Arizona republican., 1914-08-02
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Tragic Story Comes from Paris of Unfortunate Who Fell Victim to the Vaccinations of His Valet

 husbands love-lorn credulity and a servants treachery has been re- vealej by will case which is to come before the Paris tribunals shortly with a large and lucrative practice in a fashionable quarter of the city
 married a beautiful girl from his na- tive town in Touraine It was a love
 match on both sides. After a year of 1 complete happiness the couple kindly but unwisely consented to give the hospitality of their board and roof to a poor relation, a vague cousin of the husbands.
 With her discord entered the home. In few months she had so poisoned the mind of the bride against her husband by limiting at purely imag- mary infidelities that one morning the young wife left the house and re- turned to her home in Touraine. Daily | the doctor wrote letters imploring the wife, to whom he was passionately devoted, to return home. But the | letters were returned unopened. The deserted husband began to neglect his practice, and his mind even showed | signs of giving way.
 It was at this moment that the sec ond and chief villain of the piece entered-a valet named D., whom the doctor took into his service. D. soon l realized his new masters unbalanced condition and determined to take ad- nf l doctor that he had great influence ! with important personages, magis- trates, and the like, and offered his services to bring back the errant wife. Only he said it would take money. In a short time he had the master so completely under his influence that the doctor gave him carte blanche, or rather, blank checks, to cover the ne cessary expenses.
 And now" said D. to the doctor. l what you had better do is to go down to the country and rest for little, leaving everything to me When you come back you will find your
 wife waiting for you
 The doctor did so, and the weeks passed Then came a letter from D. telling him that everything was go- ing admirably, but that funds were failing, and requesting him to sell his country house Unquestioning the poor victim did so, and remitted the $20,000 obtained by the sale to D. Time went on, and nothing hap pened. and finally the doctor, in sudden spasm of will, came up to
 Paris to see for himself D. took him into a large flat agreeably dec | orated.
 Here is the little nest" he said.
 which I have prepared for you and your recovered happiness. The papers | have been chosen by your wife herself from samples I have sent her. All is now forgiven and forgotten. In ! week you will be together again.
 But the poor, credulous doctor could | not wait d day to see his wife agdin Without telling D. of his intention, he | took the first train to the town in 1 Touraine where his wife had been llV- ing since the separation. Hardly had | he left the station when he met
 member of her family. who showed | the greatest surprise and indignation
 at his presence there. From him tn. unhappy husband learned that no' only was his wife ignorant of the very existence of the flat, but that her decision not to return to him was | irrevocable, and she had brought an action for divorce a few days before l Utterly overcome. too hopeless even | to make a last effort to appeal to
 his wifes heart, the doctor wandered
 through the town till, worn out, he
 sat down on a bench in the public
 park. There, after drawing up will
 on a sheet of paper. leaving all he
 possessed to his beloved wife, he shot himself through the head.
 That is almost a year ago now.
 But when the widow sought to make
 good her claim to the property she
 was met by Q counter claim on the
 part of the servant, who produced do- | cuments to prove that he was the sole legatee. D. was arrested Just
 when he was on the point of leaving | the country. It is believed that he
 managed to extort from the credulous
 doctor sums aggregating $4O,OO0. He
 will be charged with fraud and breach I of trust.