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snap. ills, I the ions. YD“ \' m" \V - meet HIPS 01] X’ THE ITB‘ 99 O“ at Occasionally by some lucky chance a victim escaped him. A boy of 13 nam- ed Rodior was herding cows near Cler- mo‘nt Ferrand one day in October, a year ago, when he saw an ugly-loch ing. grinning fellow approach. He was a tramp, poorly dressed. and car- tied a big bag on. bisgback and abeavy oticb in big bagid. Elie boy was (right- burly almost into pieces, and then strol- ledon. Within afew minutes the mu- tilated corpse was discovered and there was immediate search for the murder- er in all directions. A gendarme mounted on a bicycle soon overtook \‘acher and called upon him to pro- duce his papers. He readily handed over his discharge from the zouaves as a non-commissioned officer. “Why, that's my regiment." exclaim- ed the gendarme. “I am hunting a man who Ins just cut a. boy’s throat. Have you seen any suspicious charac- ternas you came along? “Oh. yes." responded the murderer without the least sign of discomposure. "I saw a man running across the fields to the north about a mile back.” And the gendarme hurried off after the imeglnary culprit. A CLEANâ€"LOOKING SHIRT. Which Vacher coveted. Sometimes, he --.-_linits. he killed because he needed money and food. The murderer “as always remarka- hi5 clever in shifting suspi<ion from nihiself. Two years ago he killetl a shepherd lx5' on acountr5 road a {955 miles from L50ns. He backed the the arbitrary confinement of a citizen under the pretext that he was insane. That was three years ago. Since. that time Vat-her has wandered through the country districts of France, leav- inf; everywhere a trail of blood. but undetected. even unsuspected, until by mere chinee he was caught. almost red- hamled near Lyons about three weeks zigo. Most of his victims were shep- herd boys and girls, whom he. found tending their flocks in lonely fields or on hillsides, but sometimes he killed men and women. In each case. he seemed seized with a frenzy after striking down his victim. and cut and 3".tfi'he-‘l and often dismembered the ix‘wiy. He told the Magistrate one day that he considered himself a scourge sent by providence to afflict humanity. But his motive was often more ration- :i! and sordid. One man he killed he- muse his victim wore he lost his temper and sprang at the )‘zttung martinet. Luckily for the sol- dier his companions seized him before had succeeded in striking his tor- mentor. otherwise court-martial and sentence to death for assaulting an officer might have been his fate under Lie stern laws of military discipline in France. But there was no suspicion or ground for suspicion of Vacher's sanity at that time. Just after completing his ser- vice. Vacher was ill in hospital for several weeks. During his confine- went. he attempted to blow out his irains with a revolver, and he still r irries the bullet somewhere inside his skull. The shot produced recurrent fits of insanity of so Violent a char- acter that he was confined for some. time at the lunatic asylum at Dole. Ur. Gihert. the well-known expert in mental diseases says that the physi- a-ians at the asylum released Vacher. withtugh they knew he was not fit. to he at large, because they were titrail of an outcry in the press against 5 cf '23 EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF THE FRENCH IURDERER. VAUHER’S MANIA T0 SLAY. of homicidal mania. Vacher. who is only about 25 years old, was a peasant living near Lyons. He served his mili- tary term in a regiment of zouaves. and proved so good a soldier that he was made a non-commissioned officer. It was complained of him that he was BRUTALLY SEVERE I" the recruits under him. A young man. a member of a renowned French family. tells how Vacher once abused him so savagely while drilling him that knows the number of his victims. He nonchalantly tells the story of some fresh tragedy to the examining Mag- istrate from time to time as the de- tails recur to his diseased mind. In- vestigation in each case so far has pro- duced full corroboration of the mur- derer's narrative. These cases include several crimes not heretofore discover- ed. but. the victim’s body has in each instance. been found where indicated -â€"in a disused well or lonely thicket. The story of this man who killed merely for the sake of killing, should he made known throughout Christen- dom for it constitutes the most start- ling warning of modern times against. the criminal folly of turning loose up- nn society an individual subject. to