Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-03-31
KILLED FOR FIFTY A
a French Hxeoutioner and His
Terrible Record
RsvtnE Grown Too Feeble Co Further
Follow His Bloody Calling He ketIraa
UPQ0 the Fortune Gained on
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A remarkable figure is about to dis
appear from the ranks of the French
government service, says a Paris letter
TO the New York Tribune. an. de
Paris, as the principal executioner OF
France is styled, has rendered his resig-
nation on the ground of old age. He
has attained the ~three-score yeara, and
ten mentioned by the Psalmist as the
limit Of q human life, and is anxious to
withdraw to some quiet village, where
he may be able to spend the remainder
OF his days in the enjoyment of the es-
tenn apd good will of his neighbors.
Fol- the last forty years he has been an
object Of aversion to all who were &C.
Auainted with his calling. People
would go miles out of their way to
avoid meeting him, aa TO. encounter him
was regarded as an omen of misfor-
tune; and whenever he passed through
the streets all the women and
children, as well as most of
the men, would turn their heads AVA
end Rtopsly make the sign of the cross.
In many of the towns where. he has
been, called upon to operate both, he. and
his. assistants have had the doors of
every hotel, inn and restaurant closed
in their faces and been forced to- take
up. their. abode at the police. station.
while in. other places he has. been
booted, pelted and mobbed in the
streets. After. half q century Of this
kind Of existence, during the course of
which he has shortened by u mead over
two hundred murdrrcrs and murder
esses. it Is only natural that be should
geRrp for just that one thing which has
been withheld frcm him until now
namely, the respect and affection of his
neighbors end fellow citizens. Although
he has asked for n pension, WHICH will, of
course, be granted. he could we'll af-
ford to do withouSit. for nc possesses n
fORtuue.of soE3e oDs: hundred s3nd tRenty
thousand dollars. Il suCaWhich in France
Is equivalent to nt lcaGt three times
that amouptgl IN the United States.
I'M. dc. Paria,"' whose real name is
Louis Deiblcr, Win DO sueecedcd as first
executioncr ot t'rance Ivy NJ. Dcrge, the
son-in-lnw Of ! predecessor, n. Isoch.
.lndced, the Oh. c>. of cXecutioner. in
France r9ny < regarded as, to 4 GER
tain extent, hereditary, for. these
knights of tho guillotinc are each of
them rclGtcd to one nnothcp. Their
fam.li, oil int rmarrY with one an
ether, probably because no one not be-
lJpging to the tratio would consentto
y. matrimonial alliance between his
house and tIcfrs. thus, for in
stance. M. pcibler's, venerable and
kindly old wife is IL daughter of the cx-
ecuti0ncr of Al:'icrs, who rcjoieed in
Ehc appropriate Limo of R~asenoeuf, or
''new shave" II. Berge, the SUCCESSOR
Oh NJ. pcibter,. is. as I have STATED
above. the. sQn-in-lnw Of NJ. Roeh.
Fnt',>'r ,r~~ . ~ ro-vnd
his government on the, scaffold for close
upon forty yenrs, duETilg which time he
aecapitated polessthan one hundred and
seventy nine criminals. His father was
bio cHceutioper of Lozcre, and his uncle
II aIccntioner of the Agdechc, while
bis fatheg-in-law was IIeinderich, who
prceGQc& him. in the Office of chief exc
cutlcncr of France. Heinderich was in
mnny ways q remarkable man. OF
~aerculcan build, he was always per-
fcctlY dressed and Groomed,. while his
manners were simply the perfection of
stately courtesy, He invariably
,Noppct IHH evening dress to, operate
and Us soon as the knife Of the emllo-
tine bod fallen, he would, proceed to
church, for tho purpose of causing o
mRsS to be- said for the soul of the crimr
tnal whorS, no had just decapitated. He
was the son of the executioner Of Ton
tpo.. Previous to Hoinderich several
h,omhers OF. the Samson family figured
IA %urn. as. IN. de Paris the last, of.
toaA papaa being dismissed by, tho gov,
etnmopsto having pawned sha knife
VI bis ~gellotne.
Ma. Deibler possesses n vasb collection
of grewsome curios and relics, the gem
VI the whole lot being the gpiEtottne
hWde which served to decapitate King
louis, XVI. and Queen Marie Antoi
sette.