Telegram-herald., 1890-06-14
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police = Eaxl4ad Er4nce zlc uerrlaay.
sass tle Nss York Egenlns s1n- E-4g
ofeznl11a babss q robo~rs- No rake
rll.a4y casri.ses Lae ne4e ~ t1ei1 eger-
aglons ard Use cAl91etoE2 AL o-~eF
Grags ~ stlpefy tlelr f----l-s. @r~ a.
soEk in those countries II Is be-
heye1 that uang of I1ese daring aad
ingerio4s sc0an4rels @ee Ales lcaAs
Sometimes they 90 Profldoa "4.- ogl-@
aud cll8roE0rll-
Tnls Is the ordinary modgs operandi.
TIE roeber. Nho uaust le "e- dressed.
enters into conversation lu tas c2rFiAgo
E With q man whom he knows oE suspects
a. have money or things Of value On LA
persoa lie oilers TIE intended victim
soue food " dnuA heavily Dragged
( with opium.
Ihe y.etim. Il 10 part2Ees of the
kindly offered refreshmenL soon t4l.s
luto deep sleep. AID while Ia Tat
condition IS robbed II be refuse, ss al
experlenced Traveller would 60, the
robber pTetends - fan asleep and waits
until the other m4n really does 50.
Then he approaches him silently, holds
piece OF parchment called 4 "stiheE'
before his mouth and the eAlorOforn
bottle under his nose.
The r0bber usually leaves some money
and al the iewelry oR the victims per
son. Sometimes be administers IA over
dose Of chloroform and tho traveller
never awakes In such cases. IS the
yictim is found in possession Of GER
tain amount Of money and his jeWelry.
death is usually attributed by not over
intelligent provincial authorities 70 nat
ural causes.
NJ. Mace, the well-known French de-
tective, says that three snch deaths oc-
curres in one day on the Same French
railway An English lady was recently
chloroformod and outraged IA railway
carriage in Germany.
All England was stirred some years
since by the crime Of LEROY, who shot
an old merchant in a railway carriage
IN the heart of London, and whose guilt
IL was found difficult 10 establish.
Many Americans viii not understand
how these odtrages are possible. They
would be impossible here, but the car
riages on European railways are divided
into compartments by partitions run
ming from one side OF the carriage %
the other. In the frst-class carriages
the partition is carried 70 the roof, SO
that the occupants Of u compartnentaro
isolated.
In the third and second-class carriages
= -. sa 4 O. . -
and communication is possible from ono
end of the carriage to the other. This,
Gdded to the fact that robbers do not
look for victims in third-class carriages,
has caused great number Of persons TO
ride third-class when alone who DO not
do so from necessity.
When q train is bound on 4 journey of
any length tho portcrs distribute the
passengers so that there are not moro
than two or three in each frst-class
compartment. OF course that insures
quiet and plenty of room. At night If
you are not in q sleeping carriage, il is
not uncommon 10 find yourself the solo
occupant of compartment, but more
common to have one fellow passenger.
1t is not conducive 20 sound sleep 70
be alone, practically beyond the reach
OF all, humac aid, with man whom YOU
can hardly sec, and who may be pro-
vided with revolver, knife, life-pre-
server, chloroform and opium. The
partitions are 50 thickly padded that
the loudest noises scarcely penetrate
them. Railway companies are compelled
10y law TO provide means OF communica-
tion with the guard on trains going
twenty-five mile. without stopping.
A button. which it is necessary to
press in order 10 communicate to tho
guard, is placed high up on each side of
the carriage. But communication can
only be effected by the button on ono
side, according to the direction in which
tho train Is going. \ frightened man
would probably press the wrong button,
or re might ADd his fellow passenger
with drawn revolver between himself
and the right button.
For years there has boen an agitation
in England for cars OF the American
kind. but conservative Britons do not
care TO purchase safety at the expense
Of privacy. Those who 10 can now ride
third-class. Separate compartments arc
provided for ladies on trains making
} long journeys, but they arc not com
monty used.
II is customary In England for women
with babies 20 ride in smoking compart-
ments- At least ths is what the average
. EnglishmGn would deliberately affirm.
The truth of tho matter is probably that
woman with q baby on railway plat
form Is 100 much confused - choose any
particular carriage. and she very 0fton
, entors 0 smoking compartment. Il is
also said taat natural fcIinino porverse-
ness makes her think lat no ono can
desire - b comfortable when il IS =
question of accommodating her ba5r