New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-16

he went in There WAS no defect in the measure
ment of the rooms. They corresponded exactly
with those which were over them closet In
the bed-chamber was locked This also he
opened. 1t was vacant, but his eye at once
discovered q trap-door in the floor.
&C Where does that lead to ="
:" 1t is new, Monsieur
" see it is, said Vidocq, closing the door.
&c Who have the apartments beneath these"
g assure, Monsieur was the trembling re-
ply Of the porter, /" that really know nothing
about the"
+ g Answer me,o was the response Of Vidocq
San old lady with her two daughters, Mon
sieur. I can testify to you that they are very
quiet and respecta-"
Vidoca again cut him short.
'sWhat is their occupation ;" WAS his ques-
tion''
s.Nothing, Monsieur
L &c How do they live, then !" @#s,.t 4
ssUpon their rents, Monsieur"
so, very good In that case, I will return
in less than half an hour, and arrest them.
You will, in the meantime, accompany me to the
Bureau of Police"
As he said, it was done, and Vidocq had the
satisfaction of discovering two men in the inner
apartment, under the bedroom occupied by the
Alsatian. 1t was also fitted up with o truckle-
bed, and q small, but complete printing press,
and contained the whole of the plates necessary
for the manufacture of forged checks upon some
of the principal banking houses in Paris.
The men and the three women we're Of course
arrested, but Vidocq did not remove them, as
he wished to give their principal no possibility
| of obtaining a hint which might lead to the
chance of his escape. He then once more as
cended to the apartments of the Alsatian, and
I concealed himself in the inner chamber 1t
was now late in the evening, but the forger did
| not return until it was eleven. He washed his
| hands, and changed his coat for o rough kind Of
+! jacket.
While he did so, vidocq had the opportunity
Of observing him. He was built with enormou:
muscular strength, and Vidocq began toimagint
| that he might have miscalculated his own capa.
| city of dealing with him. However, assistance
was near, and he made up his mind how to act
| As the Alsatian went to and unlocked the cabi
net, be bent down over the trap. At this in
stant, the Chief of Police--I forget whether q
that time he was Chief or not-sprang upol
him, and gave the signal for those below t
mount the stairs. .- +.s5s.5.-. ,4tls. .-.-
The struggle was short and fierce. Taken a
| a disadvantage as he was, the muscles Of th
Alsatian enabled him to get the better of hi
opponent, whom he threw upon the floor of tn
chamber, just as Vidocq heard his companion
rush up the stairs. gnluckily, the forger ha
bolted the door as he entered the room The,
we're obliged to break it open, ~
This had made the chance of Vidocq for Lii
an amazingly narrow one. His friend from Al
SAGE had plucked out a pistol from the bosom {
his waistcoat, and cooked it. While he wa
doing 80, Vidocq had managed to release one
his arms But for this he would have been
dead man. The Alsatian, of course, went to th
Bains, and had the pleasure Of passing the n
mainder of his life in the occupation OF les trt
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