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Show V Hft eBSSW bbssssV ' SSlR' ill W' P""" NE mornlnK not ,0"B nB 'P.' ."W a well-dressed foreigner, '" 1 T S ovldontly nn Amcricnn ' I: jj " I I 'ourlst wns found dead ' Vl ft on thu pavement tn a eldo '1; I I Btrcot of Paris. Twisted fevf t 1 m. k" J about his neck wns , a ati'll BMM dirty handkerchief with Vi.WWpBprSfl which ho had been stran- fclH ' ILt4nil Slcl; ho hnd bcen brutal- $11 f WW2r2&Llm ,y klckod nlul beaten, fiotl 52iHHSr niul n,a clieat woro eoveral knlfowounds, any . Hfl ane of which would have killed him. Tho unfortu- ffllp nato man had boen stripped of all money. Jowol- " ,' ry and other valunblcs. t V "Us Apaches." said tho police, stolidly. "Ho jMfc should havo known better than to go prowling &ttI& about alono at night." And In the police records V, jiifr nnother murdor wns put on tho score of tho - HI thugs of tho "gay capital." Wrr I'nrls Is not proud of her Apaches, and tho rest W,f of the world has known tlttlo of these criminal li t bnuds, though theater-goers In many American nf cities during tho last season wore glvon a gllmpso l ' v of ono phase of their llfo In tho skillful but ro- V Tolling "Apache da'neo" Imported from tho French XlflV '.'J music halls. Yot tho story of the origin, do- ifiiir velopment arid deeds of Uicbo outlaw gangs Is i'ff fascinatlnB, If not edifying. ll'aB Nearly ten yonrs ago thoro appeared suddenly f In the underworld of Paris n young woman so beautiful and animated thnt.sho nt onco attract- , Ht ed general attention and admiration among Its ykjB other denizens. Her head was crowned with a jl great mnss of lovely reddish-gold hair, on ac- Jl . fount of which she was promptly nicknamed ?U -Casque d'Or." or "Golden Helmet." Suitors l- quickly (locked about the girl and In time slio HfO . selected from among them ns her protector ono !Ir l.ccat, known among his comrades as a clovor thief and a bold fighter whom tho police would dwi bo glad to have behind tho bars. - i!t!I a" wcnt wo" for u tlliiu" unt" tiioru ciinc n ih !!Tm tho sccno a more attractive scoundrel, named ;Ej Alnnda. Protty, flcklo Golden Helmet promptly transferred tier affections to tho newcomer, and f then tho trouble began. Lccat, tho forsaken, f . rowed vongcanco on his successful rlvnl and f summoned his followers to his aid, Manda also Ii had no lack of friends, nnd soon nil tho thugs In i tho district of tho Hallos or markets had ranged R themselves on ono side or tho other. Many a I, bloody battlo was fought In tho streets botween tho two bands, cheered on by their femalo friends, i' and not n fow nion were slain In theso conflicts. Finally In ono of tho fiercest of tho encounters Lecat himself was killed, and Golden Helmet k shouted aloud In joy. Hut her triumph was f short-lived. Another leader for Lecat's band, f known as "IiO Mnnchot," sprang up and tho, 1 feud was continued with Increased fury, Ono night La Mnnchot caught Manda off his guard ''t and plunged a knlfo dcop Into his back, and j for weeks tho strlckon leader lay In hospital near 5, to death. Ho recovered nt last and was belnr. .' taken In an ambulnnco to n coll whon tho blood- j, ' thirsty Lo Mnnchot, seolng his victim escaping from his vehgeuneo, broko through tho police , guard, leaped Into tho vehicle und stabbed Man f da to death. For this murder Lo Mnnchot Is now ' serving a life sentence 1 1 Golden Ilelmot, made notorious by tho succes- K; 8!on of buttles and crimes which her attractions j had Instigated, now sought other conquests, and decided that tho drama was her forte. Only tho fl ' Intervention of tho police prevented hor explolta : j tlon by an unscrupulous variety hall managor. f Golden Ilelmot then speedily sank out of sight, j but the rivalry for hor favor had lasting results. W Always tho, Apaches havo ono "queen" whoBO rulo 0vCr thorn Is absoluto If tomporary. Ono W( of tho most notorious of theswas "Chlffonnotte." K who relgnod last year. Shr' was 23 years old, M . ' tall and graceful, and wouldlhavo been a beauty ' )) snvofor tho loss of ono eye nnd tho presence of many senrs, tho re- suits of her numerous ' boulovnrd battles. She was elaborately tattooed tat-tooed and was mighty proud of that adornment. adorn-ment. Chlffbnnotto'scn-reor Chlffbnnotto'scn-reor enmo to on un-tlmoly un-tlmoly end last Now Year's day, when she engaged In a despornto fight with another woman whom sho hated. hat-ed. Cheored on by n crowd of her maloand fcmnle subjects, tho queen finally stabbed hornntngonlst to death' with a stllotto, and now she is a prisoner In St. Lnzaro. , This yoar's qucon of tho Apaches Is Popo. Sho Is only 18 years old and ns pretty as a picture, but as florco ns n tigress and a fit leader for tho wretches wretch-es by whom sho Is adored. Tho comparative Immunity Im-munity from nrrest and punishment on- tho recently restored guillotine, and whenever thoro Is to bo an execution tho Apaches (lock from all districts of tho city to witness tho ghastly Bight. Silently they stunrt, gazing at the