New-York tribune., 1910-08-28

Buf these states. at Least, thanks to their
enormous area, give he outcast chance
TO disappear unnoticed. 10 change his name
unsupported 10 start life anew somewhere
else \ mans a man that locks a man;
! but in France. in that paradise Of red tape
and punctilious functicnaries that keep dig
ging out ones buried past, there is no such
| looDhoIe.
The papers published month so ago
accounts OF an Apache's execution which
stirred Paris to an unexpected Ito ATneri
cans UnexplainabIeD degree IIabeuf was
the mans name. Anti-government sheets
protested violently against the carrying
out of the death sentence; on the morning
o. the execution. some two thousand
troops were required to keep back a disor-
derly mob bent on taking the guillotine
by storm
The writer shared the surprise expressed
by all his acquaintances at "al the fuss
made about an Apache getting his due
One day, though. he chanced to meet a
man who some years ago had given that
very Apache employment in his shop. He
had followed the case with unusual inter-
est and this is the story he had to tell:
Liabeuf was employed in a machine shop.
One night. while still a mere boy. he went
out with a woman of doubtful reputation,
had a little vine and expressed his exfiia-
ration by shouting some popular refrain
louder than the hour warranted TWO po-
Iicemen ordered him to stop the noise.
With childish bravado ne only raised his
voice little higher. They demonstrated
more positively. From words it came to
blows. The face of one of the policemen
was badly damaged in the scuffie. Liabeuf
/ vas arraigned for assault and battery, and,
/ owing to his companions presence. for
/ special vagrancy," otherwise for being a
cadet
What the penalty was I could not ascer-
/ tain; at twenty-one, however, he went TO
/ Africa. He came back No shop had any
work for him. He tried his hand at many
/ trades. from running errands to dishwash-
/ irg Always there was an Obliging secret
! service man to tip his employer Hunger
| soon dogged his footsteps. One night he met
/ the woman who had befriended him once
/ She took pity on him; she gave him shelter
/ and food: she offered him money; he was
starving: il was either that committing
suicide
Now he really was a special vagrant
but. instead of becoming reConci1ed to that
+ life of shame. he conceived a savage desire
: to avenge himself on the man who was re-
sponsible for it all. Day after day, month
/ after month he looked for him in every
corner of the capital. For several months,
aside from eating the bread Of shame, it
| j.. not recorded that he committed any
theft or crime He looked for a mamie
found him
/ The Jury pronounced him guilty Of mur-
/ der in the first degree There was unde-
( rfable premeditation. The crime had been
( committed IN cold blood by a man who had
been living in Apache rookeries; who had
hbeen associating with the most desperate
I characters
That meant death: the President OF the
republic could have pardoned him; the
/ prefect OF police threatened to tender his
/ resignation unless the ''cop-killer' was
/ sent TO the guiIotine; if this one escaped.
his force would be decimated every night.
! do not say that every one of the Paris
/ Apaches is a victim OF absurd laws.
( There are men everywhere who prefer ad-
venture 10 work, who would rather take
/ d woman's money than look for employ
ment; but however few the true victims
NAV be. there are still too many victims.
The police seldom interfere with the
+ Apaches Interference means death, for
every Apache knows that his days are num-
bered, and acts reckIessIy in consequence
/ The Apaches while adding a distinctly
( picturesdue touch TO the capital of France,
are a constant danger TO its peace They
never were known 10 start riot, but they
+ flock instantly 70 points where trouble is
brewing as though warned by some in
stinct: then they make things look ugly
. Time and time again they have placed labor