Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
ATHER AND SON
MEET IN PRISON
9th CONNECTED WITH SAME
J CRIME
ZACH is UNAWARE OF OTHERS
EXISTENCE
Sentenced to Prison by Default, Man
Secures CounsePs Robes and as
Lawyer Successfully EIudes
Capture

man 20 years old, accused of COM
plicity in a murder committed on
country road, the victim being a poor
fellow who had been killed for the
sake of robbing him of a penny. He
had not seen his father since he was
IL years old, consequently nine years
ago, and did not know whether he was
dead or alive.
At the same time another magistrate
was examining a man about 90 years
old, who was accused of burglary. For
some reason or other it was thought
that there might be a connection be-
tween the two crimes, and the alleged
burglar and murderer's accomplice
were brought face to face. They were
as much astonished as the magistrates
to find that they were father and son.
'How did you get here?" asked the
father
"And your" retorted the son, who at
first had not been able to recognize
his parent, especially as the latter wore
a false beard and mustache. rms
was another revelation to the judges.
The young man said his father had
never worn a beard and could not
grow one. The alleged burglars face
was examined and the beard was found
to be spurious. The meeting between
father and son was not SO cordial in
consequence as it might have been
under other circumstances.
An indirect tribute has been paid by
tried and condemned man to the high
respectability of counseIs robes. HaV-
ing been sentenced to four months
Imprisonment by default, the man in
question considered that the Palais de
Justice was the safest place for him,
and to make his immunity doubly
sure, he dcnned a lawyers gown and
cap. He was right Nobody would
dream of finding criminal in the
honorable garb of lawyers.
Collects Fees
But his instinct for mischief spoiled
1t ALL Wearing the gown of a lawyer
he might as well, he thought, take up
the functions of one. and he oHered
his service to plaintiffs who happened
to be without counsel. He, of course,
never pleaded, but he nevertheless in
formed his clients that their case had
been won and pocketed several sub
stantial fees. AS in each case the
clients discovered later on that they
had been duped, it stood to reason that
he could not repeat his fraud often.
He knew this well enough, and next
disguised himself as one of NJ Ham
ards detectives. He came to grief
however, after he had persuaded a bill
collector accused of embezzlement to
pawn his gold watch and chain to
avoid being arrested. The bill col
lector found out his mistake and de-
nounced the man. with the result that
the sham lawyer and detective is now
landed in prison.
A servant girl from Brittany stepped
briskly up to police station the other
afternoon, and on being introduced at
her request to the commissary, calmly
said, ARREST me, as I have avenged
myself on my sister-in-law, and she
must be dead by now" At the same
time she handed to him a little phial
still containing some atropine and
when greatly alarmed the magistrate
proceeded to the address which she
had given, be found the woman sur
fering cruelty.
The doctor, who had been hastily
summoned, and had promptly pre-
scribed an emetic, said he had arrived
Just in time to save her, but that all
the same she must be removed to the
hospital, as her recovery would be
long, The maid servant is now at the
depot of the prefecture Of police, but
as q matter Of fact she does not seem
to be altogether responsible for her
actions. The cause of the dislike which
she had taken to her sister-in-law is
inexplicable, as she had been treated
most kindly.
Fails to Hold Positions
The girl came to Paris from Brittany
ten months ago, and wandered from
one place to another, giving satisfac-
ton nowhere. Whenever she was with
out place she was taken in by her
brother. who is a respectable shopman,
and his wife invariably gave her good
advice and worked hard to procure her
another situation Sulen and unso-
ciable. the maidservant made no
friends, and at last she took 1t into
her head that her sister-in-laW, VINO
was really her benefactress, was doing
her utmost to render life impossible
to her.
The wretched girl spent whole day
tramping about in vain quest OF a
place. and, on her return to her broth
er's dwelling his wife treated her to
suhstantial meal, and had filled a
glass with rum and water to drink her
health when the young woman, un-
perceived, dropped some atropine INTO
it. and without uttering another Woru
walked off to the police station 1or
the nurpose of surrendering herself.
open air sleepers are not encouraged
q in Paris They are exposed TO many
Inconvenience, one of which IS the
danger of being robbed or their purses
and valuables. The experience OF Bel
eian engineer might serve as warn
Ing. He not only lost all he had, but
was robbed even Of his name. Finding
the shade under the trees in the fash
ionable Avenue Henri Martin very in
yiting, he sat down on bench and had
a nap.
When he recovered his senses he
a police station, where some kind but
vigorous policemen were trying to bring
him to his senses. He had spent the
whole night under the trees and in the
early hours of the morning was found
writhing on the ground by two agents
of the law" who picked him up and
carried him to the police station.
Robbed and Drugged
They had noticed strong odor Of
chloroform. and when the man had
finally recovered he concluded that he
had been dosed during his sleep. A
gold watch and about $40 in cash had
disappeared from his pockets, and when
he drew out his papers he found, to his
further dismay, that instead of being
an engineer in Belgium, he was de-
scribed as a manufacturer in Paris,
with a queer name that he had never
heard before. The police inquired at
the address of the manufacturer and
learned that he also had been robbed In
the same way some days before.
The thieves had practced joke on
their second victim by stealing his pa
pers and replacing them by others.
Fortunately, the Belgian engineer had
not lost his memory, and though he
now feels quite himself again, he is
sorry for his purse and watch.
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