The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-09
:. If Crin,i.ai pssscs,ss In
ust~ France.

q, the London C0rfaAW Mayo
ANl N msn Ia France be arrest
~ s,srsly suspected, he must say who
3D. OF 'sss'neccalment is useless, for the po-
hsr. y, -, release the man until they
fe Nhanssed all means OF asccrtaining
bsNt ~ lie may give false name, or
tie uun" Il foreigner, but the authori-
E !, me place where he Processes 70 hsve
ne y I'm will be written to, and, II the
bfen.r,s,ion he has given be FOUND moor.
inio' no viii he liable TO six months
reeL ,,"nmcnt for being NsgaDond;
iinp'', ,v;iI HE troubles end there, for
Dol .,lIce will take il for granted
ne i Only coueealing bis iden-
ihs' tacsnsc he has committed some
NV lime. and he will be placed
gre,l ',,rycillance till his life becomes so
unes' ",oe that he will tell the truth TO
eaiN',, ,,,ie reace. French criminals Of the
ee' rlssses scarcely ever try TO conceal
Owe IDENTIFY. In the course OF fifty years
ias"p "essrtnre have had many cases OF
iae a,,' 'S, and Americans who gave false
by mi whose identity could not be
ntN'',.ro5 because the English and Amer
eso' ',olice could afford no assistance in
Liter. but they can only quote one
u" Frcnchmsn whe obstinately re-
81 al endeavors 10 ascertain what his
SO" Is Thi. wretched man had been
ran .,,d for n petty theft, and stated
~. No was an Italian. This proved
- lslse-at least il was discovered that
!" r,r.on bearing his name had been born
y II. commune which he described a. his
Y..,b.plarc. lie was kept in prison fifteen
.,s. and questioned eighty times by a
~. construction, but To no purpose, so
- ~ he was at LAST tried for being a thief
- v,gabond and sentenced 70 = years
~ ---i,6nmcn;. On his release he was
.-..,sd as foreigner--thst Is, he was ex-
.ns1 the country by order Of the Project
], Police: aud being conveyed 10 the
liter between two gendarmes, he
~ Given up 10 the Italian authori-
-. A. suspected criminal. The
,..r.n police system being like the
r.sncb the ysgabOnd was taken TO
IN and asked 10 give an account OF
i,m.sN A. he persisted in telling palpa-
~ unfruihs about his birthplace he was
I'm, FOR several months in dursnce, then
'.6,,nccd to six months for ysgabondage,
,nd on the expiration OF his Germ he was
ant lack 10 rance. lius tlulc thc IcHch
,.,rce did not arrest him, but they watched
KIM. The unhappy man, seeking for work
fsrs stonemason, soon found employment
I'M rrye his master q name different to that
rrd,r which he had been sentenced
I'M, police were down upon him at once,
Having ascertained that his new name was
n, Nj. own. they got him sentenced again
h Years imprisonment, "postr UslT'
srSop ne faur nOnS," and upon his dis.
tfb,rge they told him plainly that he could
srn.ct no peace until he made All ayova
n his identity. He was consigned to
4ptp0t de Mcndicite," or depot for moor
ryihle vagabonds, and there committed
nlcide. Who he WAS has never been u.s.
GRAINED: but the relentless pertinacity
with which he was hunted to death shows
,h,' grim duel it is which the French
p,lic, wages against criminals. II this
Unfortunate man had given himself out 81
N Englishman sud had got himself con
yey.d 10 Dover, bis troubles would have
ceased when he touched English soil, fol
he British police would have had no risn
bworry him or to ship him back to France