fits 1'0”! - 'I'Il'ee haulnlflons Already Ito-(ht lone 00 lun- - uls lees-NI was“: a Paulie! an the Animals 0! Crime -â€" Danger ta Society In Alluwlug Duel Monsters to It“ at large. There is nothing in modern history with which to compare the sanguinary career of the French slaughterer. Vacher. The Jack the Ripper mur- ders in London ten years ago are com- pletely eclipsed by it, and the revela- tion is still incomplete. Twenty-three assassinations have already been brought home to this bloodthirsty wretch. and scarcely a day passes that another is not added to the list. It is doubtful if the murderer himself Every soldier in the French! army who can play upon a musical instrument will hereafter Abesugpliod with one at Canoes of this kind have been discov- ered in other parts of Ireland, and it is not known to what period of his- tory they belong. but there are many indications that this boat had lain in its late position for some thousands of years. At present there is no lake in the vicinity. and the place on which it was found is on a slope of a hill; but it is probable that there was once a lake a mile and a half in circum- ference. as the land close by forms a kind of basin with an amphitheater of hills, and at one end there is anar- row gorge which may have served to drain the lake. Within 3 yards of the place where the canoe was found is one of those circular mounds of stones and cinders. about 12 yards in diame- ter. which are found in Ireland, and of which there are three or four in the locality. What these mounds were used for, is not known, but it is sup- posed that they were either connected with dwelling houses or else were used for sacrificial purposes. It is probable, however. that the canoe and the mound belonged to the same age and people. A Boat Thousands of Years 01d. l’erlmps Ibismn'e-ro-cl in a Bug. A curious discovery has been made in the townland of Killn'enan, in the parish of Moviddy, near the road leadâ€" :ing from Bandon to Cookstown. A farmer was reclaiming some bog land, and in sinking a drain came upâ€" on what appeared to be the trunk of an oak tree 2 feet lieneath the sur- face. On further examination he found that it was an ancient Irish canoe. It is composed of hog oak and was made from the section of the trunk of a huge oak tree, hollowed out at the center; it is of one piece, no nails having been used in the. construction. The length is about 15 feet 10 inches. the breadth is 2 feet 8 inches, while the depth is about 1 foot 3 inches, and the sides are about 2 1-2 inches thick. It would accommodate three or four persons, and was probably used for fishing. Externally it is of a dark- brown color, but underneath the.sur-' face it is quite black, and the woodI is extremely hard. There are two cur- ious grooves about 6 inches in diame- ter at both the bow and the stern, ex-. tending from the gunwales to the keel. but it is not easy to surmise what purpose they served. 1 This extraordinary criminal is sane encugh under ordinary olxstervation and therein, of course, lies the danger to society from creatures with such propensities. The most disgusting fea- ture of the whole frightful record is the fact that. a criminal, sane or in- sane. should be able to go about for three years in a civilized. well-popu- lated country, taking life at willand in an almost wholesale way, and yet. lze comparatively free from the agents of the law. {1 b03501? 16 named Bully near Lions in June last. The boy was A NOTOR lOI'S POACHER and chicken stealer. so that his disap- pearance was made little amount of. Vacher told the magistrate that he met Bully on the high road and des- patched him in an unmeupied house where they went. to pass the night. He spent some hours in cutting th‘ body to pieces. and finally threw it into a well on the premises. Parts of the remains have now been recovered by following Vacher's directions. One of his more recent crimes. which might never have hfen knmvn but. for the murderer’s boastful volunteered description of it. was the killing of Vacher’s most prominent victim was the Marquis de Villeplaine, who was killed while walking in his park in southwestern France, not far ”from the Spanish frontier. The murderer crept up kehinri him felled him by a blow on the head with a heavy stick and then out he threat. The murder- er carried off his) victim’s coat and a portfolio. containing some l‘anknotes. Vacher went to Spain soon after this murder. At another time three or four wo- men in turn escaped him. A Mme. Marc-hand has identified Vacher as a man who attacked her on the road near Lyons at Easter. 