Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
Trouble Grows Out of a Happening at
Marseilles.
FUGITIVE IS TAKEN FROM WATER
Dispute Over Disposition Made of the
Prisoner.
BRIERRE MURDER CASE UP AGAIN
Itinerant RRgman Comes Into Fore
front, Declaring He is RespOnsI-
bile for Crime of Nine
Years Ago.
BY PAUL vILLIERs.

BY PAUL VILLIERS.
PARIS Aug. 13.-(SpeCial to The Bee J.
There is very pretty little diplomatic
tangle for the diplomats OF France and
England to straighten out, and while II
Will not arise to the dignity Of an Incl
dent there are points about II which are
liable\to cause the foreign officers at Paris
and London some uneaslness and which
might develop an ugly phase IL the "cordi-
ale was less firm than II Is
1t all arises out of a happening at Mar
slelles, complicated somewhat by French
politics.
The Indian student, Savarkar, whose ex-
tradition from England to India was
ordered upon charges OF sedition and con-
spiracy against the kings government and
abetment OF murder, embarked in the p &
0. steamship, Mores, at Gravesend, in the
custody OF detective-inspector from Scot
land Yard and three Indian police officials.
Upon the arrival of the liner at MarseiIles.
Savarkar who was in the bath room
crawled through an open port hole, plunged
into the harbor and swan ashore. AS soon
as the detectives, who had been waiting
outside the bath room door became aware
OF their prisoners escape they raised a
hue and cry, with the result that a SER
geant of the French dock police who was on
duty on the wharf, captured the fugitive
as he clambered out of the water Accord
ing to M, Cadenat, one of the vice MAYORS
or Marseilles and socialist deputy for the
city, who supplies this version of the in
cldent to the "Humanite," the French Do
lice sergeant surrendered the fugitive to
the British detectives, whereas, he ought
10 nave handed him over to the chief of
the harbor police"
French Auth OrIties Active.
A Few days after the liner had sailed the
French socialist press got wind OF the in
ciGent and promptly protested against what
Is described as a violation OF French terri
torlal jurisdiction and OF the rights of
man. The persistence with which III
Jaures urged the fugitive's cause has in
duced the French government to request
the British government to stay proceedings
until all the documents In the case have
been submitted to the French authorities
According to the Temps, international
laws seem to require that Savarkar should
be handed over to France in order that
the French authorities may take cognizance
or his case, since the British government
failed to notify the French government
that political prisoner was about To pass
through French territory and since the
fact that the fugitive landed on French
soil deprived the British authorities of their
Jurisdiction over him. 1t is even asserted
that it was irregular for the Morea to enter
French territorial waters with a prisoner
on board without previous notification of
the Iact IN accordance with treaty rights.
Revival of n Sensation.
The celebrated Brierre murder case, which
nine years ago caused a great sensation
has come TO the fore again, by the appear
ance OF an itinerant ragman OF Tours who.
1t Is alleged, wishes to assume the RESPONSE
bility of the crime. 1t may be remembered
that the five children OF a widowed farmer
named Brierre were found murdered In their
fathers house on farm near Corancez.
Some weeks afterwards suspicion fell on
the father himself who was arrested trIad
and sentenced to death, the penalty being
commuted to transportation and hard labor
for life.
Throughout the trial Brierre never ceased
to assert his innocence with so much We
hemence that even after the verdict of
the jury, he had many partisans who he
lieved that he had been unjustly con-
demned. To this day there are stilI MANY
people who are of this opinion. From
the convict settlement whittier he had been
transported in French Guiana, Brierre
wrote letter after letter to the authorities
pointing out the alleged errors and mis-
takes committed at his trial, and finally
he drew up long statement or sort of
memorandum in the effort to prove his
innocence and TO show that certain impor-
tant evidence had been neglected.
The authorities seemed impressed bv
their constant protests, and there was
even talk of pardoning him altogether at
the beginning of this year, when news
was received that he had died.
! Instead of a deterrent the execution OF
Liabeuf seems likely to be the cause of an
increase in the number Of attacks on the
Paris police. Recently, an individual fired
revolver at a passing taxi. A policeman
ran up and was about to seize the man
when he leveled his weapon at the Off
GERS breast and exclaimed: II am going
to avenge Labeuf and down you" The
crowd, however, seized him from behind
Taken TO the police station he said his
name was Bourder, aged IS, OF no address.
He fired a the taxi as the best way OF
attracting a policeman, whom he Intended
TO offer up as a victim to the memory OF
Liabeuf. AS Bourdier was being taken TO
goal he remarked that he was not dis
couraged. He would try again and he
hoped with better luck.
Novel Form Of STRIFE.
What is quite a novel way OF striking
has been adopted by the Paris syndicate
OF Bank and Bourse employees who are
seeking higher wages. The minimum wage
they demand $3.50 per year. and this for
beginners only. They held a meeting at
the Bourse de Travil, under the presidency
Of M. Nectoux, a socialist deputy. and an
nounced that II their demands were not
granted they would adopt "the open mouth"
strike. We are already familiar with 1.-THE
folded arms strike. and Sabotage" or
the wilful destruction by strikers OF their
employers property and tools.