Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-01
The French Detect ives.

It is to the credit of the French detectives too, that their esprit de corps is extremely high, and that they have intense pride in the honorable traditions of the force. Their self-respect is the stronger because they have never been degraded into mouchGrds, or po-
 itical spies. Some are better than others, but the general standard of intelligence is high Innumerable instances might be ad- duced of their shrewdness and promptitude, of their painstaking patience, of their devo- ton and endurance in attaining their ends. weapon or a tool, jemmy (Da0nSagneu7) or false key will be carried round every iron workers in Paris until some clew is ob- tained, just as Canler visited all the shops of the cKGrcutierS to discover who had sold the 1.-two pounds of butter'' inscribed upon & scrap of paper he had picked up the scene of great crime. The detective must be master of expedients and shifts. One who had run his quarry to earth found him play ing billiards in a crowded room, and to have arrested him there might have led to an al- tercation, perhaps to 8 conflict, both of which the police officers are strictly or
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 was qua 4 < man as he was calmly ny 4, ,>some way out of the town. To apx, fsthere would have been difficult, posAS >< dangerous, and the officer would not ran the risk. Instead of that he entered into conversation, ex- pressed delight at coming acress compafriot, and presently asked him to dine The same night the culprit was lodged without any ron tretemps in Belgian nsais0n d'Grr'et
 M. Mace, the present head of the surate, carries worthily the mantle of such distin-t guished predecessors as NM. AIlard, Jacob and Claud M Mace has devoted his whole with success. As commissaire de police he gave early proof of what Edgar Allan Poe styled analytical power. M. Mace's inyesti- gation of the murder of M. Linotte. whose body was discovered in a well in the Rue Princesse, was 8 masterpiece of constructive reasoning, and gave early proof of his value as a detective officer. Now, as Chef de la Surete, his, whole heart is given to the work. It is easy t>S5ell his peculiar gifts at glance He has evidently great powers of concentra- ton, and the moment he speaks to person gives them his whole personal attention He has singularly keen, penetrating eye, a swift intellect which receives, assimilates sifts and utilizes with great rSpidity all the facts brought before him. With his friends and those recommended to him he has most genuine winning address, and it is easy to un- derstand that this frank, charming manner is of grest service to him in the cross-exan~ nation Of persons not upon their guard. If his name inspires terror, as it clearly should, with the dangerous classes, M. Mace is at the same time extremely popular among the hon. est folk within and without the prefecture.
 The family of M. Carew, of South Nor walk were taken ill on Monday with pains In the stomach, purging and vomiting. The symptoms were those of poisoning by trichi- nse. They had eaten ham the fiav l,afn,,es On Wednesday the sufferers were better and