The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-29
BAND|TT| OF PARIS
GROW IN NUMBERS
Criminal Element Becomes
More Dangerous Every
Year.
CONVENT is RAlDED
Girl Abducted Becomes the
"Queen" of Apaches; Con-
fesses to Police.
BY GEORGES DUFREsNE.

Special Gable to The Tribune
PARIS, March 2S.-Despite the ex-
cellent police system Of this city the
lower and dangerous elements in the
population become moro bold every
year, apparently increasing largely in
numbers. 1 find leaders of the nation
becoming alarmed at this phase of
French life. Apache existence has been
the subject OF romance too frequently.
There is q charm for the young and
virile. it must be confessed, in some OF
the criminal exploits Of these city
banditti.
Fifteen armed apaches recently car
ried off with perfect success an armed
raid Of the most daring character on a
convent at Boulogne-sur-Sein
This convent is conducted as a re-
formatory for young girls. Among the
inmates were three who had been asso-
ciates Of the apaches prior to their de-
tention.
Abduction Planned.
It was the intention Of the gang evil
IDENTIFY to abduct these three girls.
Armed with revolvers, the apaches as
sembled outside the convent one
night, and fred volleys through the
windows.
Panic followed, despite the efforts of
the mother superior to calm the in
mates, and in the confusion the three
girls in question disappeared and were
carried off by the epaches In a motor
| car.
Two subsequently went back to their
parents, but the third consented to be-
come "queen' of the bandit gang. She
was, however, badly treated, and sought
shelter with the police.
| Acting on her information the police
hunted down seven of the band and
other arrests are expected. They belong
to criminal association known as the
"Five Dots,' so called because on
initiation g. new member has FIVE black
spots tattooed on his left hand between
the index finger and the thumb. Be-
fore the tattooing he swears an oath
of fidelity to the laws and customs OF
the band.
Develops "Cold Light"
1t may be remembered how great
n sensation was created when Professor
Dussaud gave q demonstration last
year in Paris of his system of "cOld
light but at that time he expressly
stated that he had only thoroughly ex-
perimented sufficiently to prove his
might be necessary before it could be
practically applied to domestic illuml-
mating, naval signaling, medical science
and other directions.
Briefly stated, the invention consists
Of bringing several electric lamps sue
cessively to ignite at given point In
rotation Supposing three lamps to be
ignited for one second, and remains
quiescent and cooling twice as long
Consequently 1t is possible to survolt
each lamp up to hundred times the
amperage that it could continuously
stand il 1t were not allowed to cool:
Hence by the application of the law OF
rest. which is almost universal through
out nature, Professor Dussaud obtains
what he calls "cold light and sub
sidiarily an important economy.
Triumph of Genius.
He recently invited a distinguished
company Of guests to assist at demon
stration Of the practical application OF
his invention to the hnematograph.
his revolving disc and attendant ma
chinery, all Of which was contained In
a receptacle tho size Of an ordinary
cigar box, he WAS able easily to cover
a twelve-foot screen from q distance Of
about twenty feet. The electric power
was furnished by small portahle bat
terry. at the rate Of q fifth Of cent
per hour. Pictures fading one into the
other, and usually requiring two or more
arc lamps, were easily produced by
Professor Dussaud g system. as also
were brilliant projections OF ordinary
postcards or photographs. Furthermore,
the light being cold he was able to use
microscopic slides Of the gost delicate
description, and what is gTsat ad
glass positives the ordinary celluloid
films, which would be Excessively
dangerous to use with arc lamps.