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New Orleans, Louisiana, January 31, 1889.

Six years ago, Aetian Disham arrived in this city from Paris, France, and secured an apartment in number 64 St. Peter Street, where he practiced his profession, that of an electric physician.

At the time of his arrival, Descham, although about 35 years of age, was a magnificent specimen of manhood,

almost six feet high, wearing a dark mustache and goatee cut a la Napoleon. He claimed to be well off,

was extremely polite to everybody, and being of a quiet and retiring disposition did not

attest special attention from his fellow lodgers. In July 1887, Dr. Jules Deitch, together

with his aged mother and his two pretty daughters, Juliet, age 12, and Laurence nine years, arrived from

the outskirts of Paris and secured rooms in the second story of the house number 116,

Charter Street. Deach was an upholsterer, and being a competent workmanman managed to make a good living for his little family.

They boarded at the Pension Francaise, a French restaurant on Charter Street, and there it was that they met Etienne de Champ,

whose polished and affable manners gained for him the esteem and respect of the Deich's family.

Desham visited their home and friendly relations sprang up between him and the children.

Every evening he would call at the house and take the girls out for a promenade,

and when he returned, he and Mr. Deach, who had by that time completed his day's work,

would take a stroll about town.

This continued for quite a time, and the two girls were in the habit of visiting at his room to chat with him

and assist him in any little work which he might have to do.

Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock,

Desham called at the Deach home and took the children out for their accustomed walk.

After a long promenade, the three repaired to the doctor's room at number 64 St. Peter Street.

Access to the house is had to the upper stories by means of a

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