The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-09

laundering. Was IT conceivable that
pickpocket could play the part of an
inspector like that, in broad daylight
and in n public place. and rob re-
spectacle man with impunity?
Nicolas Dugrival,s widow kept tho
controversy alive, thanks 70 her iere-
miads and 20 the interviews which she
granted on every hand, A reporter had
secured a snapshot of her in front Of
her husbands body, holding up her
| hand and swearing to revenge his
death. Her nephew Gabriel was stand
ing beside her, with hatred pictured in
his face. He. too. it appeared, In few
words uttered in q whisper, but In
tone OF fierce determination, had taken
an oath to pursue and catch the muir
derer.
The accounts described the humble
apartment which they occupied nj, the
Batignolles: and, as they had been
robbed Of all their means. sporting
paper opened a subscription on their
behalf.
AS for the mysterious Delangle, he
remained undiscovered. Two men were
arrested, but had TO be released forth
! with The police took up number
of clews. which were at once aban-
! doned; more than one name was men
| toned; and, lastly, they accused AT
sene Lupin, an action which provoked
the famous burglar g celebrated cable,
dispatched from New York six days
after the incident;
| ''Protest Indignantly against cal
umnv invented bv baffled police. Send
my condolences TO unhappy victims. In
| structing my bankers TO remit them
True enough, on the day after the
| publication OF the cable, stranger
rang at Nine. Dugrival's door and
handed her an envelope. The envelope
contained fifty l000-tranc notes.
This theatrical stroke was not at all
calculated TO allay the universal comJ
ment. But an event soon occurred
which provided any amount OF addl-
! tional excitement. Two days later, the
people living in the same house as
| Nine. Dugrival and her nephew were
| awakened, at 4 o'clock in the morning,
| by horrible cries and shrill calls for
help. They rushed 10 the fat. The
porter succeeded in opening the door.
By the light of Il lantern carried by
one Of the neighbors, he found Gabriel
stretched at full length in his bedroom,
with his wrists and ankles bound and
gag forced into his mouth, while, in
the next room, Nine. Dugrival lay with
her hfe's blood ebbing away through
great cash in her breast.
She whispered:
1.-THE money! We been robbed-All
the notes gone
And she tainted away.
What had happened' Gabriel said
and, as soon as she was able to speak,
Nine. Dugriyal completed her nephew 8
story-that he was startled from his
sleep by finding himself attacked by
two men, one of whom gagged him,
while the other fastened him down, He
was unable to see the men in the dark,
but he heard the noise of the struggle
between them and his aunt 1t was a
terrible struggle, Nine Dugrival de-
clared. The ruffians, who obviously
knew their way about, guided by some
intuition, made straight for the little
cupboard containing the money and. in
spite of her resistance and outcrics,
laid hands upon the bundle Of bank
notes. AS they left, one Of them, whom
she had bitten in the arm, stabbed her
with a knife, whereupon the men had
both fed,
(Which way9' she was asked.
'fThrough the door Of my bedroom
and afterward, I suppose, through the
hall door.
''Impossiblel The porter would have
noticed them
For the whole mystery lay in this:
how had the ruffians entered the house
and how did they manage to leave itf
There was no outlet open to them. Was
1t one Of the tenants' A careful in
quiry proved the absurdity of such a
supposition.
What theni
Chief Inspector Ganimard, who was
placed in special charge Of the case,
confessed that he had never known
anything more bewildering-
OTIS very like Lupin," he said,
land yet it s not Lupin: No, there's
more in it than meets the eye, some
thing very doubtful and suspicious.
Besides, if it were Lupin, why should
he take back the $4,000 francs which
ne sent7 There's another question that
puzzles me: what is the connection be-
tween the second robbery and the first,
the one on the race course9 The
whole thing IS incomprehensible and ]
have sort Of feeling-which is very
rare with me-that It is no use hunt
ing. For my part, give It up
The examining magistrate threw him
self into the case with heart and soul.
The reporters united their efforts with
those Of the police A famous English
sleuth hound crossed the channel. A
wealthy American, whose head had
been turned by detective stories, Of
fered a big reward to whosoever should
supply the first information lending to
later, no one was any the wiser. The
public adopted Ganimard IS view; and
the examining magistrate himself grew
tired Of struggling In darkness which
only became denser as time went on.
And life continued as usual with Du-
grival's widow Nursed by her nephew,
she soon recovered from her wound In
the mornings, Gabriel settled her in an
easy chair at the dining room window,
did the rooms and then went out mar.
keting. He cooked their lunch with
out even accepting the proffered as
sistance OF the porter's wife.
Worried by the police investigations,
and especially by the requests for in
terviews. the aunt and nephew refused
to see anybody, Not even the FORTRESS,
whose chatter disturbed and wearied
Nine. Dugrival, was admitted, She fell
back upon Gabriel, whom she accosted
each time that he passed her room.
"Take care, NJ. Gabriel, you re both
OF you being spied upon. There are
men watching you. Why, only last
night my husband caught fellow star
ing up mt your windows
"Nonsensel said Gabriel. "Itb
all hight. That's the police protecting
as.
One afternoon at about 4 o'clook