Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-05
Famous Paris Prison To Be Torn Down
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Who Ban Of III aw,
Must be Pushed by Modern

as house Of correction for men ten
years before the outbreak of the Revo-
luton. BeaumarChais, the famous au-
thor of the Marriage Of Figaro vas
locked up here solely on the strength
Of "lettre de cachet," But the storm
that was soon to break over France
was already gathering. The notion
that people had rights which even their
rulers. by divine right were bound to
respect, had gained such foothold that
the populace did not hesitate to protest
loudly against the Imprisonment Of the
poet. Fearing an outbreak, the au-
thorities ordered his release after he
had been in Jail only three days-which
for those tyrannical times constituted
record
EVIL DAYS APPROACHING.
Evil days were fast approaching for
ST. Lazare. The, monks had grown
more worldly again. Instead Of lay
ing up for themselves treasures in
heaven, they stocked their cellars and
lofts with corn and maize and wine,
sailed meat and foods of all descrip-
tons. The people got wind OF what
they were doing, and on the even of the
taking OF the Bastlle, they stormed
the monastery believing that the monks
intended to turn a public calamity 10
their own profit by selling their stores
at big prices. The monks protested
that they had only enough of the plain
est fare on hand TO supply their own
simple daily needs, but the mob swept
them aside and ransacked the building.
When they found their suspicious con-
frmed. they returned to wreak their
vengeance on the holy men. hut the
latter. meanwhile, had made their es-
cape by a secret passage,
TRANSFORMED INTO A PRISON.
During the Reign Of Terror. st. La
Zare was transformed into a prison
which for many OF the suspects there
incarcerated, proved but the ante-Cham-
Der for the gilotine, The MURDER
loving tyrant, RobespierTe, made the
ferOcious Nenner governor of ST. La
2are Nenner did his best TO make
the lives OF the prisoners entrusted to
his care hell on earth He glonted
over the sufferings which the shadow
OF impending death caused them, and
adopted every device that his mllig
naut ingenuity could suggest TO add to
them. The cruelties that were praC-
tised at st, Lazare are cXCelled only by
those OF the mquistion. No prisoner
was allowed to take his rest there at
night without some grim reminder
that It might be his Inst on earth. on
a false charge chat they We're engaged
i'm conspiracy TO overthrow their
guards and obtain their freedom, SO
prisoners were once sent from ST. La
care TO the scaffod Many accepted
death as a welcome relief from the
horrors OF existence IN confinement
there II was at st. I.azdre that An
DIRE Chener, the young poet, wrote his
famous verses, ia Jeune captive IN
spired by Mile. de Coignya fellow prls-
onrr. II Is scene Ht st, La2are
which Is depicted IN Muller's great pic-
ture. Appel des Condamnes.' wherein
one Of the agents Of the terror " seen
calling out the names of those to be led
10 execution. Because OF its melo-
dramatic effect and the vivldness with
which u portrays the varying emotions
of the unhappy wretchos-despair, rage.
resignation, hope-theIc arc few pic
lures that by means Of Reproduction
have attained such wide popularity.
EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN
After Napoleon had trIumphed over
the terror with his "whiff of grape
shot" he made st. Lazaro prison eN-
clusively for women and such u has
since remained. II comprises iiNe
separate buildings, surrounding three