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A Shrewd Detective.
THIS STORY, lo which I Lave given
the above title, Is among the most
singular Instances of mistaken circum
stantial evidence during later years, and
Is still remembered In France, where it
occurred, as the Despenard affair.
. MouBleur pespeuard was a retired
speculator on the Bourse. He was re
puted to be very wealthy, and occupied
a charming Suburban villa on the banks
of the Seine. Ills family consisted of
himself, his wife and two children, a boy
nnd a girl, aged respectively five and
seven years.
One night about nine o'clock, in the
summer of 1804, the servants were
startled by the report of a pistol, accom
panied by the sound of breaking glass
ringing through the house. After a few
moments of hesitation lest it should be
burglars, they rushed In a body to the
library, from which the sound had seem
ed to proceed, and found their master
fallen face downward upon the floor,
with the blood flowing profusely from it
wound iu the temple.
A hasty and horrified examination
showed he was dead, the bullet having
penetrated his brain, while the shattered
glass of one of the large windows also
proved that the assassin, whoever it
might have been, had Btood on the
veranda outBide and taken aim at the
victim through the glass.
Fully ten minutes must have elapsed
before the slow wits of the servants had
arrived at this conclusion, and then they
began to wonder that Madame Despe
nard had not also been aroused by the
noise. Could It be possible, they asked
themselves, that she also t had fallen a
victim ? And with this fear In their
minds, they proceeded to her boudoir
and knocked on the door.
No answer being returned, they open
ed the door, which was unlocked, and
entered the room only to find it empty ;
and they were looking at each other still
more surprised than before, when one
of them, more self-possessed than the
rest, suggested that the police should be
sent for.
Word was accordingly sent to the
nearest station, and within half an hour
four gendarmes, accompanied by two
detectives in plain clothes, arrived upon
the scene.
Still, Madame Deepens rd had not ap
peared, and vague suspicions of her were
gathering in the officers' minds, when
the street door opened, and the lady en
tered. Her face had a terrified look, while the
lace shawl she wore about her shoulders
was torn almost in two, and upon the
particulars of the tragedy that had taken
place during her absence being told her,
she fainted away.
Carried to her bed chamber, and re
storatives applied, Bhe only recovered
consciousness to pass from one hysterical
fit into another, until the physician who
had been summoned began to fear she
would have an attack of brain fever.
Meanwhile, the officers had charge of
the house, and the detectives, pursuing
their investigations, found link after
link of a chain of evidence to encompass
the perpetrator of the crime.
Long before daylight the detectives
had left the house, and, returning to the
station, laid their report before thechief,
who at once granted a warrant to arrest
Madame Despenard for the murder of
her husband.
The lady had by this time become
calmer, and she received the newB in a
silence which might either have been
the sullen submission of conscious guilt
or the apathy of utter despair.
The course of French justice is prover
bially dark and secret, and, though the
publio was excited to the hlghtest pitch,
no Inkling to appease their curiosity was
revealed until the whole evidence was
cut and dried ready for her publio trial.
Then a case was presented against her,
overwhelming in its evidence of her
guilt, and perfect even to the minutest
detail.
From the preliminary evidence of the
servants, it was proved that on the pre
ceding day Monsieur Despenard and hla
wife had had a violent quarrel. The
lady's own maid testified to its bitter
ness, and that she had overheard the
prisoner accuse her husband of deceiv
ing her by a false marriage, and that he
had another wife still Irving. This the
murdered man had denied, though not
vehemently, saying she was dead.
This testimony supplied the required
cause for the quarrel ; while the circum
stantial evidence thajb pointed to her as
the assassin could hardly be more con-
vinclng. i
First, there was her unexplained ab
sence from the house at the time the
murder was done, and her strange agita
tion on returning. Her own story that,
having a headuche, she had wandered
alpng the banks of the river, where she
had been attacked by an evidently in
sane woman, who tore her shawl and
disarranged her dress, waa at once set
down as a weak invention. Besides the
hesitating air with which It was told
still further went to confirm the convic
tion of prevarication.
