Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-20
GUERIN GIVES IN.
The Little Band Yields to Over
wheIming Force.
Thousands of Soldiers, Police md
Fircmen Surround HOUSE,
Which Was to Be stormed Unless Inmates
Surrendered

Paris Sept. 20.-5.30 A. Nm. Guerin
mas surrendered.
AZ the hour appointed a captain Of
me municipal guards raped at the
dor Of Fort ChabrOl. NJ Guerin pre-
sented himself surrendered and was
driven to the police depot in an open
CAD seated beside the captain of the
guards. His companions were allowed
TO go free. Thus, the six weeks siege
| ended in subimely ridiculous style.
me night was well chosen by the
government, as the excitement over
the capture Of the fort would divert
| ATTENTION from the pardon extended to
| lTeyfus. The plan was to attack the
nulIdlhg and arrest Guerin and his
! pahd- The government had given him
until o'clock. this morning to surren-
uer ana had a regular army to assault
the fort if he refused. Troops. munich
pal guards, mounted and on foot, and
nearly 1000 policemen were dispatched
to Gordon all the streets within the
radius Of quarter of a mile from
Fort Chabrol.
one would imagine that a general
assault upon a fortified camp was
about to take place. AT 24O A. NJ.
can Guards arrived at the scene. At g
a. NJ. NJ. Guerin's brother with NJ.
Chanteloube whose consumptive son
was inside the fort, arrived Both were.
much moved.
Then came NJ. Lepne, project Of DO
lice. NJ. Cochefort, chief of the secret
police. and other high police officials.
These We're followed by a colonel of
10
mounted and foot Republican Guards.
Twenty cabs and 200 military engineers
We're held in readiness al the barracks
nearby, and there We're ambulances
within easy reach, apparently ready
for an emergency or for an attempt at
a rescue. At $50 a. NJ, Gen. Dalstein,
who had charge of the troops, arrived.
The attack was to be made soon af-
ter o'clock The policemen We're to
be used first and then. in case of des-
perate resistance, by the garrison. the
soldiers. Even up to o'clock the
troops continued TO arrive.
NJ. Millevoye entered the fort. accom-
panied by NJ. Joseph Lasies, Anti-Sem-
tie, deputy for Condom. to renew his
efforts to persuade the garrison to sur
tha- all would surrender. adding that
pressure to induce them to yield
At Ais Mn. Millevoye and Lasies is
sued from the fort and the arrest of
Guerin followed. Guerin's companions
advanced to surrender. but the police
told them they We're free.
The strange spectacle presented by
the military and police measures drew
Il large crowd Of welI-drcssod Paris
u
who stood about on the sidewalks and
walked up and down the road ways.
laughing and chatting. The cafes were
wide open and doing a roaring trade.
The greatest animation prevailed.
The government had decided to flood
the font if Guerin had refused to sur
render. and had a couple of hundred
fremen with steam pumps. fire escapes
and miles of hose. All the buildings
around We're filed with police and
guards. Gucrin's home is lower than
the surrounding edifices and firemen
were placed on upper stories of the lat
ter. prepared to turn on the water as
soon as the signal should be given.
while below. in the street, the engines
were ready for action.
Infantry officers and officers of the
municipal guard paced up and down
during tho hours of waiting. CHANGING
up at the windows Of the fort, from
which in the dim light could he distin-
Cuished q black flag hoisted from the
second floor by Gucrin, and a white
sheet hanging down with the device i'll
black lettering t'Vive Tarmec" and IA
has les traitreS.'
When NJ. Gucrin's companions sep
aratcd they took coaches and We're
driven off. Then the troops departed.
by the municipal guards and
tho police except few who remained
to keep order. The immense crowd
then dispersed with little or no disturb
ancc.