The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-05
PARTISAN STREETS
 UNSAFE AT NIGHT Visitors Are Warned Against
 SeI IeraI Dangers MANY SPURIOUS COINS Vaudeville Attist of Russian Birth Is Arrested D Paris for Attempted
 Murder of His Fiance.
 Poisonous Duck.
By PAUL vlLLlERs.

l Paris July Alt is rather hard on an
 old Parisian whp adores his city to say
 so but 1t canndt be concealed that the
 streets of Paris have become so unsafe
 owing to the inability of the police to
 cope with the A1hches that foreign visit
 ors coming here should not be without
 a warning not ts walk too much alone
 after dark, and especially should ladies never appear Tn tile streets evenings with out male escort.
 Realizing the necessity of doing some
 thing to protect themselves. the Parisi- ennes who must pass through the streets after dark have taken up umbrella fenc- ing and special umbrellas are being made which are quite formidable weapons in the hands of a skilled fencer. Several i Apaches have already found out to their sorrow that a very innocent-lookng um-
 brella in the hand of an agile and quick midinette returning home from her work Is quite a match for their own much mur- derous-looking knives and stiettoes.
 American visitors should also know be- fore they come here that there is a very large quantity of spurious coin 1T circu- lation here during the tourist season. Pa
  the amount lost by foreign visitors each year must be very large.
 The coins of which to be careful are I the five franc, two franc, franc and fifty centime pieces. Interruptions walters.
 who are well aware that there is nothing
 an American is less apt to do than to admit that somebody has got the best of him, keep a store of counterfeit coins, some made from lead others which are no longer current, in a special pocket, and if you see waiter give you change out of two pockets you may be sure he Is up to mischief.
 vaudeville artist of Russian birth, Nicolas Tchernadieff, who has appeared also in the United States as a magician end demonstrator of the 'magic kettle, Is under arrest here for the attempted murder of his fiance, Mile. Amelie Tala- vigne.
 Tchernadieff met his victim some time ago and she, who believed him to be wealthy. accepted his proposal of mar riage. The other night he invited her to
 go to the Moulin Rouge with him. On the way he suddenly remembered that he
 was not in evening dress and asked her 1 to go with him to his apartments while
 he changed his clothes.
 The young woman had no sooner en- tered his rooms when he knQeked her down and, threatening her with a razor began to tear off her jewels valued at f 50 O00 francs. When she screamed he drew the razor across her throat, infict- l ing a gaping wound. He then finished robbing her and walked out absolutely unconcerned. moment later the girl ap- speared in the door covered with blood screamed for help and fell to the ground In a dead faint
 Mile Talavigne was taken to hos ptal and has a chance to recover The next morning the would-be murderer was arrested in a cafe in St. Germain by two gendarmes. who had recognized his pie ture in the papers reproduced from a
 photograph which he had given to his sweetheart.
 He, admitted the assault and remarked 1 that he was a fool for having given q photo to a woman, adding that an hour later he would have been on his way to
 Tavre to take passage on boat for New York
 No member of hc fashionable Automo- bile Club do Fral, 'e will ever again at f tempt to eat cana a la Rouennaise a dish for which the hef of the club was 1 famous for nearly 300 members of the club narrowly escaped losing their lives
 
 few days ago and some of them have
 not vet recovered
 Canard a la Rouennaise is duck roastel l In It's own blood and every effort has been made at the Paris municipal labor atory to discover why duck cooked in this manner claims SO many victims every summer. No certain decision has been
 reached but the official scientists be- lieve that a microbe exists in the blood
 of the duck which can only be killed at a
 very high temperature.
 ] Paris has still another murder mystery
 to solve. The wealthy stock broker, M.
 Henry Remy. living in the Rue de la Pepiniere. was found dead on the floor
 of his bedroor' by his butler a few nights
 ago. His whole body was covered with 1 wounds which had evidently been ln- 1 flicted with an ordinary table or dessert
 knife.
 1 writing desk in the room had been forced open and from there. as from Mime. Remy's room. 2,Oo0 francs In cash and | iewelry valued at 10000 francs had been | stolen.
 1 When the murder took place NJ. Remv
 and his son were in the house with
 eleven servants. When last seen the mur l dered man was reading in bed when his I valet brought him a glass of water | The police can say nothing bevond the | fact that they very naturally believe the ! murder was the work of burglars. Pos ! siblv. however. some former servant had 1 something to do with it. | Remy was attacked while asleen in thn
 dark. for the mattress was sIashed In l many places. showing that the murderers
 were afraid to turn on the electric light