Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-29
Automobile Robber Who Has
Terrorized Paris for Months
Meets Doom After Sharp
Fight with Big Force,
THOUSANDS WITNESS
FIERCE BATTLE
Anarchist Who Had Taken
Refuge with Outlaw in Garage
and Participated in Combat
is Shot to Death,
Iny Morning journal Special Leased Wire

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.
Paris, April 2S.-Bonnot, the leader
of an organized gang of automobile
bandits who have been terrorizine
Paris and the surrounding district
for months, and Dubois, a notorious
anarchist were shot to death today
in the most thrilling encounter in the
annals of French crime.
A garage at Choisy lie Roi, six miles
south of Paris, in which the bandits
had taken refuge was blown UP by
dynamite after these two men had
kept at bay for half an hour the po-
lice force of Paris, contingent OF
gendarmes, and a company of engi-
neers. Ten thousand spectators view
ed the battle.
Bonnot and Dubois, after wounding
two policemen today. took refuge in
the garage. They were trapped in the
building Reinforcements We're dis
patched to aid the police. A battery
Of artillery was on the way from
Versailles when small detachment
of soldiers succeeded in placing dyna-
mite against the structure and blow
ing out the front wall. Bonnet was
captured alive. He was riddled with
bullets, and died on the way to hos
pital.
The great crowd that had gathered
with cries of Death to Bonnet, al
most tore the bandit from the sol
diers, several of whom We're injured.
Parisians, particularly automobile
ists haYe hern 'N = state of f@rr"r
because of the reckless crimes of the
automobile bandits. which reached a
climax in the murder of Assistant
superintendent Jouin, of the detec-
tive department, and the wounding
of chief Inspector Coleman by Bon
not on the morning of April "a. The
government then ordered all the
available police to hunt the assassins
day and night.
At o'clock this morning NJ.
Guichard, superintendent of detec
tives. tracked Bonnot to the isolated
garage at Choisy le Roi. As Guichard
and his men approached bandit,
who proved to be Dubois, was pre-
pairing to mount motorcycle. He
answered the summons to surrender
by opening fire. At the some moment
there was hail of bullets from a
window, and two detectives fell, one !
with two bullets i'm his abdomen I'll
was Donnot shooting from the first |
floor.
The detectives retired and a gen !
eral alarm was sent out. Police gem I
darmes and all classes of people ,
came quickly. They were armed |
.gtI a i
rected hundreds of bullets against |
the garage from which came steady
rain of lead.
NJ. Lepine. perfect of Paris. tele-
phoned instructions to the police t"
do nothing until he arrived.
we viii blow them up with dyna-
mite" he said.
Meanwhile the republic guard and
engineer corps arrived. The crowd be
came 50 numerous that the soldiers
We're forced to drive them back as
they We're interfering with the pro-
sress of the siege
NJ Lepine. NJ. Guichard and the
of the republican guard
held a council of war and decided To
use dynamite Hundreds of gend-
armes, armed with carbines, then en-
circled the building to prevent the es-
Iape of the bandits.
cart was rugged up with thick
mattresses as - harricade and the at
acking party backed slowly toward
he garage
Prior to this excitement had been
u fever heat. Officers galioped back /
md forth giving orders 10 restrain the
'rowds which were now surging in
he streets but as the cart approached
he building great stiffness fell. IL
Wis So man ked that one could hear
he click of the cinematograph ma
hines which the operators turned
aimly SO ms not To- lose a single pie I
ure of the drama.
When the cart reached the wall
lieutenant Fort-au emerged and cool
placed two huge sticks of dynamite
gainst the building and ignited the
use. The horse eaiivped ont - range
nd the spectators waited. hut no cT-
losion followed
This operation was repeated twice. ]
hen came terrific report and q Z
1lumn Of smoke and debris shot Hp- {
ard. Al this while ths bandits
ere firing hut no one Wasi hit A.
be- front wall COLLAPSED with D crash. ,
le police and republican = guards q
lshesl up pn the ground flotr thef O
'und Dubois dead The, mottntesl %
arrow stairway and ai,ssrrel- d man
r,aininr with blood. his left tfm in
sling. erouched behind mfttrs-ss. a.
lo"d was pouring from wounds in n
- head and chest II,
cnrse YOU, curse you,- he icries. z