The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-05-25

F 1Oe C0Ict exeCQS1onee OF Fot1o, KNOWN -
Monsieur De Paris, died last month. His
real name was Aimabls Marie Jean Baptiste
Heindrich. He was IN Alsalian, and the
son Of the public executioner of Toulou,
where he made his debut on the guillotine at
. quadruple execution. A correspondent
of the London Daily Nssas says Of him:
An eminent member Of the French bar
took me some years ago with y party Of
American young ladies to see, rs Pandelions,
Heindrich and the ancestresses of Jaqueliue
n. de Paris then lived in the rural suburb Of
valols Camperret. He inhabited pretty
and very retired Wills in the Rue de Bois,
just skirtiDg the park of Neuilly. The gar
den WAS surrounded by ivy. covered walls.
Some fine o:d trees shaded corner Of the
house. Heindrich loved turf, and the fine
arts, and was, when We invaded his domain,
watering close. .shayen lawn. in the center
of which stood marble Cupid. The mis-.
chievous little god was in the act of letting
an arrow fly at nymph some yards distant
from him NJ de Paris seemed bewildered at
the sight of the visitors. The writer of this
letter was introduced Is = person wanting
some guillotine statistics for q benevolent
society, and the young ladies % mere curl
osity sightseers- daughters Of an Amer
ican Judge. .n s. ast t,a a.
One of the ques stions put to him by me, in
my assumed character of q member of . be.
neyolent society, was whether he thought
the separated head continued to live after 1t
rolled into the basket. He pondered few
minutes, as if to collect his memory, and
then related instances which went tO sup
port an affirmative answer. His experience
was very extensive, and thought he had
better data to 60 upon than no matter what
member of the Academy Of Science. How
many persons had passed through his hands?
One hundred and thirty nine! For G mo
ment the idea crossed my mind that Heind-
rich may Le haunted by the heads Of those
he had the most trouble in executing. But
he appeared SO unimaginative, not to say
coldly stolid, that half credit what he re
lated to US of wonian's head making q
faint effort TO spit at him, and the violent
cOntortiOns Of Orsini's facial muscles.
Heindrich took pride In his thorough
knowledge of his business. In point of
thoroughness-to compare small things to
great he was in his way Moltke. What do
you think of an executloner following Vel
peau's lectures to make him acquainted with
the exact locality of that point of the spine
described by French anatomists as the maud
ritaU On the eve of Tropmann's execu-
ton, NJ. de Paris passed three hours in the
parlor OF the Governor of Roquette Prison,
chatting on professional matters with q
group of French journalists The c0nver-
sation happening to turn on the t0rtures
inflicted on Chinese and Persian criminals,
NJ. de Paris said: Il have read Of what they
call in China the torture of ten thousand
bits of flesh, which consists Of cutting liv-
ing man into mince meat. But the hrutes
engaged to do the work are SD grossly igno-
rant. that not one of them knows exactly
where to find the joint"
Hein6rich obtained the post Of public ex
ecutioner of Paris against sac competitors.
He had fixed salary Of 9,0O0t. year, .
qualification" Of 1907 for every execution,
an allowance for cabs aud calves. and for
coffee and brandy on the morning on which
he exercised his OdiOus calling.