The weapon with which the deed was
done was found lying in the garden hut
a few yards away from the spot where
the deadly shot had been fired. It was
a small, elegantly-mounted pocket-revolver,
which every member of the house
hold Identified as having beeu given
the prisoner by her husband several
months before.
Caught in the catch on the shutter
outside the window was found a shred
of lace shawl, which exactly matched
the pattern, and fitted the rent in the
one Madam Despenard had worn when
Bhe returned to the house.
In the soft mould of the garden were
found foot prints,- undoubtedly those of
the prisoner. She had an elegant,
though peculiarly shaped foot, and there
could be no mistake on this polnt.-r-Moreover,
the identical shoes were found
thrown down a well in the garden,
while the fact that the boots she had
worn on her return to the house were
but partially buttoned, had not escaped
the vigilant eyes of the detectives.
Her manner too, during her trial, Im
pressed the spectators with a feeling that
she was-gullty, and when a verdict to
that eflect was brought in, she bad but
few sympathizers among the audience.
A sentence of life imprisonment was
pronounced and she was carried from
the court insensible, and regaining con
sciousness, it was only to pass into de
lirium of brain fever.
She still lay in the hospital ward when
the case, which had begun to fade in the
publio mind, was again recalled prom
inently to their remembrance.
One day a lady called upon the execu
tors of the murdered man and claimed a
share of his property, alleging that she
was bis wife, legally married to him fif
teen years before.
Though there could be little doubt of
the validity of her claim, the executors
who were personal friends of the mur
dered man considered it their duty to
con test it, and the alleged widow at once
Instituted a suit against the estate.
The claimant, who, though evidently
on the shady side of thlrty-flve, was
still a remarkable handsome woman,'
had almost universally the publio sym
pathy, and the verdict that awarded her
claim was received by a burst of ap
plause throughout the court-room.
Graciously acknowledging it with a
bow and a triumphant smile upon her
face, the woman was about to leave the
room, when a man dressed in black,
with a scrap of red ribbon in his button
hole, advanced and laid his hand upon
her arm.
" Not so fast, madame, If you please,"
he said. " The case Is far from being
ended yet."
The look of triumph fudetl from the
woman's face, leaving it deathly pallid
as she turned and faced him.
"Who are you 1" she gasped, "and
what do you mean by this outrage ?"
" My name," the man answered,
calmly, " is Jules Chasson, of the Sev
enth Division of Detective Police, and I
arrest you for the murder of Henri De
Bpenard, once your hnsband."
The audience was struck speechless by
his words, even the court sharing the
general surprise.
" This is certainly a remarkable pro
ceeding, M. Cbasson," the Judge said
at length, " and one, I must say, that
requires further explanation."
" Which you shall have, my lord,"
the detective answered with a respectful
bow. " In the first place then, thla wo
man was really married to M. Despenard
fifteen years ago in a small village in the
south of Norfnandy. After a few
months, however she eloped with an
other man, and for more than seven
years following M. Despenard heard
nothing from her, w blch in the eyes of
the law annulled his marriage. There
fore when he again married, it weB per
fectly legal, and the lady now unjustly
under sentence for his murder wag law
fully his wife. I say unjustly accused,
my lord, for the real murderess la the
woman who now claims her widow's
dowry."
The detective paused a moment, and
all eyes turned upon the woman by his
side were startled by the change lu her
countenance. It was pallid to the very
lips, which were slightly parted as if to
utter words which her voice refused to
speak, and her eyes stared into vacancy
with a look as if she ouce more saw her
victim, arisen from his grave, standing
before her.
"About a year after his second mar
riage,'' the detective went on, " the
first wife returned, and commenced a
regular system of blackmail upon Mon
sieur Despenard, which, for his wife's
sake he submitted to until about ft week
before his death. Then, when he refus
ed to submit any longer to the extortion
a scheme of almost fiendish subtlety en
tered her mind. Through the conniv
ance of Madam Despenard'a maid, she
gained admittance to the house while the
lady aud her busbaud were absent, and
pomnwsed herself with the revolver and
shoes, which were afterwards found in
the well. The lady's story of being at
tacked by a woman was true, and the
shred of lace was torn from the shawl
for the purpose of affixing it to the
shutter. This however was afler the
time when ascending the veranda, the
murderess, peering through the window
saw her victim seated in a ebalr . read
ing. Ills face was half turned towards
her, and raising the revolver, she took
deliberate aim and fire "
A wild blood-curdling laugh ringing
through the apartment interrupted the
detective's narrative, and the breathless
audience, once more turning, saw that
it proceeded from the arrested woman,
whose eyes were rolling wldly, and upon
whose Hps a foam had gathered.
