Year: 1862

sleep N one ot the atllcS- In the room ueAl
to mine the servant girl and child slept About
halfpast one O'Clock 10 the morning awoke
felt very thirsty. and rose to get some water
my pitcher was empty. l went down stairs
TO ill it. | had nearly reached the first land
ing. when l saw a man stealthiy ascending the
stairs am very nervous man, and the re
cent murder had preyed very much on my mind
and had been living in continued dread ever
since. The sight Of this man completely para
lived me; and I stood looking, not able to
move hand or foot. He had nearly reached
masters door. when NJ Mouton opened the
door and came out on the landing. The assas-
sin Immediately rushed upon him, and putting
his hand over my masters mouth, prevented
him from calling out. l noticed only one
thing-that the murderer had only three fn
gers on his left hand. l could see no more
but ran up stairs again, and hurried into the
servants room-the child was lying on the bed
asleep, but the servant girl was not in the
room. took up the child in my arms and got
out on the roof This is all know about the
matter


The excitement 10 Dieppe was now raised to
the highest pitch. No trace of the assassin
could be discovered. 1t was evident that
these murders were the work of one man-and
that he must have been concealed in the house
before they were closed for the night Gov
ernment offered large reward for the discoye-
ry of the murderer, and the vigilance of the
police was thoroughly aroused.


There lived on the outskirts of Dieppe a
widow lady by the name of Beaumaurice. She
had no family, but with one servant girl lived
in a very retired manner The cottage in
which she resided was situated about half a
mile from the city-a little off from the public
road


Madame Beaumaurice had been the wife of
an old officer of the Guards. She was an ex-
traordinary woman in every particular but
especially so in respect to a certain GOODNESS of
character she possessed, in the midst of danger,
which, together with large amount Of moral
courage, made her very notable person The
recent murders had perhaps less impression oa
her mind than upon any one else in Dierpe-
although it was naturally supposed The retired
situation in which she lived would have caused
her to be more fearful.


About ten o'clock on the night of the 30th
of April, just ten days after the murders in the
Rue Grenard, Madame Beaumaurce went up
to her bedroom. She was suffering from a
nervous headache. She felt very sleepy. and
seated herself in large arm chair previous to
undressing herself. The lamp was placed on a
chest of drawers behind her. Opposite to her
was toilet table, with a cloth on it reaching
to the floor She had already commenced la
king off her clothes, when happening to look
around her, she saw something that for a mo-
ment chilled her blood. 1t was the shadow of
a mans hand on the floor. The hand had only
three fingers


She OWNED the truth in q moment-the as
sassin was therein her house-under the
toilet-table. She made not the least motion or
sign, but reflected two or three minutes as to
the best course to be pursued.


She OWNED what to do, aud advancing to
the door, called her servant maid.


"Oh, Mary" exclaimed she, when the girl
entered the room. Do you know where Mon
sieur Bernard lives ?"


Yes, Madame"


d" 1 have to pay 5000 francs away very early
in the morning. The fact slipped my memory
till just now. You will have TO run to his
house aud get the money for me-"


Very well. Madame"


Il will write you a note which you will de-
liver to him, and be will give you bank bills 10
the amount"


She wrote as follows


My DEAR MONSIEUR BERNARD The as
sassin Of the Rue des Armes and the Rue
Greuard is now in my house. Come immed
ltely with some gendlrmes and take him be-
fore he escapes. HELENE BEAuNArR1cE.


And without entering into any explanation
with her servant, she dispatched her on the er.
rand. She then quietly re seated herself and
waited.


Yes, she sat in the room with that man un
der the table for a whole hour She sat there,
calm, cool and collected. She saw the shadow
Of the hand shift several times but the mur-
lerer did not make any attempt to escape from
his place Of conceament.


In due time the gendarmes arrived, and
Jacques Reynauld was arrested-not, however,
without violent struggle.


need scarcely add that the most convincing
proof as to his guilt was found. and IN due
time he was guillotiued, as have shown in the
former part of this sketch,


JIM LANE IN NEW CHARAcTER-The St.
Louis correspondent Of the San Francisco
Bulletin says:


" Senator Jim Lane, of Kansas, has suspen-
ded his military operations in Kansas, and