Evening star., 1930-05-04

About o'clock on Saturday night we
took advantage of the fact that Marquis was
cool and quiet in his cell to inform him of the
fate which awaited him. We explained that we
were going to bury him alive, but that in order
to make him suffer the pangs of hunger and
thirst we were going to allow him to breathe
just enough air to sustain animation. He dis
played his usual extraordinary coolnesS. What
ever his feelings may have been he did not
show the slightest emotion.
cat a quarter past placed him in one
Of our motor cars, and five delegates ap-
pointed for the task took him to the place of
burial Half an hour after midnight we dug his
grave-a very shallow one. When the grave
was dug we offered him his life, and later his
liberty, II he would cease his diSsimulation and
sincerely promise to turn over q new leaf But
the only reply he would make was to shrug his
shoulders and smile cynically. can still hear
him as he laughed in the sinister darkness.
Then we tore off his clothes, leaving him only
his shirt, and forced him into rough wooden
coffin we had brought with us. For the first
time he showed signs of repentance and fear.
His teeth chartered and he began to babble
almost incoherently.
I'VE then closed the lid of the coffin and
lowered it into the grave. Through the large
pipe with which the coffin was fitted, so that he
could obtain certain amount OF air, we could
hear him still babbling as we filled the hole in
with soil. Our work was completed by A o'clock
in the morning. For time he made good
deal Of noise, so we told him through the air.
tube that If he continued to shout we should
stop up the pipe and suffocate him. This was
only said, however, to make him think that we
were continually watching. AS soon as we
could hear him no more, we simply left him to
his fate, knowing full well that he could not
escape and was bound to die in due course.
I'VE consider our action toward this motor
ious enemy Of society as a splendid beginning.
We are now going to study the cases of other
crooks who, like the Marquis de Champaubert,'
have not yet fully paid for their crimes. We
shall make them suffer the same death, or
other punishment we may devise. When the
'Marqus's' tortures and fate become known to
the public-and they are sure to come to light
very soon-we believe that they will make other
people of his type more careful. We will re-
sumo our communiques when the next victim
falls into our hands"
The prediction that the victims fate would
come to light very soon" was fulfilled with
startling rapidity. Another document giving
precise details as to where the buried man was
to be found came through the post to Nine.
Pascal, mother of the Marquis"
NINE. PASCAL lived at Elbeuf- -Saint-Aubn,
in the department of Seine -Inferieure, and
she received letter, signed Nine. d'Orgeval,"
explaining that the writer who had been pri-
marily responsible for the capture of the "Mar-
quiS" had now repented and decided to do her
best to save him. The letter said:
"Your son is buried in the Wood of Verneui
situated between Meuan and Verneuil in the
Seine ct Oise. To reach the spot where he lies,
leaving Verneuil you take the macadamized
road No. 154, which runs from Verneuil to Meu-
Ian. Skirting the chateau de Verneuil you fol-
low this road and enter the wood of Verneuil.
Still following the same road for about 500 to
1000 meters you will come to broad white
band with two crosses marked upon it, and
another cross engraved in the macadam.
"At this spot and exactly on your left, an
other road has been begun and abandoned-a
road with deep ditch along the right-hand
side. Counting about 220 PAGES along this aban-
doned road, you reach the spot where your poor
son is buried. His grave is on the right bank,
so that the pipe through which he breathes
gives on to the ditch of which I have already
spoken. 1t Is impossible to make a mistake
Moreover, here is plan'
At this point roughly drawn diagram was
given. Then the writer went on to explain at
great length the reasons which had impelled
her to act in this way; pity and love- she said,
had touched her heart. She feared, however,
that her action might lead to reprisals on the
part Of her accompices, so she had fled in her
car, leaving behind at notary's will giving
list of the names of the knights of Themis,"
in case any fatality should happen to her.
On reading this letter, as may be imagined
the mothers heart was stricken with sudden
and overwhelming grief, for it confirmed in
every respect a communication which she had
received many days before but which she
sldered so fantastic that she had put 1t aside
almost without tremor So many times before
mad she received mysterious missiveS from her
poor wayward lad! This was but another Of his
escapades, she had thought, though after his