The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-05-08
AUTO BANDITS SHOT
THOUSANDS 0F PEOPLE SEE The
FIERCE BATTLE
4 THRILLING ENCOUNTER

Two Desperadoes Charged With Nu-
Aeroos Crimes, Surrounded in
Garage. Held at Bay for Hours By
Police and Soldiers and is Finally
Dislodged With Dynamite.
Bonoot, the leader Of an organiz-
ed gang of automobile bandits, who
have been terrorizing Paris and the
surrounding district for months past,
and Dubois, notorious Anarchist,
were shot to death in the most thrill
ing encounter in the annals Of French
crime.
= garage at Choisy-Le-Roi, six
miles south Of Paris, in which the
bandits had taken refuge, was blown
up by dynamite after these TWO men
had kept q. bay 9or hours large part
o. the police force ot Paris, a con-
tiagent OF gendarmes, Two companies
OF Republican Guards and COM
pany OF engineers
Bonnot and Dubois, after wound
ing two policemen, took refuge in the
garage. They were trapped in the
building, which was At once sur
rounded. Reinforcenents were dis
patched to assist the police, consist
ing o, gendarmes and engineers. a
battery Of artillery was on the way
from Versailles, when small! attach
nent of soldiers succeeded in plac-
ing dynamite against the structure
ans blowing out the front wall.
The battle was witnessed By ten
thousand people from points OF want
age. Bonnot was captured alive. Ee
was rtddled with bullsts and died OF
the wav to hospital. The great
crowd that had gathered, with cries
Of Death to Bonnot!" almost tore
the bandit from the soldiers, several
OF whom were injured.
Parisians, particularly au+omo5il-
tsts, have been IN state Of terror be-
cause Of the reckless crimes os the
automobile bandits, which reached 3
climax in the murder of Ass!stan;
Superintendent Jou;n, OF the deectiTe
department, and the Wounding o:
Chief Inspector Coima: by Bolnoi
on the morning Of April %. The
Government then ordered al the
available police to hunt the assass!ns
day and night
II. Gutchard, superintendent Of de.
tectiEes, tracked Bonnet to the iso.
lated garage at Choisy-Le-Roi- As
Guichard and his men approached, 3
bandit. who proCeG to be Dubois, was
preparing to mount motorcycle. He
answered the summons 70 surrender
by opening Ere, while he retreatec
to the garage. At the same ncment
there was a hail OF bullets from &
window and two detectives fell, one
With two bullets in his abdomen. I,
was Boanot shooting from the frs
floor.
The detectives retired and gener
el alarm was sent out. Police, gen
darmes and all classes Of people came
quickly. They were armed wish mus
kets and revolvers, and directed hun
dreds Of bullets at the garage, from
which came a steady rain Of lead II
reply. n. Lepine, prefect OF Paris
was Immediately notified and he tel
ephoned instructions to the police tt
DO nothing until he arrived. eve
will blow them up with dynamite, ;
he said.
Meanwhile the Republican Guarc
and engineer corps arrived, while
thousands Of persons focke6 to the
scene. They became so numerou:
that the soldiers were forced TO drive
them back, as they were interfering
with the progress Of the siege
n. Lepine, Atr. Guichard and the
commanding Official Of the Republi-
can Guards held a council of war
and decided to use dynamite. Hun
6reds Of gendarres, armed with car
bines, then began to encircle the
building to prevent the escape Of the
bandits. A cart was risged up with
thick mattresses as barricade and
the attacking party backed slowly
toward the garage
When the cart reached the wall
Lieut.. For,eau emerged and coolly
placed TWO huge sticks Of dynamite
against the building and igniged the
fuse. But no explosion followed.
This operation was repeated twice.
Then came terrific report and col
umn OF smoke and debris shot sky
ward.
All the while the bandits were vol
leying steadily, but 20 one was hi.
As the front wall collapsed with g
c7ash, the police ard Republican
Guards rushed up. On the ground
floor they found Dubois dead. They
mounted a narrow stairway and ob.
served man streaming with blood
his LEFT arm N 3 sling, ccouched be
hind mattress.
Blood was pouring from wounds
IN his head and chest Course you!
Curse YOU" SIS be pulled the trigger
OF his empty revolver. He reached
for poison in his belt, bat before ne
could take It he was ovecpoweTed
and placed IN al automobile. Il vas
then the crowd changed into a wild
.;ro#c, bowling for the death OF the
bandit. The soldiers projected him
with the butts Of their cac5ines, but
many blows fe1 OF Bonnet before
the automobile started off, literally
crushing down 2 score OF people in