The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-17
WAVE OF crime
EkGITE! Paris
PRESIDENT FAGLlEREs IS CON;
DENIED FOR cLEMENcl i.
DEMONSTRATIONS BY i,S
MODS

MODS,
PARIS. Sept. tT.-The increasing
indignation Of the masses against the
escape from the guillotine Of solell.
liant. known as the ,.nonstrous ylolas
tor and murderer whose sentence to
death for the atroclous murder Of q
12.yearold girl. was committed last
week by President Fallieres to life
imprisonment. was expressed to-day
in series of the most curious public
manifestations that have occurred In
France for a long time. The demon
strations, despite the fact that several
arrests were made, was almost entire.
~ an orderly one. Many women paf.
ticlpated, 1t was organized not SO
muca against solelllant as to express
the voice Of the populace against the
wave Of unspeakable crimes commit
ted on little girls, which lately has in.
creased to an alarming degree, and
which, it is feared, the Communication
Of the sentence Of solelllant Will only.
stimulate.
Several thousand persons were en-.
gagged in demonstrations at various
points Of the city, and especially large
was the crowd in the Place st. Am
broIse, near which lived little Martha
Erbordlng, the victim of soleillant.
The rage of the women of this dis.
trict has been great since President
Fallleres showed clemency to, soleil-
liant. They assembled this afternoon,
with their husbands and others Of
their sympathizers, and were aug.
mented in numbers by crowds Of curl,
GUS persons. Their orderly cries for
justice were quickly changed to cries,
of death to solelllant!" and Down
with Fallieres!" as the procession,
led by a woman who carried little
girl on her shoulders with the purpose
of indicating the object of the NANTES.
tation, moved toward the Place de la
Republlque. Soon the streets were
choked by a vast mob, and the police
reserves were called out to dlsperse
IT. The parade, however. assembled
again, and seyeralo Of the more violent,
demonstrators were arrested.
Meantime other parades had been,
organized in different quarters Of the
city, and in the Place yendome, at the
ministry Of Justice. This also was led
by a woman with a babe on her should.
ers. The crowd shouted death to VIC.
lators!p At nightfall this parade was
dispersed by the police, who feared
that with darkness disorder would
break out Smaller professions tray
ersed the grand boulevards of the
city. ii
The newspapers Of Paris are deyot.
ing great space to the soleIllant case.
Many Of them loudly condemn the fall.
ure Of President Fallieres to permit
the law to take its course, and ali Of
them agree that the Communication Of
this sentence signifies the passing for
ever Of the guillotine from France.
Some Of the journals express the opin.
ion that the escape Of solelllant from
the gulllotine only places a premium
on crime,
The entire question Of crime WILDE,
taken up at the approaching session
of Parliament, especially as Paris and
other large cities are becoming alarm
ingly infested with another type o.
criminal, 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 bands,
they often wontonly stab pedestrians,
and frequently policemen merely for
the sake Of stabbing,
NJ. Touny, director Of the Paris po.
lice, declared to-day that his force was
entirely insufficient to cope with the
situation. He recommended the adop
ton Of corporal punishment for law.
breakers as an offset to comfortable
and inviting prisons.
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