The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25
BAND or ROBBERS
INVESTS COUNTRY
American Blood and Thunder
Stories Held Partially
Responsible.
BANK MESSENGER ATTACKED
Exciting Sequel to Attempted
Robbery of Railway Depot
at Orleans.
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| Especial Cable 10 The Times-D ispatch)
| Paris, February 24-Jessc James was
piker compared TO some of the Grim
| few months. who, individually and In
lands. have been pulling on pretty
nearly a stunt u day recently
Criminologi arc inclined to be-
lieve that American literature" OF the
blood and thunder weekly variety. IS
partially responsible, The kiosks oil
every town in France are pastea ~: 81
the Nick Carter. Buffalo Bill Jesse
James and similar novels"
a few weeks ago q bank messenger
was walking IN the Rue Drderer. II
was about \. NJ. The street was wide
and we'll sprinkicd with people. sud
| IDENTIFY u hiSn-poW cred automobile drew.
| up at the curb and out stepped q young
man, perhaps twenty-cnc or twenty two
years of age, who, in two steps. placed
! himself directly in front of the mes
| stnger.
! Bang" as 4 blood and thunder would
i say. The messenger fell IN his tracks. L he
| highwayman stopped. took the mes
scnger's wallet and jumped back into
the automobile. The chauffeur dashed
away followed by several people at a
run. In a jiffy another bandit had
climbed out upon the running board
OF the machine. and, In true Jesse
| James fashion. was firing right and
left into the ranks OF the pursuers.
soon these dropped of. The outlaws
made their getaway with several
| thousand francs.
Three weeks later the cashier of a
celluloid factory, Jules Guoy- Paillier,
| walked out of the Socicte Gonerale
| n tn, u
pocket the sum of 10000 francs-SSO,-
| 0O0-all In Bank of France bankuotes.
| The time was between 9 and 10
| o'clock In the mornin, the place just
off the boulevards In tho heart of Paris.
| SO secure did Jules feel that he look
ed neither 20 the right or left. Sud
denly he felt some thing like u rcdhot
! sword shoot through his eyes and d
/ second later no was sent rolling In the
Sutter--minus his $4,000. = highway
man had simply blinded him with led
pepper taken his money, then knockl d
him down with his fist.
That same morning began the chase
or what is believed TO be the Rue
Ordener band OF bandits
An employee at the railway depot at
| Orleans, in making his rounds, saw a
shaft of light coming from an inn ~
| office. AS 1t was about y v he knew
| robbers were at work. Softly he tip
toed away and told the night station
master. the two gathering all the
| ailable night force for Il combined
attack. Surrounding the place, they
waited for the bandits to come out
They had not long To walt, for in a
| Few minutes two men came out. Seeing
their road cut on, they whipped out
automatic revolvers and began firing
| as they ran. A washer, employed at
| the station, fell. shot through the leg.
| and the stationmaster himself received
u bullet in the thigh. The robbers es-
| capped.
Two policemen. learning In which d.
rection they went. followed To Les
Aubras on bicycles. There they found
that the TWO men answering the de
! scrlptions had taken the train for
| Paris. kilograms were sent to Anger
| Vile and Etampes, the first and sec
| ond stops after Les Aubrais, so when
tho train pulled into the former place,
! gendarmes We're waiting on the plat :
! form. The robbers saw them first. how
! ever, and continental trains having side
doors on either side of the coaches.
they escaped by leaping from the op-
| posite doors, fleeing across the tracks
| with tile Gendarmcs after them. OF
| ficer Dormey, In advance OF the others.
| was gaining on the outlaws, when one
OF them turned and fired. Dormoy fell
| doad with a bullet through his heart
| The robbers separated now, and tor a
time they were lost track of The
Etampcs police sent posse to help III
! the man hunt, and soon one of the
/ men was located After a long chase
! he was hemined in, up a blind-alley, a
high steel fence barring his route
Think you've got NE, don't your
he shouted as the officers came up
We'll you haven't; you've only got my
! body" With that he shot himself
| through the head.
His companion. in the meantime. was
making for Etrechy He had thrown
! his pursuers completely off his scent.
He continued boldly into town, and
there seated himself upon the terrace
| of a cafe. with crowd of other drink
| ers, and had refreshments. But he was
| nervous. Continually his eyes wcrc
| sweeping the approaches and this
caused tho cafe proprietor to inform
the police. his suspicious being aroused
| When the police arrived the man had
| gone, but nc was soon found at the
| railway station, In the waiting room.
| lie was captured after a fierce hand to-
| hand struggle lie gave his name as
Oscar Wild. Canadian. but it was
found that his real name was Joseph
Renard, known to the police as the pal
| of GARNER and Conrrouy. two of the
| Rue Ordener suspects still at liberty.
Meanwhile. the train from which the
bandits had leaped arrived at Etampes.
! A man. travelling first class but who
| tried to pass the gate with second
class ticket. was stopped and question
! ed. His reply was his revolver Whip
Z ping 1t out, he committed suicide or
tho spot. This man is supposed to be
| the author OF the ChalGs trasedy,
where a few days before. a wealthy
landowner. Emilio Demangeon, and his
servant We're Drained with Ratchet.
| then robbed.