Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12
OFFICERS NOW WALK IN GROUPS
American Visitor Tells a Story of
Abuse and Robbery.
HUMORIsT WOUNDED IN A DUEL
Ran Onto Sword Welded by His
Clumsy Opponent,
BOY THUGS BECOMING COMMON
French POpuInse stin CIinEs to old
Custom of Making Holiday and
Having Fun when Execu-
tiOn II to Occur.
PAIL NILIIERS-

fANl ' ILL EINC
| PARIS. Feb. 11.-(Special to The BeeD-
The Partisan police are unable to cope with
the crime that is disgracing the city. In
deed, 1t has become so dangerous that they
have to travel In pairs and trios at night in
certain sections
An American has had an unpleasant ex-
perience at the hands of a well organized
gang. Just outside the city. beneath a tree
in the Bots de Vincennes James II. Miner
was found by two soldiers frozen with
cold and bound hand and foot. Near him
was an empty phial labelled poison" This
was the story Mr.. Miner had to tell:
Il arrived from Berlin. and went to the
Care du Nerd to inquire for a train to
Marseilles. well dressed man told me
was at the wrong station, and we got into
a motor car to go to the Care de Lyon.
After half an hour we stopped in front Of
tall house, and my companion pushed me
into dark corridor and up a stair, where
two men seized me-
Then about fifteen people got round me,
talking in French, English and Russian.
One who spoke English ordered me to take
my clothes off. and when l was naked they
gave me the rags l am wearing to put on.
Then they went through my pockets and
took my papers and money, $1,000 After
they had told me that II / said a word I
Noo a Ntdu man. sat III a GIldlI All ulBnLt
watched in turn by five men who were re-
lieved every hour by others The next day
was driven in a motor car to the woods
where 1 was hound, and after giving me
several drops Of liquid believe to have
been cholorform, l was tied up and left"
The height of the duelllng season was
marked last week by an astonishing COM
bat in which one OF the most popular OF
Partisan humorists was severely wounded.
1t arose out of an alteration on the boule-
wards due TO an earlier dispute, carried on
with nothing more dangerous than letters.
Louis Vauxelles, the critic, and M. Max
Fischer, the Shthor. exchanged cards and
appointed seconds, and duel with swords
was decided upon, but apparently neither
had anything more than a speaking &C
quaintance with weapons.
| VauXelles attacked Fischer as a farm boy
might attack a bullock. once he nearly
spitted himself on his adversarys sword.
Vauxelles was evidently the child of for
tune for he himself a few seconds later
proflted by the only piece of wanton tao
tics In which mis- adversary INDUCED. Fls-
cher ran onto his sword and was deeply
wounded in the chest. Fischer was taken
home hurriedly. His condition is serious.
hoy Thugs Busy.
| Georges Maigret had been a good boy
and so on New Years day, his mother
who is not very well off, gave him a frame
The boy, who is cnematrograph mad took
out his purse to pay for a seat at a picture
show palace. Suddenly another 1O-year-old
boy snatched the purse and made off with
it.
Georges went home and told his mother
She comforted him as best she could, and
! sent him out to buy a loaf Of bread As
he was leaving the bakers shop a small
boy about 10 years of age fired at him
with a revolver and wounded him in the
spine. The youngster struggled home and
his mother found bullet hole in his coat
and his shirt soaked with blood. He is
now in hospital boy can buy a re-
volver here as freely as he can buy candy.
But business is business.
EcIat Even in Death.
| Even in the matter of death there is an
air Of eclat in this country. A man named
Favier was recently executed at Lille. Dur
! ing the night before the legal killing ped
! lers sold postal cards bearing his picture
and that of his victim In the crowd that
remained around the jail until morning.
| As is the custom in France Fayier had
not been informed OF the fact that he was
| to pay the death penalty, and slept soundly
| in his cell during the first part OF the
night At o'clock in the morning, how
ever, he awoke and asked the wardens
what the noise was about. There were at
the time several thousand persons in the
neighbOrhood Of the prison and the cries
Of the hawkers could be heard selling spe-
cial editions OF the papers containing a
story of the crime and the preparations for
execution why do they sell papers at
this early hour?" he asked. His keeper
said "A double crime has been committed
and the crowd was making a demonstra-
ton as the murderers were being taken to
prison"
The condemned man fell asleep again,
and did not awake until an official entered
/ his cell to tell him that his reprieve had
been rejected. 'Faver," he said, your
application for pardon has been rejected.
Have courage You understand do you
nOt?" Favier said, Il understand very
well. The hour Of death has struck"
Favier dressed himself and turning to
the wardens said. You knew it was 10 be
today, and you did not tell me! But had
a preSentiment that it was coming"
He thanked the prison officials for their
treatment. gave his lawyers a medal and a
number OF letters fov his wife and then said
he would like 10 go 10 the chapel TO make
his peace with God"
Rewards for Families.
] The municipal council OF Tulle has de-
cided 70 begin a campaign against de-
population by providing financial en-
I cOuragements to Inhabitants 20 bring up
large families. The plan maintains the great
general wages list, as before, but adds SUD-
Elementary pay OF TO- Is and % per cent.
respectively, TO the earnings OF those civic
employees who have two, three or four
children or more.
Wine Growers Angry.
] Abortive attempts at disturbance by the
| Champagne wine growers occurred re-
Gently, but the villagers are strongly held
by troops. Resentment is sun deep and
bitter.