A POLICEMAN KILLED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 713, 12 January 1910, Page 5

A POLICEMAN KILLED.

FIVE OTHERS INJURED. A FIGHT • WITH ■■ A SPIKE-STUDDED "APACHE." By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrJght. Paris, January 10. : ;';Tho polico arrestod an "Apache," who yds : wearing., leather' bands'studded " with sharp .spikes-and razors. Tho "Apache" used-a long knife and a revolver, and- auccccded -Inv killing one pohcoman. ' ■/ i Five other ''/police: . irero injured 'so severely .that;they/had-.f»'be taken-to;the hospital.'* Sv, K "APACHE" SOLDIERS POISON THE BARRACK 'LIFE. APEICA THE ONLY FIT PLACE FOE THEM. ."•-.1.; (Roc. January 12, 0.40a-m.) ' . ■ Paris, January . 11. • The above-reported murder -by as Apache" has directedattentioh/ to' the' fact that 11,000 ; men . the r':. French' Army have undergone Sentences'- prior to their-'enlistment. . . ;■. The.'newspapers denounce the system criminals contaminate the barracks, . and demand : ; that 1 such' ihooligans .should be relegated to the African'corpsi. ■ I ' THE "APACHE" AT HOME. THE PANTHER OF MONTPAENASSE. In on account of tho "Apaohe," or Paris, ; ail-iiiiiglisxi.ipaper r AP a ?|ie. : ,is,''- seldom': younger; never, older :than twentyn«Ttwo ' Apacte is a title infest'.tho ■'eccentno distnets of Pons. The yonng maa mnefc be kiioVn for tiis Mnwge,, his .fiendishn^'and; his - ability yin? w ! tk "s ho knife to be fecog- . aisedt.as .an Apache. among-.,his '.'peers'. 1 ' ,h«^has...had:6bm« kind- ' Wanted by ihis, parents ,to assist them by working in'some .factory i ® n 4 : being■ bornUazy.'i/immbraf, ? - often-vicious, he /rnns/away.from S and Jiv«. amongi'the 1 'oriminals'/by stealing and other, shameful 'means. His gymnastic .abilities,;, .his nimbi©and .the-fact that-he'is:moetZtff I the' time warned, by his, comrades usually allow him to escape tho police. Besides, ne;calls himself-an artist and/a herd) He iifj 110 . t l ,a burglar,..he; is'hot an assassin;! ' rfiny; -he., kills:.whence. feels like »' «?d generally out of eonieit, to show ttte -boys-,and his- sweet heart', or sweet-, hearts vthat-.he can; ;■', •_-For the same -mson -ho wiil : shoot' in tne. middle of tho day at a passer-by, or ?5-' a ; fl the''bullet-of the, revolver which never-leaves him. ...

Famous Nicknames. .... Some ■ of, theseApaoheu' have. an extraordinary reputation.lamoiig. of the people from ,which they are reotuited. As soon as he has ~ unnstially , i heroic, I treacherous,.:br revengeful, the Apaohe,: adopte.:.a:' henceforth.; is.:.spent, hi /trying.;tb -make 1 .that .f(unbns;: :, and' more dreaded; - -. The Terror; of Pantin/' "The J.'anther of Montparnaßse" havo . almost becomeclassical/natnV/s;' • ;; .V-' { • ;The Apaches form themselves' into gangs,- each' gang obeying, a chief'. and giving Mteaf, such ■ oharaoteristib.: ti tles> as .The Redskins of- BeUeville" or "The • Alohawks; of v.h v :- ■ IV; / -These gangs among ; themselves, % generally;.'ovbr - some Womaa,.; Casualties, many!of them fatal, of.OTurM,.;opour; duringthese; fights.' One still remembers the famous';case of "the two chiefs Leoca, and llanda, and the desperate;: street! encounters •'■ they ; . fought over the beautiful "Casque d'Of" (Golden ■aelnwt),;; Their, red-hair«l^flweetliearfc, Vtin- • W.dFwere'.'oaught !1 and< petal-ser.: T Apache;; lives 'm; fc Tdon ?t.'out^f-th'e-way^resorts, roi appear n only; after : dUsk;;;'»^:Uwear9, : generally, a cap on tho side of his head. ■, s i'.bair; is .well'-kept,;,usually^long,' 'and mod6:;g^^.byi;the' one: pooket^"is! his, re'yblyeri :,in'(another ::his sunn a clasp •: knifo—a ':moSt '..dangeroii3 we-apon in his hands.; • .•v ; ...... . ....When ho..is on or-when he appjarsitapnblicaqiiareduring'ittib.'day on:rare oMasdbns;.;h.e ;^rars'most elegant : yellow boots Tho Dancing "Vaurions."

