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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1909
Page
16
A morning scene unfolds in a sleepy town as Madame Martine's shop is found disturbed just before dawn. A banker's clerk discovers a battered lock and, upon entry, confirms a crime scene with signs of a fatal attack and a hidden motive under investigation by local authorities.
A gendarme investigates a brutal stabbing at a shop owned by Mme Martine. The elderly victim, about sixty, lies slain with a kitchen knife near a cluttered scene. A seventeen year old helper is detained as a possible suspect while a cautious search for motive and valuables unfolds.
Commissary Picquard builds a circumstantial case against Bluet after noting inner door marks, a broken lock, and a lamp in the cellar. Bluet admits motive in wages dispute but denies murder, while a barber Rivet later confesses to the crime and to using Bluet as an unwitting pawn.
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