The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-18
the STORY Of RAouL suRlAN.
LIE style, c'est l'homme."

Monsieur Button invented the phrase
1t is something more than mot and the
police furnish practical application of
it. The identity of all the leading Grim.
inals is measurably arrived at by the po-
lice knowing the style in which they op.
crate: This style is the key to what
would otherwise be an impenetrable CT.
Pher. The instructed experts Of the Par
is police are able to determine, with a
precision and certainty which seem mar.
Vicious to the initiated, whose hand it
was committed a certain robbery, or vio-
lated the laws in any crucial way.
Kaoul Surian, criminal of distinguish
ed eminence, had a style of his own that,
while very successful in it's pecuniary re"
suits, was very troublesome in its conse-
quence to him, since it was so plainly
marked as to be Immediately recognized
by the police. Hence, each time he Top
Grated he was sure to be arrested, ard
not always safe to escape conviction. AS
his operations were numerous and extern
sive he was often convicted, and at the
age of 40 he had passed fifteen of the last
twenty years of his life in prison.
Raoul Surian, 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 swindling operations
very successfully contrived, for the de-
livery of goods which he did not possess
and the appropriation of money which
was not his own. Finally convicted, he
was sentenced to close confinement for
three years, and graduated from prison
very accomplished chevalier d'industrie.
His operations now assumed holder
character, and he worked in a larger
field. He was again convicted Of deceiv.
ing wealthy bourgeois and obtaining a
sloan" from him of 100000 francs. This
time he served five years. A third con-
viction insured him close confinement
of five years more.
At the expiration of this last sentence
Raoul Surian returned to Paris and an
had saved little money for extra labor
in prison, mis- father was dead, and he set
up small shop at Belleville for the sale
of spectacles, eyeglasses, and ;nathemati.
cal Instruments. He was closely observed
by the police, but seemed to conduct
himself in the most exemplary manner.
His passport at this time described man
Of ordinary height and figure, modest but
manly carriage, face rather pale, blonde
hair, no beard, and large, liquid, notice.
able blue eyes. The face. so the signal
ment declared, was ingenious, frank, open
with rather engaging smile, but none Of
the features were striking, unless it were
the eyes. He was great favorite with
the police, who had necessarily great
sollcitude on his behalf, for, instead Of
avoiding them, he assiduously cultivated
their acquaintance. made them little pres
ents and gave few francs now and then
to the funds for the support of INDECENT
criminals, and for the burial of deceased
ssrge1ets de ollie. He admitted, with
many shrugs of the shoulders, that he
had been bad subject, but claimed that
in any contest betwixt him and the law
he was certain to fall underneath. He
had tried it several times, and was quite
we'll satisfied with the punishment he had
received. In short, his reformation was
definite and complete.
B 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 at
the Bourse, and did not need any longer
to continue the drudgery Of shopkeeping.
He now rented a modest apartment on
the third floor Of handsome house in a
street not far from the Boulevard des It
aliens-a drawing-room, dressing. room,
breakfast-parlcr, two bedrooms, room for
servants, and small room which he
called the labratery, Here he installed
MADAME Surian, very handsome and
vivacieus brunette, understood te have
been certain Mdlle. Cytheree, not un-
the opera. In his "labratory" Surian
had stock of furnaces, crucibles, wheels
and various other instruments, and cast
and ground glasses for optical and other
instruments, for which he received many
orders, being accounted skillful and in
genious workman. He had an assistant,
stolid.looking Alsatian. named Jules
Gochen. His principal work, however,
seemed to be at the Bourse, where he
speedily became known as daring opcr-
ator, who would carry the heaviest load
of shares in the face Of the most arduous
difficulties, who always accepted his sue
cesses with modesty, and paid his losses
promptly at maturity. As the police
kept the secret of his past life faithfully,
and he himself: of course, did not disclose
it, it came generally to be admitted that
Raoul Surian was very wealthy person,
who had made his money by following
civil engineering in South America, and
returned to Paris to spend it like gen.
tleman.
In 1859 there was a tremendous effort