The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-07
THE DETECTIVES
OF PARIS.
Who They Are and Something
About Their Methods.
Their Offices, Ways of Working and Pay.
Four Sections for Various Duties, All
Under Command Of Chief Goron.

Under Command Of Chief Goron.
~.HE detective force, writes CORE
EHRg spondent from Paris to the Globe
.YkSS Democrat Of st. Louis. consists of
about $50 men. Its nominal head is the
reject of Police, NJ. Loze, but its real
chief is M. Goron. This brigade, as it is
called here. is divided into four grand sec
tions, with principal inspectors, brigadiers,
sup-brigadiers and simple inspectors, this
term being the general name given to
every member of the police WHO does not
wear uniform. These four sections are:
The central or permanent service, the
bureaucrats. public thoroughfares, and
m ours, OF section charged with the sup
preston of prostitution under all its forms.
The central service is the largest one. 1t
is in charge of a principal inspector, M.
Or ion; a brigader, M. ATchimbaud; seven
sub-brigadiers and thirty inspectors. One
third of the men are always on duty. The
detectives in this section arrest individuals
against whom warrants have been issued,
protect persons threatened with death or
assault, watch men who are reported as
dangerous. or mild lunatics whose state. is
not sufficiently grave to warrant their IN
generation in an asylum, and furnish the
details for all sudden expeditions.
The service for the public thoroughfares
is called the flying brigade" and is under
command of Principal Inspector Gaillarde,
bring back Eyraud. There are forty men
in this section; they have 10 determined
duty but roam about the streets, explore
ali the quarters Of the city day and night
and arrest persons caught in fragrant DELFT.
These detectives are obliged to disguise
III woe in all cnrt 0f and tn min
Gle with all manner of persons; they hobn0b
with the camelOts, or street peddlers, who
are often mixed up with suspicious affairs,
and repeatedly serve as indicators for tie
notice: they are also on good terms with
the frail sisterhO0d, and from them gather
interesting information about individuals
who are wanted.
SOuiiieres, who although not having the
title. is in reality deputy chief. The bu-
reaucratS receive and register all the notes
furnished about individuals arrested, at
tend to the correspondence and the finances
and furnish daily reports to the parquet,
Legal term sgnifying the Public Prosecut-
ing Attorney aud his deputies. They also
have charge of the records OIL all persons
who have been arrested.
The various offices of the Paris Detective
Rnreau are in that part of the Paals de
Justice devoted to the depot, or central
station. The entrance is from the Qual dc
| FHorloge. To the right cardboard sign
| hing on q door indicates that 1t leads TO
| the Service de Ia Suretee. An inspector Is
| always stationed at this door to give the
| necessary information to visitors. On the
| ground floor, to the left, is the room where
| prisoners are lead to be questioned, or
| Cooked" before being taken to the Juge
| d'IustuctiOn, or examining magistrate:
| Further on is the dormitory OF the men OF
| the central service, which they call the
| "Iions' ditch" Here the detectives sleep
| upon mattresses, some completely IN
| dressed, others half clothed, while others
| lie down without even taking off their
coats When search is to be made the IN
! spectors detailed are reused, and the leader
! receives his instructions while the others
! listen.
On this floor also is the CRETE, or record
| office, where every person arrested by the
| detectives is first brought Tor examination
THE INSPECTOR.
To see if they have "been there before"
! Some Of the agents are very clever at rec
ognzing criminals who try to conceal their
identity. Gaillarde, especially, has great
memory of faces and can tell ms man zen
years after he has once put eyes upon MN.
The Offices of the chief and the bureau
Gratis are on the first floor. NJ. Goron'S OIL
flee gives on to the Quai des Orievres, and
is large, well-lghted room, full OF OBJECTS
relating 10 his calling. Suspended about
the walls are instruments employed by the
Erenah and foreign police = handouts,
chains, ca6riolets COR twisters], clubs, Ian
e snd S Sesae on s eara 5e
rooms of the principal inspectors, with the
exception OF that of the central
service, which is on the ground floor. The
! most interesting room is the one devoted to
the dossiers of persons who have already
had disputes with Dame Justice. In this
room there are thousands of slips OF paper,
classed by alphabetical order, containing in
few lines the name, description and jul
dicial antecedents of old otfendas-o' ir5at
brought, while the detective hunts through
the records to see what previous offenses
have been committed by his prisoners.
There is also on this floor property
room," which contains varied lot of dis
guises. The anthrOpometric or Identified
ton service is attached to the detective
bureau and is located in this part of the
building. Every person arrested, whether
guilty or not, IS measured so as TO see
whether he has given false name; for, by
the anthrop0metric method, an old offender
can be easily recognized if his dossier ex-
lists under another name.
NJ. Marie GorOn, the present chief of the
detective bureau, is an efficient officer. and
has been remarkably successful in all the
important cases that have arisen since he
was named chief In 1887 He is in the prime
of life having recently entered upon his
forty-fourth year, and has worked his way
from the lowest rank to his present
position, NJ. GorOn had previously
rt.slss-laad n practical knowledge of non
I&u things. He is chief, nouveau
jeu, that is to say, he is not surrounded
with mystery, and is easily accessible TO call
erS. he is not an enemy Of reporters; he
admits that if newspaper men sometimes
bother the detectives by divlning what
they are going to do and thus give the
criminal hint, the most of the time re-
porters are really useful by the aid and pub
LEFTY they extend to the police. NJ. Goron
the morning, ana his day is over at
midnight unless some event requires his
presence longer. He eats when he can
sleeps with one eye open, and is always
within call At the time of the Wilson case
NJ Goron was suspended from office Tor a
while because he was suspected Of sympa-
thy for M. Grevy's son-in-law, but these
suspicious were soon recognized as un-
founded, and the chief was promptly re-
| stored to his position.
| Gaillarde, Jaime and Soudals are the
best known among the detectives for they
have been connected with the most cele-
brated cases Of recent years. Gaillarde is
30 wears old and was born at Montlouis, on
the Spanish border. He is an average
sized man, with black hair and beard. a
pale face and two bright
MIsCHIEVoUS EYES.
He has been on the detective force since
1861 and for the last few years has had
charge of the flying brigade. However.
when there is an intricate mystery to be
unraveled Gaillarde is generally one of the
men detailed to look up the affair. He is
very highly appreciated by the Judges and
authorities in medical Jurisprudence. for he
has the faculty of telling by the mere sight
of n corpse the kind of death and under
what circumstances the crime was com
mtted. He is. besides, one of the best
on the trail of q criminal is pretty SIRE To
hunt him down in the long run. Speaking
Spanish, he is always chosen to search for
offenders who escape to the other side of
the Pyrenees.
Fortune Jaume is one Of the shrewdest
men in the detective service. When mur-
der has been committed he is the first Off
| - sent TO the spOt. and "a rnlu cnnnas AWAY