1895. She was returning from market, where she had sold some oranges. and a man came behind her and seized her {by the throat. She struggled violently, man- aegd to swatch her assailant’s face and succeeded in finally screaming. Sever- al persons heard her. but before they reached her her assailant fled. Three other women were attacked in the same way that afternoon, but were able to esz'ape in a similar manner. “This is a horrid country. The peo- ple are worse than dogs. I have been fasting for two days and nobody has offered me a crust. He had. not twenty minutes before. murdered Ro- sine. the 14-year-old sister of young Rodier. but her body was not found until a week later. HE STOPPED SHORT. They eyed him also. and thought there was something wrong about him. The man was so sure Vacher meant, mis- chief that he took Up a. pitchfork to be ready for the worst. The tramp said: But Vacber came on. and the boy kept moving off until he got to the brow of the hill ,where a man and a woman were digging. “'hen the tramp saw them. "I want none." said the boy. “ahd don’t be coming after me. but keep c-n_ thg path." cows, ran away. The stranger.'Vach- er. followed. “It's bitter cold." he said when he came near. “Why don't you light. a fire? It you want matches. I can nge er. under pretence_ of minding A-..- FEE-HISTORIC IRISH CANOE. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, December 2 q 189 . In Siam the umbrella has always been regarded as a mark of distinc- tion. and M. de Loubere, in his work on that country, tells us how the use of the umbrella was only granted to certain of the King’s subjects. The King was invariably protected in his progresses by an umbrella appearing as three separate protections against MADE OF LEATHER. and could be opened and shut. This fact is mentioned by Martial, Juvenal and Ovid; while the latter also speaks of “a. golden umbrella which warded off the keen sun.” The parasol was invariably carried by the high-bred 'dames in ancient Greece, and a white parapline was borne by the priestesses of the goddess Athene in the annual Scirophoria. The fashion migrated also to Rome, where the umbraculum carried by the women and even by some of the men, was Umbrellas were known to the Egyp- tians and were certainly used by the ancient Hindoos. The umbrella is mentioned in a poem of Sakuntala, written in the sixth century, and it figures in various has-reliefs among the Nineveh sculptures discovered by Sir Henry Layard. The Chinese “Book of the Rites of Tcheon." printed about the year 300, contains a description of a veritable gamp. And it is on recrod a veritable gamp. And it is on record that when the son of the Emperor of China was captured in the second 'l‘ar- tar invasion he was made to carry the umbrella of the Tartar chief when he went out hunting. THE SUN AND RAIN. The East. with its infinitely older civ- ilization, has been familiar with this, as with many other useful articles. at a time when Europe was sunk in the wildest savagery. Hanway had travelled much in the East, and there he had noted the great benefits derived by the natives from the umbrella, both as a protection against 'M‘- - ad Ob? lust and c: 93.2320 are conptantl wreckirsz tho lives and Inter: ‘m.z..muwm cfthousandfm romisinm 0.11:: 12:11. home” and wi’hcr at an early 3.39 find” that lossom of 1311th whilactbcrs are forced 10 (Leg out a weary trainee! and fiwnlancho' existom c. ’thers rear 1: matrimony but find no solace cr comfart. there. The t victims are fuund 1:3. all stations of life: -The fag-m, the office. the vorkshop, the pulpit. £110 trades and thO' 1228-88811038. ‘ Mr. Hanway was a man of strong character, but it required all his cour- age to brave the London crowd, with his strange rain shield. The inhabi- tents of that great metropolis received him with jeers and even more substan- tial marks of disapproval. But. he was imperturbable, and in consequence of his example the umbrella came very rapidly into general use. l‘ I? We treat and cure Vcrz'cocclc, Emz'ssz'om, M'mou: DcézYz'or. Seminal} I Vazkness, Glut, Strz'cturc, 55/9/1171}. Unnatural Dzlrdzargx, SalfAbuse‘ 31(3an and Bladder Diseases. _ , As this is an age of celebration, it is not likely that so good an Opportun- ity will be missed. Already inLondon they are discussing the proper manner of doing homage to the umbrella. In 1750 Jonas Hanway. a Quaker. first went through the streets of Lon- don carrying an umbrella. 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