THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLEthan usual, and was walking in the Place de Lafayette, he was
recognised by an acquaintance,1 who informed the police. His
arrest followed immediately, and he was taken to the Prefecture,
where the police chief, Carlier, treated him with ‘much respect,’
as he noted in his diary. The next day, he was transferred to the
Prison of Sainte-Pelagie.
1 Proudhon mentions in his diary the individual whom he suspected of
having informed on him; but the note was evidently written in agitation, and
I found the name totally indecipherable.