Her crime had been found out by
man's lngeunlty,but the retribution had
come from an avenging God. The sud
den shock of discovery, at the very mo
ment she had deemed her success com
plete, had overthrown her reason, and
Bhe was an incurable maniac.
The detective had not spoken without
proof to support his assertions, and the
wronged wife, now the object of public
sympathy, was at once released from
confinement, and restored again to her
children.
Still it was months before she fully
recovered from the terrible shock she
experienced, and before then the woman
who had so cruelly wronged her, had
still further paid the penalty of her
crime. In one of her paroxysms of
maniac fury Bhe had burst a blood ves
sel and expired.
An Editor's Dream.
HE FELL asleep after a time, and lo!
he dreamed again. And it seemed
to him in a vision that having armed
himself with certain papers and books,
he turned his steps once more toward
the place and knocked at the gate.
"Hello, is that you again?" said
Peter. " What do you wish f "
" Let these persons again come forth "
replied the editor, and Peter this time
made them all pass through the gate and
stand outside.
They came as before and uttered the
the same cries as before.
" Why didn't you notice that big egg
I gave you ?" yelled the first.
" Because It was rotten," replied the
editor.
" Why didn't you write up my soda
fountain ?" cried the druggist.
" You had your tickets printed at the
other office," calmly replied the local
man. ' :
" Why did you write about old Tom
llnson's hens and never speak of my
new gate?" shouted the third.
" Old Tomllnson paid for his adver
tisement and you didn't. Here's the
bill," said the editor.
" Why did you spell my name wrong
iu the programme V" groaned the local
talent.
"Take a look at this manuscript of
yours and see for yourself?" said the
editor with a grim smile.
The rest ot the company yelled their
complaints in unison, and the editor
calmly sorted out a serious of bills, for
unpaid subscriptions, and presented
each one; and it was so, that when they
had received them, they all tore their
hair, and rushed violently down a steep
place into the sea, and St. Peter taking
the editor calmly by the hand, led him
within the gate and said :
" Come friend : these chaps managed
to slip in here in spite of us, but, thanks
to the press, we know now what sort of
fellows they are. Come in and stay; we
ueed a few such men as you In here."
Treasure-trove Revealed while Plowing.
Mr. E. P. Puckett, while plowing in
au old field, iu Blount county, his plow
struck something hard, and upon exam
ining It be found a box, and on opening
it be could scarcely believe his own eyes
as he gazed upon over $1,800 in gold and
sliver coins. There was $1,200 in gold,
and $000 iu sliver. Upon inquiry Mr.
Puckett became convinced that this
money was buried during the late war
by Mr. A. W. Arnold, now deceased, a
citizen of that vicinity. Several efforts
had been made by Mr. Arnold's family
to find this box, they being aware that
he bad burled it when the Federal troops
threatened that section of the State.
The money was turned over by Mr.
Pucket to the widow of Mr. Arnold,
who now resides in Marshall county.
She is represented to be a worthy lady,
having several children, who will be
benefited by the money their father bur
ied. It is stated that a great number of
persons in that section of the State bur
ied considerable quantities of gold and
silver coin about the same time that Mr.
Arnold did.
A Crass Baby.
Nothing la so conducive to a man's
remaining a bachelor as stopping forone
night at the house of a married friend
and being kept awake for five or six
hours by the crying of a cross baby.
All crosg and crying babies need only
Hop Bitter to make them, well and
smiling. Young man, remember this.
