Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-23

police station. however. the burglar at
tempted to escape and struck the po-
liceman. Leon leaped angrily at him
and bit him cruelty in the shoulder.
The prisoner was only too glad to go
quietly afterward.
Nine. 4. a concierge in the rue de
C~Naronna. was sitting outside the door
OF her house one evening in October.
1909. when an apache" named Paul
Besliere passed. Beuliere approached
the woman and. suddenly dashed at
her. knocked her from her c.lair into
the street. after which he took to
flight.
The incident. however. had been wit
messed from affair by Police Sergeant
l-efranc and his dog Kiki Xxi was
immediately loosed and sent in pursuit.
He quickly overlook the "apacllc.' and,
legs until he came to Il standstill.
Xix h mounted guard over him
until his master came up and formally
arrested tho man.
CsHca IA the result of the discovery
OF a burglary to a house in the rue
Caulaineourt on the night of August
%. 1909, several policemen came to the
conclusion that the burglar was still on
the premises. They searched high and
low for some time. but We're unable
to find amy trace of their man.
They We're about to give up the
seaIch as hopeless when M of them
suggested sending to the police station
fetched and let loose in the house. In
a few minutes he discovered the
burglar hidden on the roof. and the
man was arrested.
So great was the CONSERVATION
created among the bands of "%apaches''
who frequent certain districts of Paris
by the introduction of police dogs that
several of them planned to train a dog
to assist them against the police.
Lucien Hirschfer. aged 20, a redOubt-
able bandit known in the Goth arron-
basement as La Terreur de Charon-
me-" trained an enormous dog to at
tack belated passersby at the word of
command.
When the dog had thrown it's victim
to he ground Hirchfer approached and
relieved him of his money and valua-
bles, and if the victim resisted occa-
s%ionally stabbed him in addition. On
August 90, 1909. a Mons. Pierson was
"apache's" dog. Two days later. how
ever. Hirchfer n his dog We're cap
tured. The apache was sent to Jail
! and he dog to the "Fourriere."
Disarms an "Apache."
Ballon, a stout Brie dog, with eyes
sparkling with intelligence, has for two
years been the terror of the ruffians
| who swarm in the Twentieth arrondis-
sement. at Charonne and behind Pere-
liceman whom Ballon accompanies on
his nightly rounds, is Justly proud OF
him, and many of the inhabitants and
traGesmen of Charonne know and es-
TEEN the dog. In fact, Balloons ex-
ploits are innumerable, and Mons. Ia
call. himself could not cite all the ar
rests. all the trackings in which the as
sistance of his four-footed companion
has been a precious help to him. Two
of Ballon's feats, however. remain
memorable and deserve to be related.
The first goes back to September,
1909. In the forenoon of that day Mons.
L~ardanci:et, police commissioner for
trap in q bar with two entrances, sit
uated at the corner of the rue DIES
Pyrenees n the rue du Volga, and
fr%equented by dangerous criminals
guilty of many nlisdeeds. Ballon was
n of the police party, and, as will be
seen, his cooperation was not a yain
one.
AS they left the bar one after the
other -four men were arrested. They
seemed disposed to allow themselves
to be taken quietly, when upon sign
from their leader, Eugene Soupault
who had Just been arrested also. the
ruftians suddenly tore themselves AWAY
from the policemen and began a strug-
gle With them.
They had overlooked Ballon. AT an
order from M. Tacail the brave dog
bounded forward and used his teeth SC
We'll that in less than three minutes
the terrified 'apaches" asked mercy
AS a recompense Ballon was given the
chief of the band to guard.
Soupault, however. made a second
acquaintance with Ballon's teeth. Or
arriving before the police station he
attempted flight, but the dog this tim
grew angry, and, leaping at the mans
head. bit him cruelty on the right ear
The next day and the day following
that Ballon aided in the arrest of foul
of the same band.
Ihese exploits naturally enough en-
deared Ballon to the honest inhabitants
of the Twentieth ACCOMPLISHMENT. or
the other hand several ruffians swore to
kill him. One Of those most keen on
this revenge was Emile Degouet e
years of ~ who resided in the rue
Victor Hugo, at Saint Ouen. Degouet
IN the course of an attempted burglary
had made Ballon's acquaintance. the
dog In capturing him having seized him
by the throat. This the apache could
not pardon and swore he would kill
Ballon.
N; Tacail. the policeman in charge OF
Ballon, suspected the ruffian's inten-
ton and watched carefully over the
dogs safety. On the night Of April
2 he policeman was approaching the
Montreufl gate when he saw DeRouet
talking to three other rufians. De-
gouet pulled out a revolver at sight
of the dog.
But the intelligent animal saw the
movement. In two bounds he was upon
his enemy n burying his teeth in the
ruffian's wrist, made him drop the
weapon. Then. while the other
"apaches" took to fight. Ballon, with