Thought
she knew the gentleman with the eye
glass. The hall porter in the Rue dc
Berne "tbought he knew lbe gentle
man who used to come to see Jenny
Saphir. But nobody dared to make a
more definite statement.
The Judge sent for-Ganimard and told
him of his difficulty,
g can I possibly persist, al this rate.
There. is no evidence to support the
charge.
''But surely you are convinced in
your own mind, monsieur lc iuge d lin.
struction, Prevaillcs would never have
resisted his arrest unless he was guilty
"Hc says that he thought he was
being assaulted. He also says that he
never set eyes on Jenny Saphlr: and,
as matter of fact, we can find no one !
to contradict his assertion, Then
again. admitting that the sapphire has
been stolen. Se have not been able to
find il at his fat. -
"'Nor anywhere else, suggested Gan. !
imard.
"Quite true, but that is no evidence
against him. ] II tell You what we shall /
want, NJ. Ganimard. and that very soon;
the other end of this red scarf -
"The other cnd?'
"Yes. for it is obvious that, il the
murderer took it away with him, the