The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-30
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
ATTACKS "APACHES'
Terror Bringing Criminals To
Be Punished
NEW zoUAvE UNIFORMS
ciled to Catholic Church--Avia-
tors VIII Erect Sign Boards
to Tell Where They Are
By PAUL, vII.LIERs

Paris, October 2e.-(Special THE gov
eminent proposes to secure the passage
of special law to wipe out the plague
whose only resemblance to the American
Indian tribe of that name is that they
eat. "Apaches' are men who laugh at,
and break all laws, moral or civfl. They
are supported by women. They are bur-
glars or pickpockets, who carry weapons
and use them. Apaches are increasing In
number; they are becoming more daring.
Heretofore judges have been too easy
with them, frequently turning them loose
or giving lighter sentences than a New
York magistrate sometimes infiicts ON a
simple misdemeanor.
The minister of the interior will in
troduoe new bill to deal with the
Apaches SO severely that they will think
twice before plunging daggers into the
breast of passerby or of shooting him.
Heretofore these criminals have only
served half time when In prison. This
will consist of a confinement and hard
lsbor. No exception will be made to this
ruis- Uhe new prison, such as that OF
Frosnes, the prisoners are too comforta-
BILE. They have steam heating, electric
lighting, and are allowed to smoke, and
call such punishment being sent out to
take rest.
The whipping post advocates are in
creasing in number and probably would
have their way, but for M Barthon, min
lister OF Justice, who is opposed to the
lash. Many of the Apaches' victims are
Americans, four being the count In two
days recently. M. Barthon thinks more
7averity on the part of magistrates, a
Z rolonged period of hard labor. will be
as effioacious as the whip, If not more
SO. The "cat" is impossible in a country
like France. thinks NJ Barthon What
row there would be, he says. Besides
would 1t be possible to find a French
man willing to undertake the task of
fogging criminals? On this point a writ
er In the Liberte suggests that Barthou
should advertise for. a logger" and
wagers that the ministry of justice would
be flooded with applications in "a hours.
But our minister Of justice will not have
the cat at any price, though he prom
ises that his method of hard labor will cut
down the Apache and Parisians will be
able to walk the boulevards and even the
side streets without risk There is little
doubt that the sentimentalists or thu
manitarians" will gain the day, and 1t
is safe to predict that the lash will not
be used here.
Two boys, George Tissier. II years, and
Paul .Damarest, 10, who murdered bank
collector named Andre in a house occu-
pied by Tissier's mother In the Boulevard
de la Villette, ten days ago, have been
caught and they have confessed.
They admit that the murder was pre-
medtated. One of the prisoners drew a
bill against the other, and when the col
lector called to receive payment he said
he had no money and requested him to
leave the paper. While he was engaged
in filing in the necessary entries one
youth stabbed him in the neck. The
other struck him on the head with a
hammer.
Notwithstanding denials to the contra
ry from infdels, Pasteur, the famous