Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-03

must procure impressions IN WAN Ol lnt
locks, make false keys himself, in order To
void detection in advance, select propi
fious hour for the accomplishment of hi,
plans. and last, but not least, murder i
,ped be. The majority of roberies il
offices banks, etc, are due to the energy
ind enterprise of the carOublcarS.
The Napoleon of this branch of tn
'riminal profession was Cognard viii
called himself Count Points de st. Helene
(his man, who held the appointment q
thief of the Legion of the Seine, am
'eally occupied IN extremely high position
lived among Mar-hals of France and WI,
admitted to the Court of Louis XIII , con
inued meanwhile to direct an organize
and of plunderels, prof ing by the con.
ncctiOns he had formed to carry ont hi.
operations with certainty. Another celeb
riiy was Beaumont, whose fame is likely
. be long remembered by The Partisan pa
lice. This astute rogue. having attire
Gimself in black coat and white tie, pu'
bulkY portfolio beneath his arm, and, u.s.
,uming The appearance Of magistrate
intent on business, obtained the Inun Of a
soldier, whom he place ut the foot of ihe
staircase, desiring him to let no one pass
inferred the private cabinet Of NJ. Henry.
mead of tie detective police, and mad"
limself master Of good round sum. lie
hen actually had tn audarity TO accompr
ny the soldier back to the gems d arDIl
barrack, and thank the officer in charg
for his civiily. The same evening he
wrote 10 NJ. Henry to apologize for the
,rouble he had given him. All the efforts
of the po ice failed, to the great disgusI
Df the force. to convict this pink of audac-
lty.
The llaussman improvements in Paris
very much changed the hauns of the
thieves. The squalid streets in the center
of the city were their favoritc resorts, but
they frequent the neighborhood of va
rious barriers Here they are to be found
loungng in the wine houses. These es-
Establishments have each their own criminal
supporters. IIousebreakers affect one.
swell mob men another. At these retreats
past triumphs are celebrated, and future
operations planned. Toward three O'Clock
in the afternoon many of them adjourn
from their cafes TO II sort of billiard room,
where they drink absinthe and read and
comment upon the legal newspapers, to
study in theory that code with which they
have so many opportunities of gaining Il
practical acquaintance.
They play Il great deal at cards, and in
variably cheat if they get Il chance. In
deed, rd- playing is IN accomplishment
in which they acquire extraordinary pro-
iiciency, md lads of fifteen and sixteen
will handle their cards with the skill of II
croupier of sixty, and play piquet with
perfection.
Criminal Paris, like fashionable Paris,
has its pleasure haunls. Being Il highly
progressive character, it has lately added
to them cafe concert on Il very large
scale in the nelghborhood of the Barrterc
O. Hnlie.
One of their bathrooms is thus describ-
ed alt exactly resembles those vast sheds
raised to shelter ships which have not yet
left the dock-yard The walls, painted
white, are covered with tri-coored flags.
There are plenty of dancers, and the ges-
lures OF the dansuesses are of the lreest
character. The music selected is remark
able for Il kind OF violent rhythm" 1t may
be- described rs lhc brut ecstasy of c;t-
dence and ound, and is highly exciting to
the nervous system.
This place is frequented by rutlians and
murderrrs. They enter it revolving in
heir minds robberies which will afford
them means of enjoyment on the morrow; :;
but when they have Tor Il short time been
under the influence Of thi, ntrna music
they become so excited Us to feel "wound
up" for The commission of any crime
With these sounds ringing in rhejr ears
obey will meet upen the watersde, throw
themselves upon the belatgd passenger.
,.rangIe and rob him, and cast the corpse
imO the Hood beneath Those who under
such circumstances have been arrested
mi questioned, have rcplird, truly sad.
" was beside myself" They have been
under The influence Of mental iuONieatlon,
brought abou by an abuse Of the power
of sound, 50 sHiiIlully accomplished us 20
be likely to aIf cl the strongest and ucsI
regulated mind.
Al ho Ighil is impossible to fix, even ap-
proXimatcly, the number OF crimnlIs whu
reside in Paris, it is ut least possible to say
what nnmbcr the Prefecture Of Police has
arrrs slrd. The number appoas to be
steadily on the increase. In 1886, 2O,72j
arrests were made; in 1868, 2jjiG, aud
in 1867. 3l,437; in 1868 the number had
reached 35,72l This alarming increase,
NJ. Dh Camp thinks, may in some slight
degree be uaced to the increased vigilance
and ever improving machinery of the po
lice. Mainly, however, he attributes both
TO the increase of the criminal class, and
that of the number of bodies found at the
Morgde to Il very remarkable CAUSE.-THE
horror of emigration imlrcsses
most French people 1t is notable that the
same quarterly returns Of emigration to
New York which put Germans down nj
10000, pat the French at 1873.
No other race, he says, is so devoted tc
its native soil. The consequence is, thai
the safely'vaIve, so salutary to the Saxon
and Heuton race, is closed and the surplus
population of rowing adventures from the
provinces is turned into Paris, instead o
finding vent for its enterprise and cxcr
ton in IL new world. For one who comes
to the capital and succeeds, how many
fail? The man, in too many instances
becomes vagabond and the woman fa
worse.
This frightful number of 81, ,75l arrest
included 1850 vagabonds, and 1888 beg
gars, Many of these wretched people ha
only been in Paris but ii few days but wer
already reduced to the most ahi ct conili
lion of misery.
immigration appears to contribute to th
Parisian thief class. Even China and ] el
sia are represented. In 1868, 1913 ,ol
eigncrs were arrested. This number in
cluded Cos Italians, 1888 Belgians, q
Prussians, 232 Swiss, and 70 Americans
Oddly enough, the number of British
not given. The criminal list for the sam
year included architects, advocates,
: notary, 36 persons who subscribed them
selves as " literary men, 10 engineers, e
teachers and u physicians.
The low criminal sleeping houses whic
, go by the term garHts II Ia null, are dies
cribed rs being of the most revoltin
character, and enable one who has see
them to well appreciate the motives wh;c
induce poor wretches TO prefer fagstone
and frost to II night passed amid sue
: dens oil yermin.
The London Girden describes mCtho
of marching by placing the graft in bo
, tie OF water, instead of attaching it to tn
= stock while yet growing on its own root:
rs in the common mode of marching.
saws: " The graft and the stock are the