St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-11
A CHICAGO DETECTIVE OUTWITTED.

wore only moustache OH his face. The
beard had been taken off in a st. Louis
barber shop. But the picture was still
| agood one. Dumas is rather handsome.
He has blue eyes and brown hair and
when he smiles his face is full of French
vivacity. He is of about medium
height. rather broad-shouldered and ex-
tremely quick OF movement. Apparent
ly he is very downcast at his present
position. He. protested to Desmond
against the holding over'' where he
was to be held for the arrival of the
Boston police and urged that he was
without requisition. When, finally,
after begging to be allowed to
write to his wife, he was
started down stairs to the hold:over in
charge of Detective O'Connell, he went
with the air of man bound for the
guiliotine. Shortly after he had been
ensconced in cell No. 12, he was seen
by POst-Dispatch reporter. He came
to the bars of his cell smoking a cigar.
Then, after some persuasion, he told
with every appearance of reluctant
candor the following story, worthy to
class with those of the famed adventur-
ers of romance.
An Adventurous Career.
"Why should tell you these things 2"
he said. impatiently. "My life is my
own affair. What the papers say about
this trouble will only hurt me the more,
is it not? What can l do but kill my
self? Yet l have not done anything
wrong. and | am not yet ashamed of
myself. | can tell you who am, and
what have done.
1T is true that am aFrenchman and
that [ have served in the French army.
This is it. / was educated at the French
military school at st. Cyr. l graduated
from there in 1873 and served in the
army in France until 1881. l was then
a lieutenant in the cavalry. In 1881 l
was sent to Egypt as one OF the
French officers Oh the staff of Arab
Pasha. | was detailed as instructor of
! the mounted gendarmerie. 1 IN
structed the Egyptian troops in the use
| of the small sword and the saber, and in
cavalry tactics. And yet you must
! know that cavalry tactics in Egypt
meant tactics adapted to troops
mounted on dromedaries. / had to
i invent the drill, almost, before 1
! could teach the sOidiery. A dromedary
! bride has only one rein, the riding is
!, altogether different and the use of the
saber is also different. But l did it.
! was with Arab Pasha at Cairo, at
!, Saakim and at Waddy Hafr. l re.
manned as instructor of mounted gen.
| darmerie. on his staff, until 1882, when
| Arab devoted his army to the service
Of the khedive, under the command,
1 principally, of English officers. All this
| time, understand, held my commission
in the French army. In 1882, after
| leaving Arab Pasha, 1 became volun-
/ tarily attached to the staff of Gen. W0lse-
| ley, the English commander, and was
| present at the bOmbardment of AleXan-
dria.
''With Wolseley went on the expe-
dition to the Soudan. Several French
] officers did so, and we took part in the
| battle of Tel Ell Kebir. fighting under
the English colors: served also with
| Gen. Gordon-'ChineSe' Gordon-and
| was with him in KharIoum at one time.
] would have been there during the
sisge and at the fall OF Khartoum, but
that was sent from there to Hassuan
| TO drill some mounted recruits. Just
outside of Khartoum my party was at
tackled by the Soudanese. and / was
1 wounded above the eye by an arrow.
This wound was finally the cause of my
retirement from active service, as it ulti-
j smately injured my eyesight. / resigned
I in 1886, and now receive a monthly pen
! sion of $50 francs from the French gov
| eminent. Many French officers resigned
from the Egyptian service in 1882, when
that army was reorganized by the khe-
Edive under the direction of English Off
i-eers. In 1883. at Cairo, met Henry NJ.
| Stanley, who was then returning from
/ the expedition for the relief of Emin
I sPasha.
l. Il never served with Stanley, as has
been stated. met him in the military
club at Cairo.
| Comes to the United States.
VI returned to France in 1886. My