The Brandon news., 1910-03-03
TERRIBLE APACHES OF PARIS.

The desperate encounter between an
armour-protected hooligan and the police
of Paris has brought into notoriety the
Apaches. 80; sa..zyses.i sa.ze, jsi Il; = 4
This man has vowed vengeance on
the police, and had protected his arms
ard nails, and rendered invisible by a
short cap he was wearing. He had armed
himself with revolver and a knife as
sharp as razor He killed one police
man and wounded three others. The
policemen vainly sought to clutch him, but
shrieked 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 wantonly
1t is nothing to them who the victim
may be, or however innocent They
are infinitely worse than the worse red
Indian of the past and they are as proud
of the number of lives they have taken
as the actual Apaches were of the scalps.
These men usually do their bastard
ly work at night time and they have
fixed haunts but are to be found every
where in Paris The result is that it is
unsafe for any Individual to stroll the
streets of Paris at night, as the Apaches
kill simply to boast of the crime to their
follows.
They place no value upon any life,
their own or their victims, but boast
openly of the murders committed. Woe
to the Englishman or American who
happens to stroll alone at night, for these
men will track him to the death.
Every month their crimes become of
more horrible type. They will not face
a man openly, if possible, but prefer to
creep on him from behind. They never
ask for money, as their motto is: "KiIT
first and then rob-"
The name "Les Apaches" was first
given to these vile street criminals by a
French journalist This descriptive cog
nomen was eagerly seized upon by the
Frence people,. who are voracious readers
cf Indian stories. The word, by the way,
is pronounced "apash." The criminals
themselves are proud of the description
and have ever since tried to live up to it,
slthough each man is known by particu-
lar name.
1t is to g great exten+ due TO the
nctoriety they have gained that the
Apaches have become so active recent
w. Their crimes are now of almost
daily occurrence, so that the police have
had to call in to their aid special dogs,
which are more dreaded than the uniform
men.
1t is quite a common scene in Paris
now to notice number of policemen
surrounding a dead man, a man who
had been done to death by these loath
some assassirts. 1t is very rare, how
ever, tossee an arrest, 50 well are af-
fairs managed by the murderers.
The result &C these crimes is that
the policemen always walk their beats
in pairs, but even then both men may
fall victims together. This is where
the value of the trained dogs come in.
The Apaches have a somewhat dis
.tinctive dress. They are low-looking
characters. with slouch hats on their
heads. and knotted handkerchiefs round
their necks., Their baggy trousers are
held up by wide belts. Should way
ferer in Paris see a couple of these men
crawling along in his direction, he knows
there is only ore thing to save his life, and
that is to take TO his heels. Possibly, how
ever he may find himself ambushed, and
then. unless armed with some serviceable
weapon. his chance of life will be slight
1t is a fortune that there is no real
organization among the Apaches, other
wise their power would be almost illimita-
bic. Usually, they operate in small bands
1t is also frequently the case chat rival
bands come into contact, when set battles
take place, the victors glorying IL the
wounds they have received and the nuns
Der they have killed.-From Answers.