Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09
BATTLING DETECTIVES.
"Le style, e'est l'honme.

Monsieur Button invented the phrase,
it is something more than anot,-and
the police furnish practical applica-
ton Of it. The identity Of all the lead
ing criminals is measurably arrived at
by the police knowing the style in
which tneyoperate. This style is the
key to what would otherwise be an i'm
penetrable cipD e. The instructed ex-
perts of the Paris police are able to de-
tezmine, with precision and certainty
which seem marvellous to the animated,
whose hand it was committed certain
robbery, orviol ated the law in any cru
cial way.
Saoul Surian, criminal of distin
guished eminence, had a style of his
own that, while very successful in its
pecuniary results, was very troublesome
in its consequences to him, since it was
so plainly marked as to be Immediately
recognize ed by the police. Hence, es oh
time he operated" he was sure to be
arrested, and not always safe to escape
convict on. As his operations were nu-
merous and extensive he was often con-
victed, and at the age of forty had pass
ed fifteen of the last twenty years Of his
life In prison.
Raoul Surlan, called Freluquet, was
the son of an optician and instrument
maker Of Marseilles, and followed the
trade Of his father until his 10Th year,
when he came up to Paris to seek his
fortune. He first became known to the
police through rapid succession of
EJI1rr fy,f1x
contrived, for the delivery of goods
which he did not possess and the appro-
priation of money which was not his
own. Finally convicted, he was SEN
fenced to close confinement for three
years, and graduated from prison. a
very accomplished cheUalier dindus
trie. His operations now assumed a
holder character, and he worked in
larger field. He was again convicted
Of deceiving a wealthy bourgeois and
obtaining a loan " from him of 1OO,-
900 francs. This. time he served five.
years. A third conviction insured a
close confinement of five years more.
At the expiration of this last sentence
Raoul Surian returned to Paris and
announced mis- intentions to ssreform. %
He had saved a little money by extra
labor in prison, his father was dead, and
he set up small shop at Belleville for
the sale of spectacies, eyeglasses, and
mathematical instruments. He was
closely observed by the police, but
seemed to conduct himself in the most
exemplary mann +. His passport at this
time described man of ordinary
height and figure, modest but manly
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no beard, and large, liquid blue eyes.
The face, sothe sagnalenaent declared,
was ingenious. frank, open, with a
rather engaging smile, but none of the
features were striking, unless it
were the eyes. He was a
great favorite of the police, who had
necessarily great solicitude on his be-
half, for, instead OF avoiding them, he
assiduously cultivated their acquaint-
ance, made them little presents, and
gave few francs now and then to the
funds for the support of the INDECENT
criminals, and for the burial of the de-
ceased sergents de vile. He admitted,
with many shrugs of the shoulders, that
he had been bad subject. but claimed
that he was shrewd enough to under
stand that In any contest betwixt him
and the law he was certain to fall un-
derneath. He had tried it several times,
and was quite well satisfied with the
punishment he had received. In short,
his reformation was definite and com
plete.
After few months shop keeping at
Belleville, Surian sold out his establish
ment. He had made good deal OF
money, he said, specializing in shares al
the Bo.rse, and did not need any longer
to continue the drudgery of shop keep
ing. He now renteo modest apart.
ment On the third floor of handsome
house in street not far from the Boule,
ward des Italiens-a drawing room,
dressing room, breakfast parlor, two
bedrooms, room for servants. and 8
small room which he called the labrato.
~. Here he installed madame" Su.
rlan, very handsome and vivacious
brunette, understood to have been Ger.
tain Mile. Cytheree, not unknown
TO 1requenters of the coulisses
OF the opera. In his slabratory'' Su-
rlan had stock of furnaces. crucibles.
wheels, and various other instruments,
and cast and ground glasses for optical
and other instruments, for which he re-
ceiyed many orders, being accounted q