On the 25th of October, 1892, the following note appeared in the
latest edition of the "Temps":

"A frightful crime has been committed at the Glandier, on the border
of the forest of Sainte-Genevieve, above Epinay-sur-Orge, at the
house of Professor Stangerson. On that night, while the master was
working in his laboratory, an attempt was made to assassinate
Mademoiselle Stangerson, who was sleeping in a chamber adjoining
this laboratory. The doctors do not answer for the life of Mdlle.
Stangerson."

The impression made on Paris by this news may be easily imagined.
Already, at that time, the learned world was deeply interested in
the labours of Professor Stangerson and his daughter. These labours
--the first that were attempted in radiography--served to open
the way for Monsieur and Madame Curie to the discovery of radium.
It was expected the Professor would shortly read to the Academy of
Sciences a sensational paper on his new theory,--the Dissociation
of Matter,--a theory destined to overthrow from its base the whole
of official science, which based itself on the principle of the
Conservation of Energy. On the following day, the newspapers were
full of the tragedy. The "Matin," among others, published the
following article, entitled: "A Supernatural Crime":

"These are the only details," wrote the anonymous writer in the
"Matin"--"we have been able to obtain concerning the crime of the
Chateau du Glandier. The state of despair in which Professor
Stangerson is plunged, and the impossibility of getting any
information from the lips of the victim, have rendered our
investigations and those of justice so difficult that, at present,