South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-19
DUDE APACHES IN
new CRIME WAVE
STIR PARIS PRESS
Return Of Criminals and Cut
Threats Causes Many
Arrests.

PARIS. Mar 1s-"Ia Nippe " or
lne dude apache" has iuaugursted
= new crime wave in Paris and the
newspapers are calling upon the po-
Ice 10 do something about it.
This new type Of bandit-assassin
employs many Of the tactics that
made his predecessor OF the before
the-War lays one Of the most feared
--iminals iu the world. But ne has
. overturned the old idea thai an
apache" must necessarily do his
work in corduroy breeches. a red
sash and a bandana handkerchief
snd quite often he tackles his vic
bm in evening clothes He may live
On the same quarters as the oId-fash-
toned apache" but he has a lot
more class
Apachcs' Return Is Recent
The return Of the "apaches' to
Paris is an event Of only a few
weeks For months after the arnts-
tice was signed gangs OF bandits
were reported operating I'm the out
skirts of town using tho old
apache" weapons tho knife, the
lead pipe and powerful drugs. but IL
is only recently that the crime wave
reached into the center OF the city
Strange stories came 20 the ears
az the police of young holdup men
wearing evening clothes. who spent
The early part Of the evening being
good fellows" with strangers in
cafes and dancing halls and then
attacking the same strangers n lit
70 Ia -,
reports OF attacks upon unescorted
women. OF stabbings and OF raids
upon small shops. and several OF
these reports mentioned "A blond.
slender youth as apparently the
leader
Police Roundup Youth.
The police finally rounded up the
blond. slender youth They founu
him asleep in the back room OF "A
dirty cellar cafe not far from the
cafe and bright light district OF
; DIontmartre. from which. it was
afterward learned, ne had been di-
recting the operations OF one Of the
most clever young gangs OF cut.
throats and robbers in the history
of the town.
But what was most peculiar was
that the blond, slender youth was
not at all Ike the apache" OF the
melodrama IN the first place ne
didn't smoke and no stage apache
even tossed his girl about the boards
10y her hair without putting q ciEaret.
Secondly. ne was not a dope fiend,
and when ne drank il was only a
little wine with his meals
Find Gangs Property.
In a big closet in another large
room in the rear Of the cafe the
police found the property OF the
gang. II consisted OF four dinner
suits, dancing pumps and all the
trimmings. There were six members
of the gang and they took turns toy
ging out for the evening. The pair
that lost out on the evening clothes
y worked the poorer sections OF the
city. The tuxedo quartet made a
specially OF high-priced cafes and
dancing places that remained open
after hours in defiance of police
regulations The blond bOy-he was
19-spoke enough English and Ital-
ian to trap tourists. He accepted
laughed when the police questioned
him about his pals.
Others still at Large.
The remaining members OF the
sextet have not been rounded up
The police attribute 10 them the re
cent murder OF a taxi driver who
was shot TO death in one or the su.
burban quarters. II was learned
that a youth in evening clothes en-.
tered his taxi at the Place de TOpera
and directed that he be driven 20 ar
address four miles from the Opera
When the chauffeur was found deal
the next morning HIS pockets hat
been rifed and his watch was gone
To combat the "apaches" the po
lice have added TO the bicycle pa
trolls an automobile squad which
makes nightly rounds OF the district
IN which the bandits have been op
Grating. The itinerary Of each auto
mobile ia kept secret. even from tn
police agents about 60 make the trip
until two minutes before the depar
ture. when II ~ communicated {,
them by telephone
Results are Good.
In many cases the results hav
been good 4 few nights ago
police automobile rounded up a ban,
OF six young "apaches' who Ia,
robbed and knocked senseless
woman's escort and were attempt
ing TO carry her down "a dark pas
sageway. Two nights later anothe
police automobile descended upol
another band as they were leavnl
shop IN the Rue de Lisbonne load
"a down with loot
The newspapers. however. are no
sa listed. They are demanding tina
the number OF police be increase,
and that a portion OF the day fore,
be assigned 10 night DUTY