The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
DARING DAYLIGHT BANK ROB.
Berry NEAR PARIS.
THEY STEAL A Big AUTO
The Motor Was Stopped on the Road,
the Chauffeur Was Shot and Killed.
Passenger Escaped by Pretending
He Was Dead, and the Robbers
Left in the Machine.

A special dispatch from Paris,
France, to the New York World tells
OF one of the most daring bank rob-
berries ever heard Of, which occurred
near that city. The dispatch says
automobile bandits Monday added to
long series Of desperate crimes
three murders which have caused
CONSERVATION in Paris.
Early Monday morning two men
by waving handkerchiefs stopped a
private automobile on the public
road near Chantilly. That road, a
popular one with automobiles, has
been travelled by nearly every motor
tourist in France. The automobile
thus stopped was a new one, which
was being sent to it's owner, Col. dc
Rouget, in Nice.
without warning one Of the ban
dts shot the chauffeur, the secretary
OF the owner, was also shot but was
only slightly wounded. Falling to
the ground, be pretended to be dead,
and was not further molested. Four
other bandits Immediately appeared
from their hiding place, and the six
men leaped on the car and drove
away at top speed to Chantilly.
There they entered bank, shot
dead two employees, wounded a
third, held another at bay and robbed
the bank Of $4,000 in gold. Quickly
getting into the automobile again
they drove off, but not before they
had shot and slightly wounded cit
izen who approached too close. The
police in all directions were quickly
warned. Two bicycle policemen on
the road leading from Chantilly to
Paris saw an automobile, but it sped
by them before they were sure OF
their Identification.
In the suburbs Of Paris the auto
mobile was found abandoned. The
bandits had separated and fed. Sol
diers were summoned to the Saint
Lazare Railway Station in Paris to
arrest them on arrival, as 1t was be-
lieved they had taken train. The
station resembled an army camp, but
the bandits eluded the police and are
still at large.
So great has been the consterna-
ton and terror caused by these
crimes at the very gates Of Paris tina.
the Government stepped in Monday.
The Prime Minister has taken up the
question of putting q stop to the
outrage. Minister Of Interior Steeg
will introduce a bill into the Cham
Der of Deputies providing for an au-
tonobile police force.
Mondays succession Of crimes is
only the latest Of the outrages which
are terrifying Paris. Apparently the
police are powerless and Mons, Lep-
inc, Prefect of Police, Is being criti-
cised for his III success in arresting
the bandits who are terrorizing the
environe of the French capital by the
swiftness and relentIessness Of their
exploits.
In the present case the bandits
covered at least seventy miles in
about three hours and disappeared
leaving no clue behind beyond finger
prints upon the abandoned machine.
In the automobile the police found a
portfolio belonging to the Chantilly
bank, ammunition for Winchester
carbines and revolver cartridges as
well as number Of blood stains.
The finger prints were photographed
by Alphouse Bertillon for the Au-
thropometric Department Of the po-
lice.
The impudence Of the robbers IS
astounding. Tuesday the police re-
ceived a sheet of paper on which was
stamps what purports to be
the finger prints OF the gang. One OF
the employees Of the Chantilly bank
who escaped thus decribes the attack
on the bank:
"Four assassins entered the bank
and lined up before the counter with
military precision. At the word OF
command a volley was fred and the
cashier dropped dead. Another en-
nlovee was mortally wounded and
died in a few minutes. A third man
was shot twice. A fourth happened
to be stopping to open drawer when
two bullets passed close to his head
and he escaped into the yard.
"While this was going on a fifth
bandit kept guard at the door Of the
bank with loaded carbine. Out
side their chauffeur sat at the steer
ing gear Of the automobile ready to
start. Loaded with their spoil the
robbers boarded the car and dashed
OF toward Paris, keeping back their
pursuers with shots from their re-