The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-02-07

" Denis, kept by NJ. Desvois
40 ut the corner OF the Ru,
de Ia Grande Truanderie
They ordered a bottle o
wine. and went upstairs for
game OF billiards. OF the tv,
doors In the b~illiard-room. on,
opened into the bedroom, whilst In,
other led to the entrance In the Ru,
de la Grande Truanderie. After hal
an hour Nine. Desvois, not hearins
the noise OF the billiard balls. wen
upstairs. and, to her surprise, saw In,
door OF the bedroom ajar. At that mo
ment n OF the men came forward
and Nine. Desvois, convinced they
were burglars, called for help. At her
shrieks the three fellows rushed out
knocked her over, and ran away. Two
OF them escaped unseen, by the back
door, but the third found himself in
the Rue de la Grande Truanderie
followed by a crowd attracted by the
woman's cries. On the point of being
overtaken, the man drew q revolver,
fired at a youth who had seized his
coat tails, and shot him down. The
mad chase continued towards the Rue
Pierre-Lescot, where he fired again,
killing a cabinet-maker called Mar.
tinot. NJ. Bottelier. an employe, was
his third victim: for the poor man,
with a bullet in the groin, died on his
way to the hospital. The murderer
sped along, brandishing his weapon,
when a NJ. Guyomard caught him
pluckily by the throat and felled him
to the ground. The police had the
greatest trouble to prevent him from
being lynched. With his clothes torn
20 shreds. and bleeding from several
wounds, he was first conveyed to the
police-station in the Rue des Prou-
vaires. and afterwards brought before
me.
He was a short, thick-set, deter
mined-looking mar with a strongly.
developed jaw, and a curious hard
expression in the eyes--the type Of
the brute. He gave his name as
Crampon; and We discovered that un-
der the name of Bonfantini he had al
ready undergone several long terms OF
Imprisonment.
When l asked him for the names of
his accomplices he looked at me with
an ugly grin. -,
what for? To obtain favors? No,
thank you. l am not going to harm
them. Besides, I am sick Of every.
thing. l want to be 'butte.'"'
Are you sorry you killed these poor
menu"
Sorry? Not I. Or, rather, I am
sorry; for | had still two shots In my
revolver; and, but for that meddling
idiot. you would not see me- here to-
day"
/ did not prolong this conversation,
and waited till the next day. when l
had him once more brought before me.
and again questioned him about his
act Umplices.
Save yourself the trouble" he said
with O sneer, you'll get nothing out
of me. | want to be butte"
Crampon had a sweetheart, a GER
tain Maria T~houvenin, then lying Ill
Mt the Charlie hospital. searched
her room. and found a uniform OF a
private In the Fourth Infantry, wnich
/ took away with me.
The excitement In Paris. when ina
horrible murder became known, was
intense and the press clamored LOT
the arrest of the two men who accom-
panied Crampon on that fatal after
noon. Unfortunately. Nine. DesVois
was unable to give me their descrip-
ton. and none of my men. although
we'll acquainted with the criminals
and their haunts, could supply any
clue.
I sent for Inspector Larose--an ex-
perienced oflcial-and described 10
him a fellow I had e o some
ago with Crampon enter n bar.
Larose thought a long time and then
said:
ssWeli. sir. I think l know the man.
mt I doubt whether he be-ongs TO the
Orampon gang"
T. sHe may or he may not. / noticed
nis hair; It was cut short and iookeu
a n he had just left the regimen.
LArose looked up.
81 begin to see II now, sir; IL wouio
h funny II he turned out to DO our
man. His name 10 Georges Piessis'
and he Is employed In a wineshop IN
the Rue du BAG" .n
IAN right; let US go there at once.
: Twenty minutes later We aligned
and ENDURED after Plessis. -,
He will be done in q minute" sara
the proprietor of the establishment
ahe "a bringing down his trunk"
Ills trunkf" l asked. is he going
away?" -.
eyes sir. He had n telegram. las
night, from his old aunt. who is very
H." -
whilst he spoke. Piessis came down
the stairs with O big box on his snoui-
der. and nearly dropped It when ne
raw Us. We put him In the cab. ana
took him. box and all, to the prefec-
ture. where he denied ever having
seen Crampon- ,
why we're you 30 anxious to leave
Parish" 4 said.
~ had 4 Telegram IA,
eyes. 1 know. But ! want TO "