Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23

! nette shan be avenged. en-, Beat
Blonde" And IN saying this Loulon
turned 90 another Apache. who was
with him-'for L mean TO cut of your
head, and Beau Blond will rip you up"
Loulon, who was armed with "a knife
over a foot IN length. and Beau Blond,
who iiourished a yatagan, thereupOr
seized the terror-stricken Pope, and
We're about TO carry out this threat
when three detectives, disguised as
Apaches who had been watching them
rushed 20 the rescue, and after a des.
pcrate struggle prevented the crime by
arresting the wound-be murderers.
On Loulon was found a postcard
illustrated with Chinonnette's picture,
and bearing the words "You shall
De avenged. my Chiftonnette. We sail
use the revolver and dagger. Nitriol
for Tutor.' rotor apparently was
some other enemy Of LOulon.
FEMALE HOLDUPs.
Chinonnett. Casquo dor. Pope and
Margot la Blonde are types OF the
feamle Apaches walking the boule-
wards and streets of Paris today
Every now and then one reads that
NJ. A. or Nine. B. or a workman OF
a workgirl has been attacked at
Bclleville or La Villette or Montmartre
or even on the Boulevard de Sebasto-
pol bv armed women. who, after
brutally ill-treating them, have rob-
bed them Of their jewelry and money.
70 will be asked how IL Us that the
police do not keep closer watch over
these criminals, most of whom are
known TO them. The answer is a
complex one. The detective force at
the disposal Of the project of police
is only about 400 men. and these are
occupied fully iu tracking down Grim
inals for specific crimes. prevention,
so To speak, being no part of their
work
10 is true the police ever and anon
raid the boulevards and haunts OF
Apaches. both male and female and
arrest them boy scores on the charge OF
bcing vagabonds; but these willy indivi-
duals generally manage 10 exhibit pa
pers showing that they follow a trade
and are out of work only temporarily.
The consequence is that the magis-
trates, unwilling To- overcrowd the
lock-up, simply keep them a few
hours and then order their release.
Thus there is continual friction be-
teen the police and the magistracv.
The fault certainly does not lie with
the police. ON the other hand. the
magistrates are not altogether TO be
blamed.
WHERE RESPONSIBILITY LIES.
Tho so called Humanitarian" wave
which has swept over tho country OF
late years perhaps is the root of the
evil. Since 1897 the French code taking
"a leaf out of British criminal law. al-
lows every prisoner his counsel and re-
cognizcs his right 90 refuse 10 speak
unless lu the presence Of his counsel
The old pumping OF "a prisoner by
his guards is discontinued, 20 that "a
clever Apache has many more chances
tI escape conviction now than a few
years. ago, when he could De kept lock-
rd up, IN There was sufficient moral
proof against him as being dangerous
Go thc public security
TO add to the difficulties with which
thc police have t0 contend. me deuth
penalty ls enforced no longer, although
the chambers have not voted its sup
precision nor replaced 10 by an equiva-
lent such as The Italian ono Of the
ergast0lO. or absolute seclusion. The
consequence is that am Apache. burglar
or criminal knowing that he does not
risk hls head, often win kll his victim.
m order t0 suppress "a witness % his
crime. Tor ho knows that at The worst
hn Wll bc dppurtcd to New Caledonia.
Thus the criminal class appears 90 be-
getting out off hand Boa France. ana
tlIT dcuIlrahle state off things can only
favor thc development of the female
Apache. r. FRANKLIN