, 1873-03-07
THE BANDITS 0FLlLLE.


Tho Paris correspondent Of b London Daily
| Mans wiring on Feb. 10, eayB ! Mde0us paea
ia being added to the FrenclAsslze Court II
nails: Ware thsre such . thN As digest OF
the criminal records OF the whtewortd, 1t could
not furnish mora horrible rcial than what il
11nfolded in tie indictment a1int nine rufhana
nav standing On their trial / Lille On 3 capital
charge. coupled with otbe, disgusting ones.
The accused parties-some Of whom are not
quite out Of their teens vale others ars
middle aged men--dre, witEtwoexceptions, ms
cbnnics and factory !" "h.nd."i The two who
verge upon the bourgeois casa are respectively
IS md SIS Years old. Ono Q tnm is professor
Of gymnastics, and it wouh apear Was IN po-'
sition to earn good incon hnestly: The 9th
or is an employe Of the ocso4 ana, the lnalct-
to himself and his fellow-rigncts impunity in
tie execution Of . systenof fand piracy which
hns rome On aimee 1859. t. understand thor
oucbiy the revolting csc, some knowledge
Of French legislation onI Inat the coda
STYLES Ssr as'aas e xsS asssn yhies
ee tbs bsnd Of tie Lille jois d Boulosne" oper-
ated was precisely bis legislation, and the
police ruleg Of Parent Duchatlet, which ara aq-
Piled to largo towns. These hles are tue terror
Of women aad girls o1 sq1 ,eSt Rwsf e;ssSe' %ao
-,nra thaV will he social oHlawB for the rest
At tRnir days- Thepanditti oi the Lille Bois de-
Boulocue Numbered oyer tweng persons, eleven
OF whom have escaped into B4gium and Gar
many. They systematically divided among
them the parts thez men a,ts ayntine n tha;$
/. nchest harvest WIS rsaped in tb .ong summer
evenings. when the toWnsIsople o. lalle want
ont TO breathe li:tle pure NJ n the PARK !ynE
aiong the canal, and betven the glacls Of tie
x. ard the & &osaS eonpe snsS nsa1. m
cd IN secluded spots, twor three OF the gang
rnshsd upon thent, collart them, and accused
them. Il injured h1noceneprote'ted, false wit
nesses started up, apparltly r. chance. WIG
pretended to belong to he Innee. Qmc1al
not ye1y clearly visible, I'd, fiany, the octroi
amploye came forward Q pr've the charge.
TheN situation: thus creted 6as appalling.
#. during the list eiateen months
OF the Empire, The m 9. aec'sed bad
~ Tes ses ts terrsd Iss A1sst lest
they shouId be placed perorce the registry OF
v;re. and respectabIe ,you3n tnmbled for fear
Of the scandal which w.7u1 enae L their m1sad~
venture should be made pubic; 1t seems I'M
credible that an imports 1.tovahke ltae .i conia
vag. by the bushrangers 'ESho !emanded hush
rnonev without stint fri u thir male victims,
and went to the last e1tr, nifty IT OUTRAGE With
their female ones. Tfs ot1o, enploye =
charged with having bcast@ that ooo ~
accompIicos' bands. Thattheboast had q very
soIid gnbstrntum Of fac. c.canot be doubted
What led to the prosecutia- this corporation
OF crime ras murder COY mted On the pe5scn
OF German mechanic NINA aaSez. and an
attempt to outrage his .seetheart, Octavio
Fenent. very decent ir]it appears, OF the
age Of il. They we're eHh;d to be married
in q fortnight from tho eve2ig on which they
we're attacked in tho Irk. Three men
aune themselves on Hcna and, under pc
texr OF hauling him Oft ntb loca-up, dragged
hin to the bank OF tho caaal where. according
to the Indictment, they etnnted him AID then
threw him into the waite. OctaVle, who Was
both strong and swift of :oq VAS assaulted by
three others. She ut once sa that they must
be false policemen, and mdet desperate rosist-
anca, Her determined atituc frightened them
back for moment Irditig BY this oppor~
tnnity. she rush ed in the direction Of tho pa-k-
ringers house. crying oul 70. help Is ahe,
ran. She got up to it efore they could
oyertake her. end then :hetu1ned ronnd and
ded. Fortunate was it forher that they did.
30. for there Was nobod insde the house to.
answer her knocks and cdes- fnt she got safo
home. and told her fattE and mother what had.
happeued. They l3aye the alano, and, When
Hayez Tna missed iromhis work murder was.
at once suspected 0ndragggingth the canal tho
body Of the young German "as found By tns
police. It was badly besten, 81 ! with club,
and the garoting operation I'D been per-
formed by means Of thesleeEes 1t bis blouse,
which were knottcd tigb round Is neck. Iboae
Of the bandits who a.-e not acused OF nu1der
will be tried with clostl door7t The case e1-
cites intense interest in Lille