Show BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET STREETA STREETA STREETA A Little Secret of Revealed Murder Murder Revealed After 40 Years ft V ft P. P I ft V ft P. P By BILLY ROSE ROSEOn ROSEOn ROSEOn On an October morning in 1903 In a village not far from La Rochelle in eastern France a young priest paled as he listened to his first confession Yesterday afternoon he heard the penitent on the other side of the curtain say I I met a strange girl on the dirt road that runs by the pond When I 1 tried to make friends with her she laughed at me and andI I got so mad I picked up a stone atone and hit her to make her stop atop laughing She fell feU down and when I yelled and she be didn't move I 1 got scared cared and sad burled her beside some bushes Father recognized the I voice as that of ot a year old who was known in the village as t th the h e estory I story tory teller teller a r a a boy I who w was a. a always talking bout his hi daydreams as It If the they bad actually happened Even though he didn't know whether C er the confession was fact or fiction 5 the priest Imposed BUll ROle Bose the most moss severe penance and In addition ordered the boy to visit him ever every da day after alter school chool for a friendly talk A few tew weeks r Father Antoine was almost certain the crime was waa an hallucination For one thing thin there hatS had been no report of ci a missing missing miss min ing person In the district and sad for lor another the boy boys descriptions o othe of the murder grew rew more moe and maze moru confused a a aONE ONE AFTERNOON he be finally admitted ad muted milled to the priest that his hi story C II I was a fabrication I did meet a girl he be said and she got me so 10 angry that I wanted to kilt kill her Dut But ButI I never touched her and afterwards afterwards after after- wards I got all alt mixed up about what X I wanted to dl do and what I really did 7 l suspected ti s much til cli Jo flans lU 44 J laber Attaint but bas butI buI I 1 musS mail JI I 1 wi W. at 41 jirs Ii find You Yeas m see you ou were w Ib tbt ib Ibi i first who t tad J ever oa to So mt me Two years ears later the boys boy's family moved to Paris and the priest aUbut aUbut aU all allbut but tor forgot got the incident until incident until a new paved road was laid alongside theold the theold theold old dirt one Under a bush near the pond was found the decomposed body of ot a n girl and the coroner tied lied it had been there ther about two years fean and the skull had been crushed by some lome beav heavy object Bound by his hi vows Father An An- tolne tome could say nothing and for forth forthe forthe th the next 40 to years yean the secret re remained ro- ro with him o a a. a TilE TUB YEARS RS of the German occupation oc were ere difficult ones for tor those who lived in the La Rochelle district but man many of the villagers did what they could for the resistance resistance resistance tance movement movement and and not the least among them was the priest now in his late 60 And when liberation finally came a great celebration was arranged with Father Antoine as the guest of honor Alter kr Ib tbt JI dims there Ib was w. a good deal JJ of 01 among Ih the tbt 01 of 01 lh tbt ib underground but bu when wb someone asked ii Ib tbt to SQ I til of ol hi his bit own JIl furs lus b bt 1 mailed and d declined Tb Tbt ou occupation was wai eventful id ul or for fortt alt tt 0 of M u niP h bt a but bud in be my Y tailing iii Ih tbt ik eventful uI I it almost an as everyday occurrence U At As a matter of 01 I fact fas Ib lbs tbt first fin 0 tio I J ever bJ was that Ib of 0 4 a murderer Then remembering hi his vows vow Father Antoine apologized for his off off-gua oU d remark and despite the at the guests ests would II say no more Later that tha evening a delegation of underground workers from other districts Joined the celebration and andone andone andone one of ot them a colonel in the Maquis was asked to say a few words word Meeting Father Antoine tonight is a great pleasure he tie said to the gathering and no not no only be because ause of ot his war record Although he doesn't remember my name or face I knew w him when I was wa a bo boy boyas II as as a matter of ot tact fact act I was wu the first tint potion person who ever confessed to him |