The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-07
TRAINED POLICE Dogs

TRAINED POLICE DOGS.
Peculiar Methods Employed by Night Oa-
cers in Paris.
It is the night-duty policemen whose
task is the hardest, for the great ma
jority of arrests are made between the
hours of midnight AID eight III the
morning. Paris. as rule, is well light
ed city, but at night, in its denser quart
ers of narrow courts and winding alleys,
many of the worst characters pursue
their calling. Even in the more fire.
quent quarters, late at night, the police
| give the passer-by close scrutiny. 1t
is during the night that the footpads
walk along the banks of the Seine or
in the public parks In Paris there are
1hree good rules which should be re-
membered by one who walks abroad at
night: First always carry a thick
| stick; second, give wide berth to the
! angle of the wall; and thirdly, if it be-
comes necessary to strike, strike first.
| If one remember these the footpad is
10 longer to be feared
During the night, too. class of
thieves prowl about the open squares.
robbing men who through the wine
shop or through WEAKNESS have
dropped to sleep on the benches Years
ago when the famous Canler became
chief of the secret service, this style of
robbery was so common that it was
kept down only by Disgusting detect
ives as workmen, who pretended to
fall asleep on the squares, while others
watched. When the pretended sleeper
felt himself robbed a certain movement
gave the signal to his fellows, who
then appeared. The thief, surprised,
had no other resource than to pretend
also to be asleep until the decoy made
his accusation, and he was arrested
with the stolen articles in his posses
sion.
In this night work the police, as did
the London police during the series of
mysterious murders in the Whitechapel
district, have a curious adjunct in the
shape of a number of trained spaniels,
which have often aided in important
captures.
OF all cities of the world Paris pre-
sents gathering of humankind most
fearfully mixed in its elements of dis
order. The criminal brought up from
childhood in the capital will risk his
life for the privilege of living there.
Accordingly, many criminals, who have
been forbidden residences in Paris. in
spite of the strictest surveillance of the
barriers. will work their way in again
and take up their career of crime under
other names Paris has for centuries
been the home of the thief and the
sandbagger, and is still every month
the scene of daring and mysterious
crimes. In Paris the daily average of
men killed by violence is two, and each
year there are more than forty thou
sand formal arrests, besides ordinary
street arrests for disorder and vaga-
bondism.
The low wine shops and gambling
dens of the barriers are the spots
where the most desperate OF Paris
criminals gather to drink and to plan
their robberies and. accordingly, it is
to these places that the police must
often turn for particular man who is
wanted"
Individual arrests, which are previ-
pusly arranged, are done by secret SER
vice agents, who wear citizens dress
These agents are provided with the
cabriolet and ligote, and are. of course,
armed with revolvers for use. in case Of
resistance But the whole policy of
the French police is 70 prevent resist
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and later question him as to his intend
ed behavior
The method Of arrest is unvarying-
They approach their man together
from behind, and at the same moment
each seizes him with one hand By the
coat lapel. and with the other By the
end of the sleeve. Thus, If resistance
is offered, they can easily throw him on
his back to the ground Before the
man has recovered from the sudden
surprise of the attack the csbrioie.s
come into play. In the hands of these
special agents, these are generally Of
fine steel chains. and are tea-foid more
cruel and brutal than the cord ones
While the agony of the cabriolei makes
il impossible for the man 20 move the
ligote appears This is fastened first
10 one wrist. then passed once around
the body and fastened 20 the other
wrist. The arrested man il thus bound
as securely as though each limb was
severally chained. FOR. deprived OF all
movement Of the arms, he canno. eren
run without stumbling. Besides, 20
skiilful are these agents in the use oi
these two simple instruments that IN
almost every case the man IS complete
IL at their mercy before he has recov-
cred from the stupor of surprise follow
ing his sudden arrest-Phiisde.pa |
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