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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1909
Page
4
A banker's clerk discovers a strangled scene at Madame Martine's shop after morning light reveals violent tampering with a door lock. Gendarmes search the interior while evidence suggests a carefully planned crime, with the banker’s clerk noting the unusual opening and silence.
A gendarme and a clerk uncover a brutal murder scene in an aged woman Mme Martine's home. The victim, about sixty, was stabbed with a knife. signs of a struggle and a broken chair fill the room while a locked drawers suggest a hidden treasure. A seventeen year old helper is questioned as authorities search for motive and suspect.
Commissary Picquard builds a circumstantial case against Anton Bluet for the murder of Mme. Martine. He notes a forced outer door and inside marks, Bluet’s alibi in the cellar, and a knife wound with matching prints. A confederate barber Rivet later confesses to the crime, using an upstairs trap and lamp to conceal details.
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