grim' Instrument of death, until tho condemned Individual Is brought forth. Then Jeers and howls break forth from tho crowd, and na tho knlfo fajls tho Apaches rush forward to dip tholr handkerchiefs In tho blood. These they preserve ns souvenirs, or sell them to the degenerates of tho upper classes. Strnngoly enough, tho mnlo Apaches Apa-ches nearly all look alike. They nro hollow-cheeked, dark-haired, furtive-eyed, furtive-eyed, shambling of gait and sallow of comploxlon nlways easily recognized nmong tho throngs on tho streets. The women on the other hand, ns a rule, are handsome, spirited and Intelligent. In-telligent. They dress woll and glvo especial attention to the enro of thcU hair, which thoy "neve cover with a hat. AH of them, men and women, profess to follow some trade as a safeguard against tho occasional raids of the pollco on their haunts. Ofllclal Paris Is somewhat dismayed dis-mayed by tho rapidly growing men-nco men-nco of theso Apaches bands. Tho ' number of robberies nnd murders attributable at-tributable tb them is Increasing monthly, and as tho victims vory often nro travelers from foreign lands, the crimes are having an apprcchiblo effect on tourist business. "FLAG DAY." My Ma Edward Dunroy-Reed. Tho general observance of Juno 14 as "Flag Day" suggests the thought Joyed by tho Apaches Is duo to their really wonderful won-derful organization. Thoy form a community by themsolvcs. npnrt from all tho rest of Paris, with tholr own laws, courts and executioners; their secret passwords, and almost tholr own langungo. for tho argot thoy use Is practlcnlly unintelligible to othors. MorclIosB townrd tholr victims, thoy nro no less morclloss In punishing thoso of their own number who are convicted of troachory. A fow years ago ono Palnblanc was accused of bolng In leaguo with tho police. Ho' was formally for-mally brought to trial, tho Judgo bolng a lender known as "I'Espagnol." Tho chargo against Palnblanc wns not fully proved, but his loynlty was so doubtful that ho was sentenced to oxllo. HUlng from his chair In tho obscuro dlvo whoro tho trial was being hold, ho hurled his knlfo nt I'Espagnol with unerring accuracy, and tho Judgo fell dead with tho blado in his heart. The pollco rushed In and carried Palnblanc to prison, tho Apaches making no effort to savo hKi, Another alleged traitor was Albert Durln, Ho was condemned to death and two Apaches tied him to tho rails of n tunnel of tho Delt Lino railway of Paris. Ho was found bofpro a tralii passed and rescued. How many traitors havo boen executed by their comrades it Is Impossible to know, for only In such cases as tho foregoing do tho pollco learn about tho operations of tho "tribunals." Tho Apacho hlghwaymnn oporntes swiftly and skillfully, and lono strangers In tho streets of Paris nro never safo from his attacks. His favorite favo-rite method, known ns "lo coup du Pore Fran-cols," Fran-cols," In to Btrnngto his victim by twisting a handkerchief about his neck. Aftor robbing tho senseless man, tho thug frequently will kill him with tho knlfo, for the Apaches seem to delight In wanton murdor dono In what thoy chopso to consider an "artistic" wny. If tho criminal Is arrested, a score of IiIb companions spring up npparontly from tho very pavement, and unloss tho pollco nro In forco thoy aro speedily routod and tho prlsonor Is rescued, An observnnt visitor In Paris may soo Apaches, inalo and femalo, on nlmbst any street, but It Is In tho Place do la Itoquetto that thoy aro to be found In crowd on or.aslon. Thoro Is sot up that "Old Olory" was mature at Its birth. But Its Infancy dates back to tho earliest recorded American history. At tho tlmo of tho birth of "Tho Star Spangled Ilannor" tradition nnd vorlficd hstory had marked some 800 years slnco tho advent of tho first European upon American soil. Tho Norseman and tho Danes landed upon tho northeastern shores of this continent several times botween tho years 080 nnd 1300, as Is proven by tholr own records. In 1492 Columbus planted the flag of Spain on ill First Flag to Float Over North American Soil. "Hed Cross of Ht. dcorRo." tho banner' of Itlclmrd Coucr do Uon In nnd plantnl at Lubrodor by Be-bnstlan Be-bnstlan Cabot In U31 an tho royal enalsn of Henry VII. the Island of San Salvador, ono of the Bahamas, and again In 1408 at tho mouth of thu Orinoco In South America; but tho first flag to float ovor the soil of tho North American continent of which history his-tory tells was planted on tho shore of Labrador tn 1497 by Sebastian Cabot. Tno first stago of ovplutlon was marked two years boforo tho sottlomont of Jamestown, whon James I. of England, In honor of tho union, placed tho diagonal wlilto cross of St. Androw with the red cross of St. Goorgo, both upon a bluo flold. TliU Is tho llrst blonding of tho American national colors known to history. Hie rod, whlto and bluo Is therefore ns old as tho country, as it uppcarod In tho flags which floated over the Virginia eottlo-inent eottlo-inent and was tho flag of tho Mayflower and of Plymouth. mmm wiP,ffL''"' |