The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-15
Police Had Hard Time

All the forces TOT the prOlection or so- oietv failed to dislodge the bandits from 1 their home for a time. Several thousand police, gendarmes and zouaves tried for hours to shoot the bandits or blow up the building with explosives. Three po- llcemen have fallen from the desperadoes' bullets, but though the villa was badly demaged by dynamite the bandits mirac- ulously held their own and showed no signs of surrendering until early this morning.
 Unlike Bonnot, whose refuge was dyna- mited at Choisy- -Le-Roi, Garner made his last stand in a house hidden by foliage arc surrounded closely by other build ings, rendering an assault difficult and dangerous Bonnot and DuBos fought in garden which could be approached from all sides.
 Eonnot, the demon chauffeur" was re- ma rkable for his skill at the wheel of automobiles. Garnier's speciality was dis guise. He went so far as to mutilate his eyelids to change his appearance and by resorting to every scheme exploited in detective fiction, he succeeded in evading the police dragnet which had been spread over Paris and the suburbs.
 Carriers mistake came in trying to ne- gc tate stolen securities at branch of q big banking house, whereby he and his companions, Valet and Vuillemln, were tracked to Nogent.
 All three. who were decided blondes. dyod their hair jet black. An indlscretion by the woman Vnillemin today enabled the police to fix their lair to certainty. She went to public pump to get drink rg water, where she was met by a Pa risian woman. vuillemin. who Is of Basque origin, carried the Jug of water on her shoulder. after the custom of the country. The Partisan, struck by the picture, stopped her and exclaimed:
 How beautiful you are madame. You should pose for a portrait"
 yuillemin smilingly acknowledged the compliment and passed on. Then the Partisan with a woman's penetration, de- eded that her hair was dyed The com- ments and inquiries of the Parisian put the police on the track.
 Crowds Hamper Officers
 Again, as in the case of the battle at Chosy -Ro the efforts of the police and military were greatly hampered by the vast crowds.g Attempts were made to blow up the building by throwing dy namite cartridges from the adjacent via duct and a perfect hail of bullets was thrown into the house. Finally the fire ceased for time and the onlookers wea- ried by lack of definite action and their inability to witness any of the later op- erations. took possession of the cafes to await the outcome.
 All sorts of wild rumors were afloat. among them that Garnier had succeeded n escaping. That the authorities placed no credence in this was shown by the fact that they telephoned for melinite and after the arrival of searchlight ouantity of the high explosive was placed against the lower wall of the villa At the concussion more debris was hurled skyward.
 Volley After Volley Fired
 The explosion left yawning opening in the villa, through which police dogs sprang while the police and troops sent volley after volley of shots into the ruins of the building.
 Some of the bullets riccochetted from the bricks. while other emerged on the opp osite side, the result of which was that two policemen were wounded Then. an armed force, holding torches. rushed