The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-08-19
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THE FREN CHI POLICE.

novel to solve the Gordian knot by
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walks thrOughu.the fOggy, muddy
| streets of LondoRas the hideOus repre-.
sentative of Providence, and cunning
agents watch over MaZzinian and Fe
nian plots with brilliant success. We
have nothing to say against the Eng
lish pOlice-eXcept that it is inferior
to the French police. Its work i:
clumsily done a; its services have to be
paid for at eXorbitant rates, and it fails
signally when it has to meet superior
ability in the criminal or the cOnspi.
ratOr.
The French police acts gratuitous.
ly; it is paid and we'll paid by the
government, and, as a body, is ex.
ceedingly ambitious. IntOlerable in
times Ofpolitical excitement when il
becomes the irresponsible agent of ar.
bitrary powers, it is almost faultless
in the prevention of crimes, the pro-
lection of life and property, and in
the Hatchless certainty of its investi-
cations. Paris alone has more than q
hundred thousand criminals among
its citizens if the authority of the po-
lice were suspended for twenty-fOur
hours, the city would become the easy
prey of thieves, incendiaries, and
murderers. A few features of the
system, which are more or less pecu-
liar to the great capital, may not be
uninteresting.
One of the principal agencies which
the police of Paris employs, is the
control it exercises over al lOSging-
houses, from the Grand Hotel to the
Wretched garret in the suburbs. Ev-
cry day one hundred and fifty-siX
agents inspect every house within the
city limits, in which a newcomer has
arrived; for all keepers of lodging
houses are by law required to enter
the names of their guests i'll book
kept for the purpose. The list is sent
to the central Office, and thus the pO-
lice is informed every night, of all the
strangers who have arrived in Paris
during the last twenty-fOur hours,
This knOWlege is of immense impOr-
tance. Four years ago three English
men appeared in the office Ofthe chief
agent; they introduced themselves as
two Well-knOWn London jewelers., aC-
companied by renowned detective.
They stated that, four days before,
one of their clerks had completely
rifed their shop, and fed with jewel
ry worth over eighty thousand dol
lars. They suspected that he had gone
French police. The chief agent read
the personal description of the thief
carefully, and then said, slowly: "I
know all about it," Then he sent for
ii prisoner, in whom the astOnished
Englishmen recognized the abscond-
ing clerk, and ~ the same time, found
i'll three boxes, which were brought
in, one by one, their whole lost pro-
erty. They were so amazed that one
of the jewelers. tainted. 1t looked
like miracle, and yet nothing could
be more simple. The police had
learned that foreigner, a very young
man, had come to the Hotel dW Lou
ere, and on the same day, pawned a
large quantity of jewelry at certain
brokers, licensed and controlled by
the government. Immediately or
ders had been given to search the mysI
teriOus traveller, who pawned so liber-
ally; his trunks had been found full
Ofjewelry- thrown in pell-mell, and
he had been arrested on strong sus-
picion. y
In another case, an old q Aleman
who lived quite alone in his house
with a single man-servant, was re-
ported to have gone to the country.
On the next day, his servant went
after him, leaving word that both
would be back in q week. Three
weeks passed, and neither master nor
servant returned. The police was in
formed, The doors were broken open,
and stains of blood found on the floor.
A crime had evidently been commit
ted, and the servant was, in all proba-
bility, the criminal but who was this
servant? Not even his name was
known he had but recently entered
the service of the deceased; no one
had taken the trouble to inquire
whence he came, and the evidence as
to his personal appearance was very
contradictory. The only fact that
could be ascertained was, that he had
engaged a porter to carry off n heavy
trunk. Search was immediately made
for the porter. AS they are all licens-
ed and numbered, he was soon found
but he could only recall that the name
of ChatCaurOuX was on the trunk hC
took away, and that there were two
large boxes standing on the staircase.
At once inquiries were made in that
town. The name of the deceased was
utterly unknO Wn there ; but it was re-
ported that trunk, marked "TO be
called for" and addressed to a N
MOreau, jeweler, was at the railway
office unclaimed, as no such jcWeleI
could be found in the town. Tho
trunk was opened, and found to con-
tain the body of the unfortunate man.
cut to pieces. The railway authOri-
ties, however, knew nothing of the
trunk, except that it had arrived there
in due course, with other freight. The
investigations had to begin once moro
at the starting point, and the police
went now in search of the two Otk2l
boxes that had been seen on the Stair
case. All licensed pOrters were sex.
amincd once more, and, at last, two
were found who recOlleCted having
| been sent for, to the house in qucs
! ton, to carry two heavy boxes to the
stage office, and that the young maT
who employed them had accidentally
mentioned Marseilles. ThereupOI
all the books III the stage offices were
/ searched, till one was found in which
a man by the name of Won had takeI
a seat for Marseilles, but it also ap
peared that he had not left OH the ap
pointed day. Was the name of VioI
an alias or n real name? TO MAKE
this sure, the immense registers of th'
police were examined, and showed
that there was, in the pGnitemtiary o
Melun, 4 man by that name. He wa
questioned, and stated that he was tht
father of the servant. At the sam,
time, the books of the lodging-hOuse
of Paris were examined, and, luckily
the lame of Won was here also found
The man was to be home at night
the police lay in wait for him, and, a
hc entered the house, he was arrested
and charged with the crime. He con
fesscd at once, overcome by surpris
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