New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31

them from being Of the slightest use IN trsc,n.
criminals. and the efficiency Of the rural noi,ce ~
It has IN fact never bees worse tbsu condition
Life In the villages and communes since the rsvn
to-day. ~~
AN EXPENSIVE REMEDY.
The remedy" continued NJ Goron, zig simn,.
and as l have already fully explained In my
Memories there ought to be a large increase in
the number Of detective agents attached to the
central police administration in Paris, and a
soon crime is committed in the provinces two
three Of these agents should be dispatched n
once from Paris with full authority to act on the
spot. and trace the supposed offender from village
10 village. and commune to commune. Cnfortu-
natey. this plan would be very expensive but I
am convinced there will be no security in the
country districts until such system is carried out
The real trouble IS thai French Ministry Is
willing to spend adequate sum of money on the
criminal police All the money goes to the po-
litical police and the result is that matters have
now come to such pass that tramp. like Vacher
circulate about wherever he pleases. and
sinate scores Of young men and women with
absolute impunity." NJ Goron terminated the IN
he exclaimed: 1T is absolutely dscourasngT'
tectve Police from 1873 to 1854, and who has since
devoted himself to the study Of police reform. ex-
sardes ;champe,res" Said NJ. Mace. ''are, as a
lows. They are hrstrate soldiers. They are mag
nihcent watchdogs. But in respect to real police
they are me ere ehden AM Mace consders that
something ike impotency are mostly political The
creation OF corps of detectives centralized In
Paris, so that competent agents could be sent at
OF crime is ANNOUNCED by telegraph, Is indis-
Near Lyons alone" continued NJ Mace. mo less
than thirty murders have been committed dur.
ing the last ten years without the rural police
even getting a trace OF those who perpetrated
at last realizes the fact that the criminal police
Of the country districts scarcely exist The man
for long time Is an excellent object-lesson.
and ought to lead to drastic re9rganzatiCn Of the
iations very closely" said NJ Mace, and it APP
good discharge on quitting the military service
he was enabled as tramp to iuil the suspicious
attention from himself by walking straight up to
that he had heard cries and seen a suspicious
looking fellow make of In the opposite direction
IFS at PrQaqcsd bis
in the direction he had pointed OUT Two day.
after this ony rS'hr es ssn
Such deplorable state OF affairs would be utterly
l .steGS Il system" ''A''''a' 1'S'''s'
NJ Henri Rlcard. Deputy from the Cote dor De.
parte IN the course Of an interview
said: Nowadays there is no effective police what
ever in the country districts. The gendarmes are
so busy with their military duties that they are
obliged 20 neglect everything connected with the
they have o authority whatever beyond the limits
of their canton or commune Without G @
time that the criminal they are after Is clean gone
and out OF the way During ne vintage season H, ~
police. which, by common consent OF the mayors OK
extent of territory without previously obtaining inc
written permission from adjacent comirUnes. put
5i hs Is p poy d IS ce s decd s
the vineyards. The idea. however, might De ex.
ali events the vineyard police system in Burgundy
Is worth studying because II contains me mrs.
which is indispensable If life is 10 be secure IN the
country districts.
CARNAGE STILL GOING ON.
The views expressed by the above competent au-
thorties show beyond doubt that the rural police
system Of France completely lacks any efficient
service for the tracing and capture OF suspected
criminals. As NJ. Mace says. the French public
now realizes this fact with surprise and alarm
Cy this afternoon. for instance. jdst the pres
ent letter about TO be posted. the telegraph
brought the news of the preparation OF two moro
village assassnations, discovered within the last
twenty four hours. An elderly widow Who lived
In a little cottage near the commune OF Essonnes.
m the Department OF the Seine and Oise was dis
covered lying IN nor bed stabbed 10 death. and
5000 worth Of banknotes and bonds were missing
no ro eew ses whasvsS regard to the
terday on the public highway. in broad daylight,
and not hundred yards from the village OF
WHERE'S in the Department OF the .aisne, a poachtr
shot and killed a woman In the presence Of TIE
victims husband and daughter The murderer es-
capped and neither gendaimes nor sardes-cham-
peircs have any trace OF his whereabouts. Such
thirty.sSyen thousand communes Of France. and.
coming top OF the atrocious series OF dcher
murders which now excite the French public ju't
as those OF Jack the Ripper excited popula
opinion in England. II will be strange indeed x
ha Government LEGISLATURE
before long I'LL up this gap in the rural police adj
mlnstration OF the nation.