Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1896 — A Clever Policeman [ARTICLE]

A Clever Policeman

Not without reason was Napoleon nont to boast of the intelligence and tact of the French soldier. A few weeks ago, at Orleans, a communication by telegram iutd made known to the gendarmes of that place of the arrival there of a woman named Ro-' sine, who had fled from Tours after committing a robbery. A gendarme on duty at the terminus saw a rather sim-pleious-looking woman alight from on» of the carriages. He addressed himself to her, saying: “Where do you corny from?” “From near Bloia.” “Win* is your name?” “Marie Faucheux.She then walked on, but the gendarme, following her. in a few minutes railed out in a low voice: “Rosine!” Tln» young woman, thrown off her guard, immediately turned round, when th* officer raid: "Ah! ah! It. Is you I am in search of,” and, arresting her, took her . to prison.