v :. When: he .'^orks"-ho ; wears .espadrilles;; of .sandal made' of'-.white/caiivas with-" plaited )rvps; ;indiarubber--Me?.:;• He},does'notcare;' how^Kepis' dressed (thoogh :he-has often-V good 1 deal of, - money'.-/to,. spend) ■so long cs.ih© has -.neatly, dossed hair, luxurius" good cigarettes never smoke, cigars or the pipeV Theyv havolangnago; or. .signs'-.between . themselves .-'and .have; a.-particular - way-of / noiseUssly/,. with >'the . I: balancing gaitj ofj a' womflju• •Their:. greatest tion 'is; dan'oing';: -They/dance'. well 'and : for iahy :lengthVof-';time/:-- ; • Prior to; 1898, ;.th« Apaches; were::khdwn' as 'Vaunens" or "No Goods," In that year/v however,]|avFrench ; . newspaper-' • reporter'l walked-:jnto^the Belleville .'police station,, to - hear what-liad happened during the,'last;;twenty-four: /learnt; • that '/on - the previous''night.-- in the Fan-' •^urg : du-;.Temple, ; :abeen discovered. by the .ppHce ; gaggedand bound; mth 'avwomana hat-mn' pierced" /clean .through his,nose,X^hil^his..face and neck had .been"outrageously; tattooed./-.'>; './The .novel ty'of ;such; acrim'er struck,the reporter, .who, - having: read the Red Indianietories of. • Reid" and Gusfave Aimard, -exclaimed, ; ''This.-must be-' the work of Apaohes" Flattery and Its Result. "That js a, good ,name," replied the police ,■ official, v- Next',••';morning"the 'reporter's' account; :of .the orime was published;, with the heading, "Crime Committed by the '.'Apaches of/Belleville/-. - It: I was ; the first time word 'had been Used ;.in; connection • with v . the J. hooligan .class,'and-it became, at (JncV.popular. ' ; - v ' -Soon the word was on, every-lip 1 . : j The : Vauriens," • flattered, unfortunately, - atreceiving so much attention,-.began.to live up. to the. reputation :of i tho now. namo .which had been.given to them/ ; • ; : In December, 1898, -a caXo on the Place du:.Palais -Royal 'was. 'b'rokeii; ■ into :,and robbed, and on one of' the;'mirrors 'the thieves had traced with a 'piece of'soap' .the words, ."This has been : done by - the Apaijhes." ;; During - the; whole of that winter outrages, abounded. : - In the'eourse. of-six months no fewer -.than 370 highway-■..robbdries/,-night' assaults,'(free: fights -iiith .knives and revolvers, and' murders, were.; committed ' in ;the.streets, of/those parts of-Parjs which are. away'.from'-th'e . central idistricts.' - The policebypersistent. raids and continual arrests have succeeded in clearing 'the;central, ; distriots, -thanks .to the! efforts of the "Brigade Volaiite," or-"flying.'bri-gade," ,i a'; force .of xyclins: policemen specially .created, to deal with, the Apaches., As a oonsequencfl .they .hiiw' been driven to, seek, refuge in many of the suburbs imiiiediately outside the walls of .Paris, ; : where 'the ';poliCe',.organisation is muoh less efficient. .. : Unfo.rthnatcly, if caught', 7 ; the young . Apaohe at the; outset runs risk; less he has aip'revions conviotioh. / In a Regiment of Criminals,. . He oan' produce a "certificate of. employment!' showing 'that he -is eiirn:ihg his' 1 living somewhere or other, and the police; after. arresting him : for: "loiter-: ing,V- have to; stand by and-watch- the magistrate discharge him again'. ;- ; . . - Curiously; enough, these young ruffians make, excellent soldiers,' for it has:long been the custom ,in the French Army to send'all: the: Apaches against-,whom, one or more conviotions have been - recorded : for rdbber.v or.' stabbing,', or, street out'rases, to the- disciplinary battalions .of riflemen in Afrioa when .the time comes 'for" them to undergo 'military; service, v. Here they, are ruled with a rod of iron, but on tho few occasions upon'which these regiments of • criiiiihals have been under fire they have 6howna dash and savage daring' against .VtheArabs whioh has aroused. the admiration of.'their foes. ■