Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-08
French All Baba and His Band
OF Forty Thieves at
Amiens.
TOOTHACHE CAUSED EXPOSE.
Kept Proprietor of Cafe Awake and
Detection and Capture by Police
Followed.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
~ AIRS, March 29.-French criminal
- annals record no more astounding
revelations than those Just made
ot the trial OF the members OF tho
burglars trust at the Amlens assize
court The story brought out by tho
testimony far surpasses in interest tho
forecast OF disclosures expected when
the prisoners We're first arragned, and
which We're doubtless outlined In dis.
patches cabled at the time. Criminal
syndieates have long been a favorite
device OF sensational detective story
writer's, but the operations of the mod
ern All Bahia and his gang have again
shoWn that fact still outstrips fiction,
So extraordinary has been the interest
aroused by the trials that the court
house has presented the appearance OF
"a building besieged, with armed gem
darmes keeping the mob at bay
The founder OF this most successful
association Of thieves that ever EXIST
ed ia known by the police as Marlus
Jacob, though his full name Is Alexan-
are Mar.us Jacob Escande, Keen-wit-
tea, resOurceful, possessed Of unlimited
cunning ana audaCity, ana a genius for
organization, had he gone In for COM
merce or finance. and restricted his
methods tp those of lcgalized rascality,
h' might have become a multi millions
aIre lie was born at Marseilles less
than 30 years ago and beginning life
as cabin boy Circumnavigated the
globe, firing " sea-faring life he
returned home, was apprenticed 10 n
printing office and became "a Composi-
TOR. Next he became an Anarchist and
turned his attention to the manufacture
Of bombs. He found that a risky busl-
ness. and an Improbable one. He con-
cluded thar life would be much easier
and pleasanter for him # he devoted
himself to robblng the rich instead OF
blowing them up.
"TOILERS OF THE NIGHT"
He became a thief and prohted also
by the thefts OF others by opening A
curIo shop where he sold stolen an
tlques and objects OF art. With the aid
OF confederate he effected some rich
hauls In Marseilles by passing himself
off as q police official who had to
search rooms owing to some bungling
by his ally he was arrested. The evi-
denoe was clear against him, so he
made the best Of a bad Job by sham
ming lunacy so successfully that he
got himself committed to an
asylum at AK. There he thought
out the scheme which fairly
entitled him to be styled the Napoleon
of crime. \ shrewd judge Of human
nature, he confided 1t to n keeper who
agreed 10 join him IN the enterprise
and helped him To- escape. Together
they came to Paris, In ~ couple of
years-that was IN l900--the "Toilers
of the Night. Limited" as he facet-
Olsly termed the organization, was
launched, This IA It's prospectus,
translated into English
Business.-To carry on the trade,pro.
fossiou, or calling Of burglars, house,
breakers, and thieves In France, with
extension as occasion arises 20 England.
Germany ana Austria.
Capital R100 900, deposited at tho
principal banks IN the names OF the al
rcctOrs.
Board Of Directors-Five % the old
est members including the original
founders, with power 10 add to their
number an advisory committee.
Head Offices, Rue de Ia Cher Paris.
Branch Offices Lyons Roueu, Bor-
denuN. Calais Ahbeyllle, etc, etc.
Foreign Information Bureau--Lon-
dom Berlin, Vienna.
correspondence Code.-The word
Portuguese the letters indicated by
the numbers J 70 no.
Membership. Limited 10 forty work.
ing members directors included). with
power TO nh by ballot any vacancy
caused by death, etc.
tan,--Agents and spies appointed by
the directors In such ceuters Of popula-
ton as the beard considers OF valus