The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-19
MONSTER DEMONSTRATION OVER GIRL MuRpERER's ESCAPE
 FROM GUlLLOTlNE.
DEATH SENTENCE COMPUTED
French Capital Is Passing through Crime Wave Similar to nal Which Has Recently Passed
 Over New York.

Paris. Sept. 16.-The increasing lh- dignation of the masses against the escape from the guillotine or ooleli- 1ant known as the "mOnstrouS Vlo- 1ator and murderer" whose sentence 10 death for the atrocious nfufael oi A 12-year-old girl was cummueed lds' week bv President Fallieres to lire imnrisonment. was expressed Sunday in a series of the most curious publlc manifestations that have occurred Ill France in a long time.
 The demonstration, despite the Tact that several arrests were made, was almost entirely an orderly one Many women participated. It was organized not so much against Soleillant as to express the voice of the populace against the wave of unspeakdDie crimes committed on little girls which lately has increased to an alarming degree and which it is feared the com mutation of sentence of Solelllant Will only stimulate.
 Several Thousand in Oemonstrat'on'
 Several thousand persons were en- gagged in demonstration at various points of the city, and especially large was the crowd in the Place St. Am broise. near which lived little Marine Erberding. the victim of Solelllant. The rage of the women of this district has been great since President Fal- Heres showed clemency to Soleillant. They assembled Sunday afternoon with their husbands and others of their sympathizers and were aug uented in numbers by crowds of curi- ous persons. Their orderly cries for justice were quickly changed to cries of death to Soleillant,' and down with Fallieres" As the procession led by woman who carried q little girl on her shoulder with the purpose of indicating the object of the mani festation, moved toward the Place De La Republique, the streets were choked by a vast mob and the police reserves were called out 10 disperse it.. The parade, however, assembled again and several of the more violent dem onstrators were arrested.
 Other Parades Are Organized.
 Meantime other parades had been organized in different quarters of the city, one in the Place NendOme, at the ministry of justice. This also was led by a woman with babe on her shoulders. The crowd shout ed death to volators."
 At nightfall this parade was dis persed by the police who feared that with darkness disorder would break out Smaller processions traversed the Grand boulevards of the city
 The newspapers of Paris are devUt- ing great space to the Soleillant case Many of them loudly condemn the failure of the president to permit the law to take It's course, and all of them agree that the communication of the sentence signifies the passing forever of the guillotine from France. Some of the journals express the opinion that the escape of Soleillant from the guillotine only places premium on crime
 Corporal Punishment Recommended.
 The entire question of crime will be taken up at the approaching session of parliament especially as Paris and other large cities are becoming alarminGly infested with another type of criminal known as the apache, :" who in the secluded sections almost daily maim and rob and sometimes murder their victims Their weapon always is the knife, and gathering in bands they often wantonly stab De. destriaus and frequently policemen merely for the sake of stabbing. NJ. Touhy director of the Paris police declared that his force was entirely in sufficient 10 cope with the situation. He recommended the adoption of cor poral punishment for law.breakers as an offset to comfortable and inviting