The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-29
For Hours They Hold
Police and Guards
at Bay.
10000 PIE PL
VIEW ENCOUNTER
bonnot and Dubois, Automobile
Bandits, Taken Only After
Garage in Which They Were
trapped Had Been Dyna-
n1ited-Battle Like That
OF Houndsditch.

H'r'i .S.-Bonnot. the leader OF
an Organized snns of automobile bun-
dits' who hntc been tcrrorizInp p,-,.
! and the surrounding dI,trIc,
! months pnst. md Dubois. "a no,or,
| anarchist. were shot to denth to.d,y IL,
inc most thrilling encounter In the nm
nnIs of French crime.
| \ garage nj Choisy-Ic Uot IT., ,,
south OF Paris, in which the b,ndI,.
, hnd taken refuge, vnn blown nm H.,
dynamite, inter these two mon I,L
hcpt mt hay for hours n InrEc pnr, of
| The police force OF Paris n contingent,
OK Renuhr mes two companies or Repub
! '"" "uhrds una company of cnEI-
zen thousand spectators viewed
the bnttIe from points OF vantage.
! To-day's enga gcment equaled in dra.
matte circumstances the encounter in
January. 1911, described as the BATH
| OF London" when dcsperadoes suspect
"a OF being the murderers OF police in
! iioundsditch were trapped in a house
/ IN ine Nhitechapcl district, and went
/ 10 their death battling against hun
dFeds OF London police and soldiers.
Trapped in Gurnse.
/ Bonnot and Dubois. after woundiue
! wv" policemen to-day. took refuge in
| inc garage They were trapped in the
! hu!!ding. which was "a; once surround
! n
AID the police. COMPOSED Of gendarmes.
Republican Guards and engineers A
! battery OF artillery was on the way.
! from Versailles. when small Jetaca-
/ sent OF soldiers succeeded In placing
: aE mantle against the structus, ana
! blew out tho front wall.
Bonnot was captured alive He was
| riadied with bullets and died ON the
| way 70 a hospital. The great crowd
| that had gathered. with cries Of Death
| 70 Bonnot" a!mos, tore the bandit
! from the soldiers. several OF whom,
J were injured.
parIsians. particularly automobilists
! have been in a state OF terror because
Of the reckless crimes OF the automo-
! bile bandits. which reached climax
I In the nurd n Of Assistant Superintend-
! ont Jouin OF the detective Department.
| and the wounding OF chic: inspector
coimar by Bonnet on the morning of
| Apr!l 81. The government then ordered
! all the available polica to aunt the
assassins. AT o'clock this morning
| NJ. Guichard. superintendent o, detec-
! tives. tracked Bonnet TO the Isolated
| garage at Choisy-I.e RoI AS Guichard
| and his men approached. a bandit no
| proved to be Dubois was preparing TO
! mount motorcycle. He answ cred
| the summons to surrender by opening
! nre, while he retreated to the garage.
| Al the same moment there was a hail
| of bullets from window and two i -
| tectivcs fell, one with two balls in mis-
| abdomen. 1t was Bonnet, shooting
| from the first floor
| General Alarm Sounded.
The detectives retired. and general
| alarm was sent out. Police. 5 ,ndarnes
! and all classes Of people came quickly.
/ They were armed with musk-ts and
! reviewers, and directed hundreds of bull
! let's at the garage, from which came
steady rain OF lead in reply. NJ. Le-
J pine, Prefect OF Paris. was Immediate
; ~ notified. and he teiephoned 'nstrnc-
/ tons 10 the police 10 do nothing until
/ he arrived. We will blow them up
! with dynamite" he said.
! Meanwhile thu Republican Guard and
Engineer Corps arrived, while thous
ands of persons Hooked TO the scene.
| They became so numerous that the SOL
s! diers were forced 10 drive them back.
/ as they were interfering with the pro-
! gress OF the siege.
! VI. Lepine. NJ Guichard and the com
! mander OF the Republican Guard h.!d
| a council or war and decided o use
dynamite Hundreds of gendarmes.
armed with carbincs. then began TO
! oncircle the building TO prevent the
] escape Of the bandits. a cart was
| rugged up with thick mattresses as a
barficade. and the attacking party
! backed SLOWLY toward the garage.
! When the cart reached the wall
! Lieutenant Forteau emerged and
cody placed two huge sticks OF dy-
! Mantle against the building and
! ignited the fuse. But no explosion
followed. This operation was re-
( peated twice. Then came terrific
. report and a column of smoke and
! debris shot skyward.
| = the while the bandits were
volleying steadily. but no one was hit
AS the front wall collapsed with a
/. crash the police and republican guard
I rushed up. On the ground floor they
found Dubois dead. They mounted
narrow stairway and observed man
streaming with blood. his left arm in
a sling. crouched behind mattress.
Blood was pouring from wounds in
! his head and chest. Curse you,
| curse you.'' he cried. as he pulled the
| trigger of his empty revolver. He
reached for poison in his belt. but be-
( fore he could take it he was over
powered and placed in an automobile
Crowd Changed 20 Wild Mob.
] 1t was than that the crowd changed
into wild mob. bowling for the
death of the bandit. The soldiers pro-
! tected him with the butts OF their
| carbines. but many blows fell on
i Bonnet before the automobile started
, off, literally crushing down n score
of people In clearing n pathway. and
{speeded. to Paris
Bonnet was unconscious and ex-
pircd on his way TO the hospital.
The doctors found twelve wounds.
| There were two bullets in his head