Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-30
PARIS "APACHES"
TO BE RUN DOWN
Murderous Thugs of Gay City Are
Getting BOlder and Increas-
ing in Number,
GOVERNMENT ASKS NEW LAW
Will Carry Heavier Sentences and In
volve Hard Labor.
WHIPPING POST Is NOT FAVORED
Minister of Justice is Opposed to Use
of the Cat"
HUMANITARIANS ALSO AGAINST IT
Guideposts to he Erected by the
French Government for the
Benefit of Aviators When
Making Flights.
Will Carry Heavier Sentences and In
volve Hard Labor.
WHIPPING POST Is NOT FAVORED
Minister of Justice is Opposed to Use
of the Cat"
HUMANITARIANs ALSO AGAINST IT
BY PAUL VILLIERs.


The government proposes to secure the
passage Of a special law to wipe out the
plague Of criminals sometimes called
'Apaches" 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 and civil.
They are supported by women. They are
burglars or pickpockets who carry
weapons, and use them. Apaches are in
creasing 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 mag. strate sometimes inflicts
on a simple misdemeanor
The minister of the interior will intro
duce a new bill to deal with the Apaches
so severely that they will think twice be-
fore plunging daggers into the breast of
a passerby or of shooting him. Hereto
fore these criminals have only served half
time when in prison. The new law will
provide for confinement at hard labor No
exception will be made to this rule. In the
new prisons, such as that of Frosnes, the
prisoners are too comfortable. They have
steam heating, electric lighting are al
lowed to smoke, and call such punishment
being sent out to take a rest"
Whipping Post Not Likely.
The whipping post advocates are in
creasing in number and probably would
have their way but for NJ Barthon, minis
ter of justice, who is opposed to the lash
Many of the Apaches victims are Ameri-
cans, four being the count in two days re-
Gently. M. Barthon thinks more severity
on the part of the magistrates, pro-
longed period of hard labor, will be as
efficacious the whip, If not more So
The cat" Is impossible in a country like
France, thinks NJ. Barthou What a row
there would be, he says. Besides. would It
be possible to find Frenchman willing
to undertake the task Of flogging a GRIM
inal? On this point a writer in the LIZ
berte suggests that Barthou should adver-
I. Sc for a "flogger," and wagsrs that the
ministry OF justice would be flooded with
applications in twenty-four hours. But our
minister Of Justice will not have the cat at
any price, though he promises that his
method Of hard labor will out down the
Apache and Paris,ans will be able to walk
the bOulevards and even the side streets
without risk. There is little doubt that
the sentimentalsts or "humanitarians"
will gain the day. and it is safe to predict
that the lash will not be used here
Boy Murderera Confess.
Two boys, George Tsser, II year, and
Paul Demarest, 16, who murdered a bank
collector named Andre IN @ house occu-
pied by Tissier's mother in the Boulevard
de la Villette, ten days ago, have been
caught and have confessed.
They admit that the murder was pre-
meditated. One of the prisoners drew a
/ bill against the other, and when the coll
lectOr called to receive payment he said
he had no money and requested him to
leave the paper. While he was engaged in
filling in the necessary entries one youth
stabbed him in the neck, The other struck
him on the head with a hammer.
GuIdepOsts for Flyers.
The French National Aviation league has
! decided that certain signs be put up on
land so that aviators may know which way
they are travelling. During the eastern
circuit, Manet, Logagneux and Leblanc
had 10 alight on the earth to see where
they were travelling to- and others lost
prizes simply because they went in the
wrong direction, unconsCiously.
/ 1t is proposed to place immense numbers
on the ground, at all points in the country
| in the city, in villages. Places marking a
point will be designated by two numbers
one indicating the distance north or south
on a parallel with Paris, the other number
indicating the distance west or east of the
| Paris meridian.
/ II an aviator loses his bearings he will
| see the numbers 1855 This will tell him
that he is 1& kilometers north Of the
parallel of Paris and fry-three kilometers
east of its meridian. Now how can he
know that he is south instead of northl
The numbers will be underlined. For in
stance If the last number is underlined. he
will know that ne is south, and il the first
figure is underlined It will tell him that he
is east Of the meridian.
Dies ON Lovers Grave.
/ Gabrielle Prevet the 2O-year-old sweet.
heart Of Edmond Poiliot, the aviator who
was Killed while flying at Chartres. shot
herself on her lovers grave in Montmarte
| cemetery a week after his death. The
girl learned the news Of her lovers &C.
cident from the newspapers and she sci
out TO take last farewell Of her lover
She was picked up in a fainting condition
nom beside the coffin and brought to her
home I'm this city. Then, attred in deer
mourning, she visited the cemetery alone
and ended her life.
Another Love Tragedy.
The story Of love affair comes from
Nice, the parties concerned being the sor
OF a Russian general and a young opera
singer. The man, Baron Alexander ZakO-
Inelski, was only Is years OF age. The
woman was induced by the general e
break off the intrigue and leave Nice She
was discovered by her lover as she was
leaving the house Of a friend He begged
her 70 return, but she refused, whsreupor
he produced a revolver and fired two shots
Both missed her. He then lodged a bullet
In his brain. II IA said that a brother o.
his killed himself last summer.