The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-01


desperate criminal. was Fit OF fop
He used 10 keep bottle OF eau de
cologne in his room. That scent was
to prove his undoing. Ii is pot the
onlv occasion that perfume has proved
disastrous 10 criminals who have in
du,.ad in II \ few nights later. when
Fossard was in he'd and fast asleep,
he was awakened by a timid knock At
his door. Calling out TO know what
he MAS disturbed for. he heard I tim
orouS child's voice In reply. Il inform
ed FoSsard that the knocker WAS poor
little Louis. The nephew Of a woman
on TIL. next floor who had been taken
very il and who had sent the child to
beg " To~>ard TO lend her his bottle
OF can de- cologne Fo>~ard gropvd
round for the bottle and with il in h.
hand threw upeu the door Nidot
ami his helpers were on him in an IL.
staur
The most terrible man in Paris"
such became the description amou
the dangerous classes of idocQ. nov.
Recognized agent OF the police
He was rot regarded with favor h.
members OF the detective service. The
might well. Indeed. look aSkance e Il
man with such record.
Il have never caught any crimipa.
who more deserved imprisonment thar
NJ. NidJcq." protested an indignant of
hcer to NJ. Henri one day,
But NidocQ was too useful to ht
hastily set aside. Never had the Grim
inaiS o: Paris such lad time as the'
were now enjoying with Nidocq in Tn
detective force.
He organized the first really eticien
detective service on the continent, The
task of selecting twelve assistants was
contid"d to him. Nidocq chose thu
majority of them from the cleverest
thieves he knew. Those that had been
pickpockets be made wear gloves, II
was impossible for them TO indulge IN
their former bad habits while wearing
those fashionable articles.
Tall, of magnificent physique. with
what is known as an open counte.
nance, with large twinklinG blue eye,
and mouth that seemed 10 be ever
ready to break into good natured
laughter, Vidocq was perhaps the las'
man Ia the world to be taken for de
tective.
Il always regretted" he declared
once. that my duty prevented me from
cudvating mustache. but 1t would be
a sad hindrance to my Disgusting my
self. | had to give the idea up. Grim
inals would have got TO know that mus
tache of mine"
So he remained a close shaver mar
to the end of his days. Perhaps there
never was a more energetic disguisel
than Vidocq. He relied upon his mar
velous facility in making up to utterly
bewildcr the professional criminals b:
had to deal with.
In one days hard work he assumed
no fewer than twelve wholly distinc
DISCUSSES!
He went, when he was not In dis
guise, constantly armed A pistol LAY
ready TO his hand in a pocket Of hi!
handsome clothes, and a dagger wa
concealed in the front of his coat
( At the end of ten years service b,
retired.
/ The news spread all over Paris. vi
docq. who had made the police of Pari
more feared than they had ever beer
before, was actually In the hands o
the police.
| He had after his retirement from tn,
force established a private inquiry OF
fee. and clients of all kinds locked t.
/ him. Then be opened an agency TO
the protection of shopkeepers and mer
chants against fraudulent customers
He had as many as 5000 customers oil
his books when the police arreste,
him, and be was now accused of hav
ing in many cases become the ally o