New-York tribune., 1910-08-28
By Andre Tridou

There ere very few nights in the wear
when Paris policemen on their rounds
90 not stumble upon body living in a
CORY pool; sometimes the handle or a
long slender knife protrudes between the
shoulder blades; sometimes an ugly cash
fieeds from ear to ear. not seldom. blood
eozes from mouth. nose and ears as
though the dead had not sustained any
apparent wound: o. three little starIike
bruises may dot the temple: or. again. Il
niuish line. an inch wide. may mar the
hack Of the neck just above the collar
lire Les Apaches, the cops whis-
per To each other tfor Partisan police
eFcers always go two by two). and they
call for an ambulance. much relieved not
10 have witnessed the incident
a u1a9 Of Paris shows three conceutri-
csl lines OF boulevards-the grands houle-
wards along which Con the north side. at
least fashionable life flows in two con-
rinuous. opposite streams: then the boule-
wards exterieurs, and finally the wide ave-
rves tGat separate the city from its old
f6rtffcatioas. the still extant moat and
VAL The grands boulevards form dam
sersCs hunting ground for the sinister
4rozIers whom 100 much light scares
away. on the avenues skirting the city
almost every house tenant is poor
xorlingnan- who. except on Saturday
nights. is hot worth while sIaughtering, :
The bouIevards exterieurs. however.
which constitute so 10 say the border
line between the land Of the weIl-to-do
snd the haunts Of the "petits bourgeois
are & different proposition. Shady amuse-
ment places. cheap dancing halls. suspi-
cieus restaurant-hoteIs. cut-throat wine
shops VIII make whole block a patch
Of gIsring light. and then q hostile pail
of darkness. -sprinkled here and there
with huttering gas flames. Will stretch
over a mile Of sidewalk.
Il Is here that the man from the prov
inees in quest Of adventure, the foreigner
vithour E guide. the little bourgeois who
fingered TOO long Al his friends house
may meet their fate. about ! or > O'Clock
N The morning
The steel blade. the blackjack. the
Grass knuckles viii serve the purpose &C
oording 10 the mans size and presumable
strength. For prey Of small stature.
however, me Apache reserves what in his
sang he calls -tolling~: ii may be an
suusion 70 those pictures of Easter bells
rulg br angels who hold fast TO the
bells ears For this is the Apache's /
=n0dus operandi; A sharp blow dazes the
TlcJm and throws him down; the
Apachs's knees bore themselves into the
clest while his hands seize the ears lift
ne head and slam II & couple of times
or re pavement until d duller thud tells
Ct . fractured skull
UatI IN Apache Is an adept at stick
as his man in very much the same way
IN which z Spanish torero dispatches a
bull with = single thrust between the
shoulders. or 81 cracking q skull bone a.
one siam he Is held in little esteem and
never allowed 10 tackle big jobs" in
dangerous neighbo-hood. for Paris is a (
Eel policed city To the one policeman I
On New York beat there are two men on /
Paris beat The nighthawk must strike /
Ike lightning, empty the dead mans /
pockets in wink and sink away into /
lBs dark. Therefore, Apaches very sell
iom carry guns: the knife is silent Toll
mg. too. is ssfe-so many people are
kBovn 10 have slipped and fractured their /
skulls Unless the victim IS especially |
well dressed there is not much of an in 4
gliry
When il i all over. the gang. that scat
rerS ike flock Of frightened sparrowe
meeJs again a. some wine shop where no /
oBe is welcome who IS not in the bust I.
zess
Over glasses of red wine the spoiIs are /
dTlded up. Cash in equal parts goes to |
rae four or Eve brothers: the Jewels are /
r-ne5 over to thesdiscreet 'cabaretier,"A -
The converts them in1o specie the next