, 1875-05-01
BATTLING DETECTIVES.


llonsianr nnfron invontod lilo rtlraao,-it Is
homnsalI,g moro than mai and tho police fnl.
'isAil rrsotcal application Of 1t. Tho idonttty
OF NIL tho loading criminals Is moa.uratly nr-
rived at l's tho police knowing the rtylo III Sl;ch
they oparate This sty1o il tho koy to what
would otherwise 10 Ill inpototrahle cipher.
The Instructed axports Of tho Paris police ars
hh'o 10 denrn,inr, with precision at,tl cnYlanty
Wcii ncom marvellous to I1o uniuiated whose
hand 1t vaa co1ntnittod cortalu robbery, OF vso-
lasoa tho law IN any crucial way.
1aaoul Surinn. Il criminal Of distinguished emt.
'1!nco, had style of hts own that, wllllo rc,y
Hucccabsai III ita pccuniary results. was very
Troublesome In itR consequences to Inn. sinco it
Was 80 plainly marked M 10 DO Immediately ROC
| oghi:ed by tho police. llcroc, eacl time lo
"ororatcd' he WAS aurn to 10 arrested, aud not
| always saEo 10 escape conviction. A ls nrcra-
| tionB woro numerous nnd txtonsivo Eo waB
| often convlctod, mud ut tho nEs or Al l,Al
| parsed fifteen Of tho 1aHs twenty yours OF hin
lfs In prison.
l:aou surirn. called FGoluquns, was the ao., of
| an optican and instruments maker VI Marbci!lcs.
aud folIoHo1 tho trade Of lin father ,irtl htl
10Th wear, when he canlo np to lariH 10 neck Ills
fortune. 1fc tlrHs hccaEls know. to the police
through rapid succession OF sviatlling opcin-
tiona, very h,lcccsAtully conrlved for l,c doliv-
ory Of Gnods which l,o did not possosa eul tho
appropriation ot money which was not lis avn.
rin,Iv ro,rctc1 h,' ,,s n,,,,o,.,1 - ,.,,o ,,,r.
anss.,s., -. .t... ' ""s ~, e,, .'oso s.n w.
aae'Ae"I ias t''leo yea''' anu gsa""a.cu i1"a'
prlDo!i very accomplished EfecGtle' uiHdHstrfe.
His otcrattota low assumed bolder cbnraeter*
and ho worried in larger field. Ho rAs hgnin
convicted of docoivl1s \ wealthy bourgeois aud
obtaining loan " from him Of 100000 francs.
| ThiH timo lie served fyn scarA. 4 third conric-
| tion insured lin cloBo confinement of i've yenrA
moro.
At ills expiration nj this lsAt scn!cnce Raoul
tontlon to "roform.' 1lo lan Hayed + little
notiey BY oStra :ator III prison, his father ~as
dea. anu lls set t'I' shli shop Ut UoEleyllo for
tho Halo OF specfacieS, syo.Hiasses, and n,Atlo-
Matical Instruments. Ito mrs closely observed
by tito pollce but ssetncd to conduct hnHclf III
tho most exemplary manner. Ills passport Ut
thin tlmo dc.cribc1 man or ordinary heigl,t mil
figure, molcDt but manly carriage faca rather
palo, blunac hntr, no hoard. sp,l ltrgo, liquid,
noticeable bl1c ayus. Tho fsco, 10 thu siJi.ab-
faehl dcclHred wn ingenuons. fsank, onoll, with
ratler engaging Hn.ilc hut noho Of tflo features
wero striking, unless it wers tho eych 1le 1Tns
eroat faforite OF the police. WHO bad necessarily
great sollcitnda on his behalf, fur, inslcaet IT
aToialuG thein, In aestuousiy culsiSate,l thar
acquaintance. mndo them ht;lo Presents. and
gave fow francs now aud thou to tue funds for
tho support OF tho ind1gent criminals anl tor
tho burial OF dccoaaed aesGonts DO vi]lo: Hoal.
mtto5, With many slIruEa Of tho shoulders that
{ waa shrewd enough to understand that III my
oonteht botwi1t him aud tho law no ssna cortall,
| to full underneath. lis had tted II kaselal
times. and was quito vol eatleied with tho
| punishment no had received. In ehort, hin
reformation WAS deinitiyo and complete.
s,ttlan sold out hls oatablHhn,ent. liz had
made good deal Of money. he aail, spccnlating
oaEcr 70 continua tue drudgery Of shop-tccp-
| lnE. Ho now reutad 4 modest apartment on tho
third floor of lieuoaoino ho,ihe i'll q street not
tar from the boulevard dos ltailet'a-a drawing
roo'ns, room Tor Eeryants, hnd small room
which hc called tho laboratory. Here he installed
" "Madamo buflA1', q verr Lsnesomo and viva
clous brunette. andor'tood to h~ya beon Ger
OF tAo con!lasen of tue ot'oFa Ii lts "'hhornto-
~" surian lad stock Of furnaces. erucib'es,
whetu. ana various osl'er instruments, AMI cass
and Rtonnu slassos Tor Optical suu otnof inss.'l'
nents, tur which lie received 1nauy o,ders being
| accounted tkillful and Ingenious work1nAh.
ho had an tst1Fta1't sIollG-!ooksng hisnstR'l,
| naIned sule" toeuan, ltlH pf1ncspa! ~olk, how
ever. eeeulcd to DO at the 1,uurss. w,,ers ho
apeotily hccnme known as daring opesator, who
wonld carry tho heaviest LOAD OF shares 1h tho
face OF the most nrdilous ttlnltitloA who al"ayH
accepted liA anccosseh With .nodcstJ, md paid
| hls loAees prompt. At mn'uttty. As tho roilco
kept tho necrct Of hs past Iite faithfully, aud he
hlmsolt ot course dld not tiHciose II, 1t ca1no
generally e. bs "dn'Lted that !Ho'tl s,srlan was
| sclv wealthy HeFho!f' "no Ahl H!aue A's snoaaY
by following civil ohElneeri!'g III bonth Anlorcn,
aiN returned to Paris to spond 1t like gentla-
man. .... $1,000,
IN 1S(0 theto veg Tremendous effort 1nado
a. ne EoHIss to "coIller" me Shares OF tlio
Scrbu-aloldavlhn inn Hallway, Tho "corner !" was
bFol;en proHatMssly and grcas slaughter nt,-
sized among lilo =" bulls" Among those pntt-
sBed n'ost Eovcrci. Waa S !'koul surlan, whose
not lossea. 1t was WHISPERED, o1coedod 7s0.ooo
francs. lio oano up gal'antly, however, pnid
every centilna, and, ~ II to show hc Wan not
bust. rot up . eoupo OF lila own. "hlaaAuto y
had alroany long boon III tho habit OF driving to
thu Do'B IN very handsome tur1..o1it, but that,
IL Was understood, was only hired.
simultaneously MI operation OF aunthef kind
aC'tatcd financial c:ntrcn and attracted tho u,l-
dlsidcd attention OF tho police. Bllsa on Amerl-
can account agEregnt!uE over 5t0lu,0o franca
Woro sold In lontlol* IarH, Amsterdam, anu
Hamburg which To1o fou.t! to be forEsrioa.
The r,!ice, after long oonEultatlon ala compasi.
non III data, found no rnom W doubt tAat all
these oporasiouo were lie work Of ono tnun, and
fttrtt ! nj thHfN Nf n OF,f