The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
WOEFUL PLIGHT
OF AN AMERICAN
officer Declines TO Help Him
With Ceat
JULlEN'S SAD ADVENTURE
Engenders Anger of Apaches and Is
Brutality Attacked In the Streets.
M. Leeer Is Honored BY
the Gar
BY PAUL VlLLIERS.


Paris is a city of pain as well as of
asleep on a bench in the Boulevard des
Italiens, at 2 o'clock in the morning. The
policeman who discovered him knew that
he was no ordinary stranger, for he wore
magnificent overcoat with an astrachan
collar, and there were other indications
of prosperity. Another policeman arrived
on the scene. and an attempt was made
to arouse the sleeper. But in vain. The
American slept on. Finally one policeman
took him by the arms, the other by the
feet and carried him bodily to the DO
lice station, in the Rue Drouot There
efforts were again made to wake him up
but the American made no response. 1t
was then decided to allow him to finish
his sleep in peace.
He opened his eyes at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon. Then NJ. Tanguy, the police
commissary, came to his rescue. The
American related his experiences He had
been ensnared by two pretty women, who
guessing that they had found a man OF
substance, resolved to fleece him. They
themselves according to the classic meth
cd. They drugged the Americans drink,
relieved him of his pocketbook and depos-
tied him in the street.
While he told his story the American
had taken off his overcoat He now hand
ed it to the policeman who did not take ii.
The police commissary's secretary also
ignored the gesture. Whereupon the
American became furious. Then nobody
will help me on with my coat he ex-
claimed. Very well, / will lodge a COM
plant with my CONSUL And he left the
office banging the door after him.
A secondhand dealer, named Julien. in
Montmartre, was accused by the Apaches
in that locality of denouncing them to the
police. The roughs resolved to get rid of
the man. and a number of them were told
TO suppress him. Julien was closely
watched. He was returning to his lodg-
ing in the Rue Championnet toward dawn
when seven Apaches sprang upon him.
Julien struggled desperately, notwith-
standing that he had received several
knife stabs and revolver bullet between
his eyes He was about to succumb to
superior force when, making a super
human effort. he drew his revolver and
shot one of his assailants. They carried
off their companion to the Bichat hospital,
where he died before Juliens arrival The
latter lies in a grave condition.
About three months ago the diplomatic
valise which arrived at the Quai DOrsay
from st. Petersburg contained message
from the Gear stating that the Emperor
had decided to confer the cravate of
commander of the Order of ST. An
drew on M Louis Leger, and the min
lister of foreign affairs was requested to
inform M. Leger of the distinction with
which he had been honored. But who was
NJ. Leger? All the attaches at the Quail
D Orsay, all the directors Of departments.
and the "chefs des bureaux" made no
anxious inquiries. But no one had ever
heard the name of the man whom the
Emperor had decided to honor. At last
IL was decided to forward the 'brevet'
of M. Louis Leger to the ministry of the
interior which possesses special facili-
ties for pursuing Investigations. The
"surete generale was asked to make
careful inquiries, and its most subtle in
spectors made a tour of the various
tradesmen bearing the name of Leger,
with the object of discovering the person
named in the Emperor's communication.
But all their efforts remained sterile. Fin
ally the minister of the interior, tired
of the search, bethought him that M.
Louis Leger might be a municipal coun-
cilor and he ordered the brevet to be
forwarded to the president of the munich
pal council, with a request to let him
know IL any of his colleagues answered
to the name of M. Louis Leger. But the
president of the municipal council, not
knowing any one of that name, decided to
consult the Paris directory, and without
much difficulty he discovered that there
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the Academy of Inscriptions, and we'll
known in the world of savants for his la
borious work on behalf Of the Slavs. 1t
was evidently he who was meant in the
imperial communication. and that Is why
a few days ago the "syndic" of the
Conceil municipal handed a Russian dec
grafton to a member of the Institute Of
France.
A few days ago the first training school
and ground for aeroplane flights was in
augurated at Juvisy, few miles to the
south of Paris. The first pupils had I'M
dergone a course of instruction at lie
Mans under Mr.. William Wright. The
new school, which is fully equipped with
the necessary sheds and engineery plant,
is about two miles in circuit, inclosing an
area Of some $50 acres.
The trial of the woman Marie Gilly, ac-
cused of numbering her employer, M.
Rambault, the manager of bank branch
at Grasse, has begun here. The murder
created sensation at the time. The
body of M. Raimbault was found cut up
and partially burned. A. ring worth 1920
was found In the accused's house.
Marie Gilly declared that her employer
wanted to murder her. Afterward, she
said, he committed suicide. Then she lost
her head, and the idea of cutting up the
body and burning occurred to her.
There was scrimmage for places in
court, and the police had great difficulty
in maintaining order.
The accused admitted having cut up the
body, but denied committing the murder
or stealing the victims money after the
crime.
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