The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-20
PARIS DOCTOR
ADMITS LONG
CRIME LIST
Arrest of Physician Reveals
Story Wilder Than Stew
cnsOns Fiction
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service CORRESPONDENT


Paris-W Weeping IN his cell in
Marseilles while the police pile up
against him charges Of murder, rob
berry, attempted poisoning and other
serious crimes, Pierre Bougrat to-
day means for the French public the
living embodiment of X. l.. Steven
sons DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Kyle
BY day DR.. Jekyll was an honored
and highly respectable physician. BY
night he became Mr.. Hyde. possessed
of fiend and given to all kinds OF
devilish deeds. BY day Bougrat was
the nightly respectable DR.. Bougrat.
one Of the most skillful physicians
in the great ca-port town Of Mar
settles. His fellow doctors honorcd
him as great practitioner. Netcr-
ans Of the World War honorcd him
as a soldier doctor who had scrvc.i
all through the war and who had
been wounded in action six differ
ent times. Fashionable clubs and
the most exclusive circles welcomed
the Immediately dressed, witty. ur-
bane man of the world.
BY night the police now say he
was a different person.
He sneaked away from his sweet
heart and went into the lowest quar-
tiers Of the town. Vile cabarets knew
him. He took part in wild orgies.
He fought with the Apachcs for the
favors of dizzy blondes.
DR.. Bougrat made large sums Of
money in his practice the rounder
Bougrat spent even larger sums.
DR.. Bougrat medically treated rich
women patients-the rounder Bou
graf is now alleged by the police to
injections made them unconscious.
Or. Bougrat numbered among his
patients has old fellow officer and
comrade- in-arms. Jacques Rumcbe -
the rounder Bougrat now stands
with numbering this same Rumebe
robbing him of several thousands of
francs and then hiding his body in a
cupboard in wall hidden by thick
wall paper.
And he might have gotten away
with it, if the police had not been
about to swear out "A warrant for
Rumebe's arrest. For Rumebe was
a collector for big Marselles firm.
When he failed to return with about
eight thousand francs Of their money
the firm notified the police. DR..
Bougrat, interviewed. spoke in the
highest terms Of his old friend. But
he let drop the hint that Rumebc, IA
married man. had probably run off
to Lyons with a mistress. 1t was
former valet Of Bougrats who
gave the police their real clue. He
recalled seeing Rumebe come to Bou
gratis house for treatment. He re-
membered the doctor saying he had
patient lying unconscious on a
sofa. He said the doctor locked the
door and told the valet not to dis
turb the patient.
The valet said he peeped through
the key-hole and saw man lying
prone on the sofa. He never saw
the man again. But he did notice a
bad odor days later in the room. The
police swooped down on the house
and discovered the decomposed body
OF the missing man.
Bougrat at once made long state
ment. The substance Of it was this:
"Rumebe came to me and said he
had lost 5000 francs he had collected
for his firm. If he could not restore
this sum, he was lost man.
promised to get it for him and made
him wait in my office. When l re.
turned I found him lying dying or
the floor. He had swallowed some
VI Tie pOlSoHS keen IN Wv "''' ~
lost my head. l thought if I did
not find the sum Rumebe said was
missing the authorities would never
believe my story. They would think
! killed him for money. SO hid the
body, thinking | would drag it GU,
and reveal it as soon as l got the
necessary 5000 francs. But failed
to get the money and the more time
elapsed, the more frightful was my
situation. I didn't know what to do
Then came the police and my arrest
/ am an innocent man with all APP
pearances against me up to the
present"
Bougrat's friends have already
outlined his possible defense. One
of his worst war wounds was in the
head and his skull had to be ire
PANIED. They say it has affected
his brain and made changed mar
of him. He was DR.. Jekyl. He i.
Mr.. Hyde.