The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-19
CHASTITY BATTLE
OF APACHES FATAL
Evil-LiverS of Paris Under
world Quarrel Over Mat of
Golden Hair.
SOLDIER STAYS HIS RIVAL
Crime of Sordid Detail Goes on
While the Police Affect Not
TO See the Duel.


Paris, Nov. 1S.-Another CHASTITY
"Arsche" crime has startled Paris
a crime sOrdid in every detail. II was
quarrel between two 'Apaehes"
over a woman known as Helen of the
Golden Hair, a desperate fight with
long knives and revolvers. a murdered
man and flight But this time the
murderer is a soldier of France, and
he shot his man with the ordnance
weapon he was authorized 10 carry
His crime brings up once more the
question of whether such men as he
notorious criminals and evil-liyers-
shall be allowed 10 serve in the home
regiments of France. instead of be-
ing sent 10 service in Africa.
There was a ball in the ST. Denis
suburb The dancers were the riff
raff OF Paris society sallOw-faced
bOys-the Apache" of modern Paris
is rarely much more than twenty
years of age-in bowler hats, shirts
without collars and tight-fitting
clothes. with humped-up shoulders
and the curious slOuching walk and
sinister leer peculiar 70 the tribe
women with their hair curled high,
wearing no hats and dressed quite
simply, looking modest enough, and
10 the stranger harmless. though
every one of them carried a dagger in
her stocking or hair and was pre-
pared to use il.
The belle of this orgy in low life
was Casque dor H.. or Helen of the
Golden Hair, as she Is indifferently
called. She is notorious for the fact
that fifty or more pitched battles
have been fought over her among the
"Apaches."
Her favOrite cavaliers last night
were Ferdinand CuvillieT-nickname
Fernand the Great-and "JojO, ."
whose real name is Joseph Humbert
Both men are returned cOnYicts, and
are well-knOwn 10 the police "JOjo"
is doing his two years military SER
vice and had obtained leave for the
All Saintsday holiday.
Fight Is Started.
The dancing was over for the even
ing and the dancers were streaming
out into the street when Fernand saw
'JOjO" walk up 10 Helen of the Col
den Hair and offer her a plate Of
cake. He walked up 10 the woman.
"COme out at once and bring him
with YOU" he Kissed through his
teeth. A dead silence fell on the
crowd. Both men We're well known
10 be desperate characters and there
were only two policemen there on
duty, who had seen nothing or pre-
tended 10 see nothing. For two men
brave though they might be-to try
10 prevent an Apache duel would be
suicidal madness, and the police
knew il.
The crowd -streamed silently into
a i.
"JOiO," Fernand and Helen and
woman friend of hers in the center.
"Out of the way, you two grOWled
Fernand. Il have something 10 say
To Helen"
His hand slipped round into
pocket. but the woman bounded on
him like a tigress. and his shot only
graZed her shoulder. Then 'JOjO.
the soldier, tore his blue military
necktie from his throat. twisted il
round his hand, drew his sword bay
Onet and rushed ar the other man,
who had pocketed the pistol ana had
drawn his knife.
The fight was fought in grim ST.
lence - such silence that. although
they saw the crowd. the two police
men who were only about eighty
yards away. had no idea that a duel
was I'm progress
Shots Hit Mark.
Then of a sudden Fernand's foot
slipped and he fell. The soldier
rushed at him, but Fernand, lying on
the ground. drew his revolver. and
fired point blank AT him. The shot
missed, Fernand jumped 10 his feet
again, and as he rose 'JOJO" fired
three shOts at him. Two of them
took effect, and Fernand fell TO the
ground dead
The crowd had disappeared. When
Fernand fell the first time a whisper
OF There's something ugly coming"
cleared the streets in less time than
IL takes 10 read the words. The two
policemen had strolied off TO a con-
siderable distance, and when Fernand
fell and fired they We're so far off
that all they saw when they arrived
was the dead man on the ground.
The murderer and Helen of the
Golden Hair had. with the other
woman who had seen the fight. had
made good their escape. All three
We're taken later in the night and
"J0jO" is I'm prison. The two women
have been released already. and il is
extremely unlikely that any harm
viii come To the murderer. His
plea Is that ne fired in self-defense,
and according TO the only two Wit
nesses, this is technically true.
He cannot even be punished for
carrying arms without a license He
is a soldier and obliged To carry
arms but as the laws are now in
France, the police are pOwerless TO
prevent such a fight as that described
are pOWerless to do anything except
TO wait and see, and even when
"Apaches'' have been taken red-hand-
ed there are no laws 10 punish them
at all adequately.