New-York tribune., 1907-09-16
CRIME WAVE In PARIS.
NGRT CROWDS PARADE.
Escape of .SoLeilIont from, GuiHotine
Causes Demonstrations.

Paris. Sept. 15.-The increasing Indignation
IF the masses against the escape from the
.aiIlotine Of Soleillant. whose sentence to death
~ ~. atrocious murder of a girl twelve years
- ms cornnuled last week by President Fal-
ltsres % life Imprisonment was expressed TO-
day in A number of the oddest public Demon
..-.-io,,s which have occurred in France for a
long time. Most of them were orderly, despite
- <sct that several arrests were made. and
,-e-a organized not so much against Solelilant
&c "a express the opinion Of the populaee re-
..-5snr the crimes committed on little girls
7-,aee crimes lately have increased to an alarm
ir.- ayrent and il is feared that the Commuta-
-io,, n the sentence of Soleilant will stimulate
Their commission.
Several thousand persons. among whom were
many women. were engaged in demonstrations
a. various points of the city. and the crowd III
,he Place St Ambrose. near which lived little
Narthe Erberding. the victim OF SolelNah'' was
esnaciallv large The rage of the women III
+r5s district has been great since PreslueIlI
r-s72;ares showed clemency to SoleIlant They
assembled this afternoon with their husodhuS
and others Of their sympathizers. Their orderly
r-ies for Justice were soon changed |" CIieN "a
Death TO SoIeillantr" and Down with al
,,areS-~ as the procession. led by a woman VINO
carried 4 little girl on her shoulders with llie
,,-,r,,oea Of Indicating the object Of the mdlll-
CESSATION. moved toward the Place de Ia kepu0-
1ioue Soon the streets were choked pE d >09'
mob. and The police reserves were called ou' -
disperse il. The parade however aSSeIll'ieU
again. and several Of the more Nl"leiiI Ne''o''
srrators were arrested
Meantime other parades had heen "
g different quarters Of the city-oie III IN
Place Vend6ne. at the Ministry oI JuS'ioo
This also was led by a woman with hane O"
H. shoulders The crowd shouted Death TO
,5ora-ors,-. AT nightfau this parade was dis
r,ersad nv the police. who feared that with
darkness disorder would break out smaller
PROFESSIONS moved along the boulevards-
The newspapers Of Paris are devoting great
space 10 the Soleillant case Many OF the'
loudly condemn the failure Of President FaI-
Heres to permit the law 10 take IFS course ana
=, o4 -ber, agree that the communication of this
sentence signifies the abolition Of the guillotine
IN France. Some Of the journals express the
,ni,ion that the escape Of SoIeiIlant from the
r,i1lotine only. places g premium on crime
The entire question Of crime viii be taken up
- thu approaching session Of parliament. espe-
ci7rlv as Paris and other large cities are becom-
ing glarningly infested with another type OF
c-irninal known as the apache Who in the
secluded sections. almost daily MAIN and rob.
and sometimes murder. their victims Their
weapon always is the knife, and. gathering in
hands. they often wantonly stab pedestrians.
and frequently policemen. merely for the sake
Of stabbing.
u Touny director OF the Paris police, said to-
day. that MS force was entirely insufficient 10
cope with the situation. He recommended the
adoption Of corporal punishment for lawbreak-
ers as an offset to comfortable and inviting
prisons.