Ed. 8 2t
SUNDAY READING,
A Problem For Men and Boys,
Johnny was purlng over his mental
arithmetic It was a new study to htm,
and he found it Interesting. When
Johnny undertook anything he went
about it with heart and hand.
He sat on his high stool at the table,
while his father and mother sat Just op
posite. He was such a tiny fellow,
scarcely large enough to hold a book,
you would think, much less to study
and to calculate. But he could do both,
as you shall see.
Johnny's father had been speaking to
his mother, and Johnny hud been so
Intent on his book that lie had not
heard a word ; but as he leaned back on
his high chair to rest a moment, he
heard his father say : "Dean got beaBtly
drunk at the club last night ; drank ten
glasses of wine. I was disgusted with
the fellow."
Johnny looked up with bright eyes
and said : " How many did you drink,
father?"
" I drank but one, my son," said the
father, smiling down upon the little
boy.
"Then were you only one tenth part
drunk," said Johnny, reflectively.
"Johnny 1" cried his parent, sternly
in a breath ; but Johnny continued with
a studious air.
"Why, yes; if ten glasses of wine
make a man beastly drunk, one glass
will make him one tenth part drunks
and-"
"There! there! interrupted the fa
ther, biting his Hp to hide the smile
that would come, " I guess it is bed
time for you. We will have no more
arlthmetio to night."
So Johnny was tucked away in bed,
and went sound asleep, turning the
problem over and to see If he was
wrong. And just before he lost him
self in slumber he had thought: "One
thing Is sore, if Dean hadn't taken the
one glass he would not have been
drunk ; and if father had taken nine
more be would have been drunk; so it
is the safest way not to take any, and I
never will."
A Fable.
Once upon a time there was a king,
and the thing he liked best was wisdom,
and the thing he liked worst was the
king who ruled next door. He wanted
to find the wisest man in the kingdom,
and so he asked the question :
" What is the lowest order of creature
ever created on the face of the earth ?"
And the astrologers and wise men
came together and argued ; and some
said a " carrion crow " and some said
a " pole-cat:"
But the king wasn't satisfied, and all
the astrologers got sick and some com
mitted suicide; but the king was not to
be comforted.
Then a young man came in aud said :
" Oh ! king, tbelowest order of creature
is the gossip antf tale-bearer."
And the king's countenance brighten
ed, and sweet-toned harps were played
upon, and they put a gold ring on the
young man's finger, and ail the nobles
pulled down their vests as he went by.
And the kingdom grew and waxed
strong, and waxed all its enemies ; and
so did the young man, for he was exceed
ingly wise.
MarkThls,.Boy.
Did you ever know a man who grew
rich by fraud, continue successful thro'
life and leave a fortune at death ?
This question was put to a gentleman
who bad been in business forty years.
After reflecting a while he replied :
"Not one. I have seen many men be
come rich as if by magic and win golden
opinions, when some little thing led to
au exposure of their fraud, and they have
fallen Into disgrace and ruin. Arson,
perjury, murder and suicide are common
.crimes with those who make baste to be
rich regardless of the means."
Boys, stick a pin here. You will soon
be men, and begin to act with those who
make money. Write this good man's
testimony in your mind, and with it put
this word of God : "He that hasteneth to
be rich bath an evil eye. and congidereth
not that poverty shall come upon him."
Let these woVdtt lead you to resolve to
make baste slowly, when you go into
business, in the matter of making
money.
The Lord's Prayer.
In the services of all Christian con
gregations the impressive custom pre
vails of repeating, more or lesa frequent
ly, the Lord'a Prayer. Sometimes, to
our sorrow, we have heard clergymen
vary the words, enlarging upon and
paraphrasing the simple, grand original.
Against this to us unhappy practice,
allow an earnest protest. When our
Lord's disciples said " Teach us to
pray," then said He. vi When ye pray,
say " Our Father who art lu Heaven."
We will use these words as they were
taught m by the blessed Jesus ; and let
no vain trifling by mi-judging mortals
be indulged. There are no words so
sweet, so expressive to the Cbristain
heart, as those hi Saviour used ; and
though oft Ihry he repwitwi, be khall
never weary .f nor il-ire lo exchange
them.