A PARIS MYSTERY

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10575, 16 October 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

A PARIS MYSTERY

No little mystery attaches to the discovery of the corpse of a singularly beautiful woman, attired with considerable'refinement, which has been picked out of the Seine in the neighbourhood of the Pont d'Austerlits, situated higher up the 1 river than Notre-Dame. It had been at first imagined that some terrible orime had been committed, as the delicate features showed traces of wounds, which ware presumed to Have' been, inflicted with a knife or dagger, bat a closer examination hue revealed the fact that they were caused after the submersion of' the body in the. water: Nor, indeed has the original. theory, that the young woman belonged to the upper classes derived confirmation from the circumstance that she is found to havo been tattooed in a very lavish manner with certain odd and rather vulgar devices, couched in the following style: "A Julot pour la vie." There is,, however,,one ' motto which has attracted ,' the particular , notice, .of the officials, arid Has led them to .infer that some strange mystery has yet to be unravelled, as it runs . thus':!," Mort " aux bratees." It is thought that this lovely girl may have played some secret political role, and that her death may be connected i!f •2H" °** "»* wjrtefa events of a' , sj':- : 7»r.. c ,.., v ,..rr .i DJ. JjJWJy: !:.'.'.■;.'■'.:."'-:: .':.■ v- -,'.'.'...-..1-':.V. '