The Paris papers of Thursday relate another circumstance which has
added to the general consternation caused by this tragic affair— "In the same guarder and nearly at the same hour a daring attempt at bur- glaxy was made. Four men, armed with knives, and provided with skeleton-keys, mtroduced themselves into the upper story of a house in the Rue Nenve des Ma- thurins. The cook of Madame de Maupas, who occupies the house was asleep with her husband in the upper story of the house, and owing to the sultry weather had left the window open. Being awoke by a slight noise, she perceived the forms of two men crossing the leads. She aroused her husband; who being a man of some courage, stepped out in pursuit. One of them succeeded in making his escape by the roof; but the other, having made a false step, fell off the roof on to the balcony of the boudoir of Madame de Verneuil, whence he rebounded and fell into the street; and he was killed on the spot. Another was arrested at the gateway. On examining the miscreants, a bunch of false keys and pointed daggers were found in their boots. The body was conveyed forthwith to the Morgue."
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