Evening journal., 1905-04-08
HOUNDING A MAN


of cmhezzlcment a sum OF money /
amounting TO about $500 was missing |
and could not be accounted for. He /
protested his innocence. ard he offered !
TO make the amount good from his saw
ings but The police had got hold Of the /
matter and refused to let Il drop. Tie |
police Of France moro than any other |
country hold that person who is
charged with an onense against the
law is guilty. II is not for the law to
prove him so. but for him TO prove his
innocence. They said to the cashier:
"You have had charge Of the funds
IN this store A sum of money is miss
ing. and you cannot account for It. It
therefore follows that you embezzled
It. At any rate, you must prove in
court that you did not"
Neither the proprietors OF the store
nor the cashiers friends believed him
guilty. There was q slip somewhere,
a mistake; some one had seized oppor-
tunity to gobble on to the notes, but
the police took him away and contend
ed that he must prove that some one
guilty in order TO secure his own lib
erty. The young man was sent TO pris-
on for a year and his reputation ruined
forever He did not think so when he
emerged. Strong in the consciousness
Of his innocence, he returned to Paris
with the determination to begin anew.
The old firm could not take him back,
but they gave him a recommendation.
and he soon secured employment else
where. Within a week the police ap-
peared and said 70 his employer:
"You have a man IN your employ who
could not prove his innocence Of
theft. You must discharge him. If
you do not you will be encouraging
crime"
Young lie Roy was discharged.
He wandered out into the country
and secured employment on a farm.
The work was hard and the pay poor,
but he was living an honest life when
police official appeared and insisted
that he be instantly discharged He
was even threatened with arrest and
punishment for defying the law.
That was the end. The ex-convict
headed for Paris with murder in his
heart. In half an hour his mind had
been made to turn criminal and be-
come terror to the law. On reaching
the city he made for the haunts Of
vice, and inside Of month the police
heard from him.
lie Roy was lie Roy no longer. He
was Jaritz. In two years he com
mitted fifty robberies single handed
Then he became the leader Of a band.
and murder was added to robbery. II
was always the police who were the
victims. In one year ten Paris police
men were stabbed to death. No one
suspected that Jaritz was the ex-
cashier under another name, and no
one could account for this singular
hatred Of the police The best de
tective talent I'm the country was en-
ployed to hunt the man down. but he
escaped every snare laid for him. AS
fast as a member Of his band was
taken he took on another recruit. They
We're to assist I'm the robberies, but
the killing was reserved for his owl
2 hand.
y
and during that time the killing oil
r fifteen policemen was laid at his door
= The value Of his plumber for the sam,
time was estimated at three-Quarterl
Of a million dollars. Then the mans
logic forced him to realize that the
r end could not much longer be delayed
! Half a hundred detectives were look
ing for him, and the rewards Offered
for his apprehension footed up owe
$4,000. Some Of his band were Ger
3 tain TO betray him to secure this re
ward. When he had made up his minG
+ what to do ne distributed his property
among the hospitals under anothe
r name and took u house in the Rue Vint
Q nor.
r 1t was a tumble down house in
e wretched street, and Just where tn
police would look to Gnd him. Their,
T was first and second floor. and en-
$ trance could be had to the second stor,
by way of a second old rOokery anl
u the windows On taking possession
S of the place Jaritz sawed the stairs Il
o two and propped them up in such
/ way that he could pull the prop ava,
d with a rope When the stairs wen
= crashing down into the cellar whoeve
was on them at the time must NEE
u with a terrible fall After n week h
: sent boy to give him away TO th
:, police. The lad claimed to have IA
= his suspicion aroused and TO hav
watched the house Tor week. II
: was sure that it was Jaritz bidin
there. He told the police OF the ~
proach by the windows, and at
o'clock in the afternoon a detachmer
e of forty men suddenly surrounded th
place.
Ten of them rushed into the neighbo
ing house to force the entrance. Jarii
met them ard shot two and then n
y treated with wcsds OF defiance. III
- eight men rushed him back to I'll
= stairs and down it to the landing
There he stopped to hurl further d.
fance at them. and when they crowde
= down upon him the prop was pulle
y away, and the eight fell into the celia
y Two were killed and the rest bad
: injured.
!, Il am Castor lie Roy. the ex-cashi,
and ex-convict," called Jaritz aft
them, and then he put the muzzlo
his revolver TO his head and pulled Il
trigger.
= = There were a few newspapers