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Show POOR REWARD FOR ERAVERY Evidently the Police in Some Parts of France Have Queer Notions and Are Not Strong on Common Sense. Passengers on the Bordeaux-Cette express in France were saved from a holdup by a masked bandit owing to the pluck of a railroad man who happened hap-pened to be traveling on the train. Feigning sleep he waited until the bandit was leaning over him. Then suddenly he pulled a revolver and covered cov-ered the outlaw, who was then disarmed dis-armed and arrested by the passengers. The latter were surprised to learn next day that this smart act is being rewarded re-warded by a fine of one franc and the confiscation of the revolver the local police authorities having found nothing noth-ing better to do than prosecute for the possession of firearms without a license. li-cense. To this must he added a sum of about fifty francs for the legal costs of the case. It seems that the local police who woidd not have caught the bandit in a score of years, have few cases in which they can prosecute and are glad to jump at every opportunity to show their zeal. |