The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-12
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The Way q Criminal Fooled Paris
Police Chief

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Ia The MemurIeA' VI NJ Claude.
ehlet u police during the reign Of Ma.
pOlsou Ill, tbere Is mitch thar Is fas.
elaallng 20 lovers Of detective stories
one Of VI. Cluuies experiences was
that IN which he was ouIwitled by a
clever ertniual who saw In the police
chiefs resemblance 10 Berauger when
the poet WAS at the height of his pop.
ularity a means " escape from cap.
ture. The criminal had returned 10
Paris aud was living as a rich student
In the Latin quarter, then IN the height
Of It's bohemian splendor
Claude thought 10 make an easy
capture Of bis man hy attending Ger.
tain famous ballroom at the hour wheh
dancing was at Its height, lie lcils
the story:
Il hnd no difficulty 10 discovering
him seated among n swarm of pretty
girls and bewItchlng danscuses.
Convinced therc were but two ways
Of getting the better of cunning enc.
my surprise and audarlly--l walked
straight up to where my rascal was
seated | walked slowly. with steady
steps, my eyes on the eyes of my man.
He was dark skinned. handsome fel-
low, with face as brazen as Il was
cynical ! saw by M lmpreceptlbie
sign that he recognized me ie turn.
ed pale--he was mine,
II was almost near enough to cap.
ture him when ! saw him bend TO the
ear Of one Of his companions. Instant
ly all the girls surrounded me and
stood In / feverIsh, excited, ardent
phalanx before me They formed an
lmpenetrsblc barrier behind which my
rascal escaped, while the women press.
ed eagerly upon me, crying out;
Berangerl II Ia BerangerF
''The magic name presented upon
the youthful spirits there the effect
Of an electric spark. All the dancers
of the establishment stopped dancing
and surrounded me with acclamdtions.
The students and young girls rushed
up TO me. some bearing bouquets, 9th.
ers glass In hand. | was literally GOV.
cred with flowers, while the whole
place rang with shouts. hundred
times repeated. Of 'Vlye Beranger!
Vlye Bcrangerf
II was agbast. and yet understood
the trick. On the point Of being col
Jared by me, the man had marked
down bad recourse to this shrewd
game. which must have succeeded even
better than he expected certainly
had some points Of resemblance to the
lllustrious song maker or the whole
world Of students aud grisettes In the
Latin Quarter would not have fallen
SO readily Into his trap. ! was as bald
as the poet at that time, and at aI
times have had a certain good na.
tured sympathetic benevolence In my
appearance such as the portraits OF
Beranger SHOW to this day
"Well, If the youth Of Paris counter
signed the intentional error OF my cley.
er scamp owed Il to my resemblance
to the poet Though was tricked |
was well trickod. II was not for me
to own to these glddypates that was
not Berangor, but Claude, the police
man, the agent Of al the prosecutors,
judges and lawyers who under the
restoration had done so much harm
to their idol escaped from the ova.
tion which was becoming dellrlous
under an avalanche Of flowers"
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