The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-03
THE TERRIBLE APACHE
Criminals OF Paris Who Commit
Crime For Crimes Sake
(LCndon AnSWerS.)

The desperate encounter between
an armor protected hooligan and the
police Of Paris has brought into no
uoriety the apaches.
This man had vowed vengeance
on the police, and had protected his
arms with spiked guards, made Of
leather and nails, and rendered in
Visible by Il short cape he was wear
ing. He had armed himself with 30
loaded revolver and a, q knife a! a. shaarrg
as a razor. He killed one policeman
and wounded three others. The po-
licemen vainly sought to clutch him,
but shriekad with pain when their
hands were torn by the spikes.
There is no criminal so dreaded in
Paris as the one who belongs to the
apaches. These men have but one
aim in life and that is to kill wan
tonly. It. is nothing to them who
the victim may be, or however inno-
cent. They are infinitely worse than
the worst red Indian of the past, and
they are as proud of the number of
lives they have taken as the actual
ADaches were Of the scaips.
These men usually do their das>
tardly work at night time, and they
found everywhere in Paris. The re-
suit is that it is unsafe for any indi-
,,uuaI to stroll the streets Of Paris
al night as the apaChes kill simply
to boast Of the crime to their fellows
They place no value upon any life
their own or the victims, but boast
openly Of the murders committed.
| Woe to the Englishman or Amorl-
u,hn ho To CT al,
| at night, for these men will track
| him to the death.
! Every month their crimes become
of more horrible type. They will
not face man openly, if possible,
mind. They never ask for money,
as their motto is, Kill first, and
then rob-
The name, "1es apaches," was
6rst given to these vile street crimi-
nails by French journalist. This
descriptive cognomen was eagerly
seized upon by the French people
who arc voracious readers Of Indian
stories. The word, by the way, If
pronounced "apash." The criminals
themselves are proud Of the descrip>
ton, and have ever since tried to
live up to Ut, although each man is
known by a particular name.
| 1t is to a great extent due to the
notoriety they have gained that the
Iapach2s have become so active re-
Gently. Their crimes are now Of al
most daily occurrence, SO that the
police have had to call into their aid
special dogs, which arc more dread
ed than the uniformed men.
/ IT is quite Il common scene in
Paris now to notice a number Of DO.
dcemen surrounding dead man, 4
man who has been done to death by
those )oathSOme assassinS. 1t is very
rare, however, to see an arrest so
| we'll are affairs managed By the muir,
dercrs.
Tho result Of these crimes is that
the policemen always walk their
beats, in pairs, but even then both
kplep may fall victims together. This
Is where the value of the trained
dogs come in.
The apaches have q somewhat dis
tinctivc dress. They are low-lOok-
ing characters, with SLOUGH hats on
thcir heads and kn0tted handItor-
4 ciliefs round their nocka. Their
y baggy trousers are held up by wide
belts. Should Il wayfarer III Paris
500 couple Of these men era wiling
$ along in his direction he knows there
IS only one thing TO save his life, and
i that is to take to his heels Post.
bly,, however, he may find zhiWse
; iambuShed. and then, unless armed
!; with some serviceable weapon, his
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