Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-12
sMALt pRoFiIs or MusoEsees
Few of Them Realize Riches by M.ass OF
ThNir Or mos. -.

Few OF Them Realize Riches by Msars OF
Their Or mos.
Much bus been published IN England
about the professional nssnssins of
Paris, writes our Paris correspondent,
and in many cases fabulous gains lave
been attributed 10 them ps il result of
their crimes, but these eNis, inor, fire.
lguently in fiction than In fnct Stats.
ties recently complied by the prefcct
Of Paris police throw a good dral of
light OH Observation-Disclosures us practiced
In modern times. Especially tptcws,-
lag are they In view Of the popular, but
very erroneous. idcu TINT the nssi,sslns
trade Is n profitable one. That II Is
quite the reverse seems to he clearly
proved by record OF the profits gained
by notorious nssassins during the last
| 30 years.
Biographies Of large number of
French murdercrs, some OF whom paid
the penalty OF their crimes on the gull
| Ictine while others were transported
TO New Caledonia, show that the aver
nge murderer makes far less money ut
his abominablc trade than Is made by
my third-rutc artisan or even day In
horcr.
Here, for example. nrc the names OF
q few criminals and statement us tn
! the actual money profit that resulted
' in cnrh cnse. Scjournet committed ono
crime. md his profit was Ga 5 shil.
lings; Rossell. one crimr, ct 10 sh'l-
lings; Ducret. one crime. rs worth of
| iewelry; Cnthcln, one crime. nbout ;
shill'ngs. These nrc not princcly prof
'is. but they are large compared with
others. Three men for cNnmplc--Gcor-
roes, Voty and Franck committed IL
horrible crime md only. made about
s'SI%nco apiece, Srverpl others were
'css fortunate. for they gained nothing
ut n,l. Other knights OF the rond fonnd
20 their dlsmny after dispntching their
victims that they had no money on
them. ond they we're consequently
bonrd to'hc satisfied with snch booty ns
! they could obtain In the Snaps of
watches anil other jewclry, which. of
course, II lcsa desirable thnn money.
ns II Ia not always easy 10 dispose cf.
True. n few assallnnts have made n
considerable sum Of money. Three.
Martin. Bcgheim and r.npommcrnyr.
were especially fortunate ar unfortu-
nntc In this respect. Martin found { 900
In MA victiin's purse. Bcrhcim rot Gl.-
! fon worth of icwclry and i.upommcruyr
riso acquired lnrgc gum OF money u +,
one stroke. These, mcn, however. did
hot live very long TO enjoy their wealth,
ms justice overlook them ard quickly
dispatched them to another world
Fnch men arG rnrc. however. 30 rare
that n cnrcfui cplcplatirn shows That
the average amount made by t'rcrc',
Grsnssins during the last 10 yenre does
not exceed nine or ten shiillngs for
each criine.
J Such being the ease. the wonder i4
That there are ro many murdcrers. And
II grcntcr wonder ii. why. II they nr,'
determined to XIII FOR the sake of oh.
tn.n'nR money they do not arrange tn
XIII ocrsons who nre known 10 be
wealthy md do not scize mn oppor-
tunliy when their intended victim, have
ihci- rocl;ctn stuffed with rold., a
d'stinRulshed ofI'ciaI of tho rollce force
w Paris says thnt the assnssirs net IN
their usual foolish manner slmjly 10
cause they nre NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mail