The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-06
THROWN ALL ABACK"
BY HIS APPOINTMENT

had won his medal and two clasps.
whereas the name of MeuN Is unknown
III m England. except In connection with
to the late Sir Henry Meux. How
ever with his handsome income OF
more than 100000 a year, Sir He'd
worth Mcux will have no very great
difficulty in upholdins the dignity Of
ms new position OF governor and
commanderin-chief at Portsmouth. az
well as carrying on his town house
and two or three fine country places.
In addition to the property | have
mentioned as having been bequeathed
10 Sir Hedworth. Lady MeuX left her
superb jewels to Lady Chelsea. because
she was the only great lady who had
ever shown her courtesy. and who
afterwards married Sir iIedworth.
In reading over THE dispatches re-
EardinS those extraordinary criminals
who. as the motor ear bandits" have
recently been startling Paris, am
reminded of the remark made BY one
OF the principal French police COM
inissioncrs to an inspector from Scot
land Yard You have. an easy Job
man. Your criminals are bad enough.
II is true. They are like wicked dogs.
But ours are much worse, for they
are like wicked monkeys" When the
valnElorious Boosting, the theatrical
attitudiniz'ng and the uselcssly cruel
but spectacular killings of Bonnet are
considered, it will be seen that the
French detective was not far out in
thus speaking OF his countrymen in
the underworld Here in America tho
ordinary criminals state OF mind can
be fairly guessed at. even by those
who are neither lawyers nor police
officers. The thlcfs main object y to
become possessed or the property Of
another and TO escape without leaving
a clue as to who is the culprit. He
lEn l. al Nf
tention even from the policc But a
considerable section OF the Partisan
criminal class affect certain pose
which is indescribable In ordinary Ian.
guaSe. While Il good deal of the
talk OF the Paris thug may be empty
vaporing, yet II sometimes shows u
distortion OF mind bordering on In
sanity.
remember hearin~ an account fur
nished by French detective of Il
conversation he had had with q So
called Apache" regarding his mode
OF operations The man described
face the victim and ask some simple
question. while another would place
silk handkerchief over his mouth
10 stifle his cries, and placing his knee
against the victims neck. bear him
backwards to. the ground. where they
would go through his pockets. But
what do YOU do with the poor man
after you have taken all his valua-
him." said the man. with an affecta-
ton OF supreme Indifference. as though
the taking OF a human life was n
trininS detail in his occupation, I'VE
leave him whore he is. We don't give
him a thought. In nine cases out OF
ten he is done for at the beginning
Of our operations
This utter callousncss. and this the
atrical penchant for display and. no
torict:, make such a curious combina-
ton that | cannot help thinking that
the vigilance of the Paris police is
we'll occupied in endeavoring to trace
the foundation for the boastful warn
ing OF Rmbault. one OF the motor
car bandits.' when brought before
the examining magistrate. that the
wealthy quarter of Paris would be
blown up soon and the pcrpctrat or
Of the deed would never be W1piured'
II Is well known that n liNge por
ton of Paris is underrun Wy the Iuar-
rics out OF which the stone was hewn
in olden times to build the ci,y. These
underground parts of Paris are known
as the catacombs. But this description
applies only TO small section of the
tunnels. No one knows definitely the
extent of underground PARIS Although
the state maintains an engineer who
bears the title of "inspector-Sencral'
of this region, he and his large stan
restrict their activity to snoring up
buildings on the surface that show
signs Of suhsidcnce and In charting
passages. heretofore unsupported. that
are constantly being discovered dur
ing the course of building operations
1t is believed that there are some Of
these underground tunnels that az"
known TO the criminals or Paris and
to no one else, md that ii Is easy
for them to enter such an underground
passage i'll one quarter of Paris to
pass under respectable quarter OF
the city, and TO emerge In another
neighborhood. miles dNtant. Probab bly,
Rimhault had these tunnels in mind
when he made his VntnRlOrlDuS threat.
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