The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Troops, Policemen, Firemen and Guards SWarmed the Approaching Streets.
THE END SUBLIMELY RIDICULOUS
The Anti-Semite Carried to the Police Station While His Companions Are Allowed to Go to
 Their Homes.

Paris. September 2O:-At half past eleven o'clocl; Lueien Milleyoye, one of the depu- ties for the department of Sein, accom- ponied by the brother of Jules Guerin, the anti-Semite agitator, entered the Grand Occident, the building in the Rue de Cha brol, where Guerin and his companions have long been besieged. About the same time the soldiers who had been guarding the approaches were withdrawn and re- placed by troops fully equipped, as if for field service.
 M. Millevoye and the brother of the agi- tator left the building at half past twelve. While they were within a rumor circulated swiftly that they had decided to surrender. At o'clock this morning M. Guerin prom ised ot surrender. Precisely at the hour appointed, captain of the municipal guards rapped on the door of Fort Cha brol. There was a moment of expectation, and then the door opened. M. Guerin calmly presented himself, meekly surren- dered and was driven to the police depart ment In an open cab, seated beside the captain of the guards His companions were allowed to go free.
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 Thus the six weeks siege ended in sub- Timely ridiculous style. The night was well chosen by the government as the excite ment over the capture of the fort would inevitably divert attention from the par don extended to Dreyfus.
 The plan was to attack the building and arrest Guerin and his band The govern ment had given him until o'clock this morning to surrender and had regular army to assault the fort if he refused. Troops, municipal guards mounted and on dcot, and policemen to the number of nearly 1,0O0 were dispatched to cordon all the streets within radius of quarter of mile of Fort chabro
 The neighborhood presented picture sque scene In each street leading to the house were first swarm of policemen, then a double row of mounted municipal guards, then cordon of police, then a double hedge of infantry, and again. within twenty yards of the fort, another row of infantry, while in a semi-crcle in front of the fort was ranged a row of municipal guards.
 Assau Upon Camp
 One would imagine that a general as- sault upon a fortified camp was about to
  strict. At 2:40 a. m. a colonel and two majors of the republican guard arrived at the scene in a cab. At 3 a. m. M Guerin brother with M. Charteloub, whose son was inside the fort, arrived. Both were much moved. Then successively came M. Lepine, prefect of the poice M. Cochefort, chief of the secret police, and other high police officials. These were soon followed by colonel of the First brigai ie and de- tachments of mounted and foot republican guards.
 Twenty cabs and 200 mlengeneries were held in readiness at the barracks near by, and there were ambulances within easy distance, apparently ready for any emer- gency or for an attempt at rescue.
 At 330 a. m. General Dalstein, who had charge of the troops advanced on foot and the troops presented arms and opened out to allow him to pass through.
 Plan of Attack
 The attack was to be made soon after o'clock The policemen were to be used first and then. If desperate resistance were made by Guerin and the others of the garrison, the soldiers were to be summon ed
 Even up to o'clock all the troops con- tinued to arrive. Mounted republican guards were drawn up in the Rue des Mesagres. Numerous carriages with de- tectives were stationed in the Rue de Chabrol. Four fire ladders, steam fire engine and a complete fire brigade were in the Due d. Vaudeville.
 In the meantime M. MMevoye had turned to the fort accompanied by Joseph :Lasces, anti-semte deputy for Condon, to renew his efforts to persuade the garrison 10 surrender. After a stormy half-hour's discussion between Guerin and his com- panions, the agtator informed the deputies that all would surrender, adding that he had been compelled to use a good deal of pressure to induce them to yield. The Agitator Arrested
 At 4:15 a. m. M. Millevoye and Lasces s- sued from the fort with M. Guerin. M. Cochefort advanced and arrested the agi- tator and led him to a carriage with M. Millevoye and a captain of the Republican Guards. The horses went at gallop along the Boulevard de Centa to the police depot, where Guerin was locked up.
 In the meantime Guerin's companions, who had been waiting on the porch, de- cded to surrender, but the police told them they were free.
 Many demimondes were in attendance all night and morning, promenading up and down, gaily bedecked, trying to get a glimpse of the capitulators.
 The government had decided to flood the fort if Guerin had refused to surrender, and had a couple of hundred fremen with steam pumps, fire escapes and miles of hose All the buildings around were filled with police and municipal guards. Guerin's house is lo, r than the surrounding edi- fees, and firemen were placed on the up-