Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-26
MURDERERs' SCHOOL.
Conducted In the Open Air at Paris by
an Aged Rogue.

an Aged Rogue.
An open-air school for burglars and
murderers has been discovered In the
Tuileries Gardens, Paris, by two spe-
cial detectives appointed to watch all
suspected persons in that place. While
walking near the ornamental plot
where the bird d-charmer, M. Pol, feeds
sparrows daily, the detectives observ-
ed a curious looking old man sitting
on one Of the seats and conversing In
a most serious manner with two youths
Of seedy and disreputable appearance.
then traced the plan Of a house on the
gravel with his stick. Soon afterwards
the youths went away, the old man
saying to them, Courage and good
luck" The detectives, who had heard
as well as seen, laid their plans. One
watched the elderly man, the other
followed the youths, who were tracked
20 house near the Opera, wherein re-
sides wealthy octosenarian, who goes
about attended by his housekeeper.
The youths went upstairs, but finding
that the octogenarian and his servant
were out and the fiat locked up, they
descended and returned to the Tuile-
ries, always shadowed. They rejoined
their aged friend who had given them
the daggers near Gambetta's monu-
ment, and had a new conference with
him. In about half an hour the trio
left the Tuileries and, followed by the
two detectives, walked across the CEN
tire Of the city to the Place de la Re-
publique. On the way they entered a
small restaurant for luncheon. When
that was over the old man sat near the
statue on the place mentioned, and the
two youths moved toward the Rue de
Turenne. The detectives, re-enforc-
ed, went in the same direction and
shadowed the boys to the shop Of q
shoemaker who lives alone and is re-
ported to keep his savings in long
stocking. Here the pair were arrest
ed, and their old friend was also cap
tured later on as he was waiting for
them on the Place de la RepubliQue.
The trio was taken to the depot,
where they were searched and ques-
toned. The-youths had In their pos
session not only the daggers, but also
plans Of rooms to be entered and the
approaches to the same. The old man
had a loaded revolver and more plans.
In cross examination the youths stated
that the old man distinctly told them
to murder the octogenarian living near
the Opera or the shoemaker of the Rue
de Turenne, promising that II they
brought back any plunder he would
share 1t with them and take them to
his country chateau, surrounded by
vines, all Of which valuable property
he would bequeath to them, as he was
a widower and had no heirs. Dazzled
by this promise, the youths agreed to
act on his instructions and to do ex-
actly what he wanted. The old man.
who calls himself Bertrand, which ts
not his real name, denied that he had
been teaching the youths how to COM
NIT burglary and, If necessary, to per-
petrate murder. He further declared
that he only gave them the daggers as
playthings. AS the man has been as
certained to be an old offender and
wanted for delinquency committed
at Perpignan, he has been retained In
custody. The youths were liberated
on their own recognizances and one OF
them, a Belgian, has offered to join
the Foreign Legion.-Paris Cor. Lon
don Telegraph.