The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-15
AUTO BANDITS DIE
IN RUINS Of
PARIS VILLA
Stood Off Army Of Police For
Many Hours
guiding DYNAMITED
Octave GARNER, Leader of Gang That
Has Terrorized French Capital,
Is No More
B UlLDING DYNAMlTED

Mantle Octave GARNER the real lead
er and last of tie notorious bandit
gang which has terroriHed Paris vas
still fentng desperately for life at
midnight with his confederate Wallet,
IL a small villa at Nogenr, France, Oh
tie banks of the Marne, where thew
had taken refuge. All the forces of
tile p:Oec ION of society hod failed IL
dislodge them. Police went from
Paris, four miles away. Several
thousand police, gendarmes and zou-
ayes tried for hours to shoot the BAN
dts or destroy the building with ex-
plosives. Three policemen had fall
en- from the desperadoes' bullets but
though the villa was badly damaged
by dynamite, the bardits miraculous
ly held their own and showed no
signs of surrendering.
Carriers mistake came in trying
to negotiate stolen securities at a
branch of big banking house where
by he and his companions, Wallet and
Vuillemin, were tracked to Nogent.
All three who are decided blondes.
dyed their hair jet black. An indis-
erection by the woman Vuillemin yes
terday enabled the police to fix their
| lair to certainty She went to a
public pump to get drinking water,
where she was met by Partisan
woman Vuillemin, who is of Bas-
que origin, carried the jug of water
on her shoulder after the custom of
the country. The Partisan, struck by
the picture. stopped her and exclaim-
ed: How beautiful you are madame.
You should pose for a portrait.
Vuillemin smilingly acknowledged
the compliment and passed on. Then
the Partisan, with a woman's pene-
| tration. decided that her hair was
dyed. The comments and inquiries
of the Partisan put the police on the
| track NJ. Lepine, project of Paris,
was notified and decided to capture
or kill the bandits II necessary, as
France is determined to rid the
country of those who have been
spreading terror on every side.
When the police arrived at the vii
la, which was known as the Moulin
Rouge. NJ. Guichard, superintendent
OF detectives. carrying the tricolor
sash of his Office. cried out, open
in the name of the law" A man
hidden in the garden responded with
revolver fire. This formally began
the battle and siege. Mr. Guichard
was not hit and retreated. He mo-
bilized the detectives, police and gen.
darmes, who carried rifles, while a
company Of Zouaves from the nearby
barracks joined the besiegng forces.
The excitement was intense and the
enormous crowd hindered the opera
tons and had to be driven back
Six inspectors protected by sheets
OF steel furnished by gunsmith
cautiously approached the house.
They encountered a murderous fire.
but were not wounded. Three of the
police. however, fell from the bandits
bullets, seriously wounded. In the
meantime, the police and spectators
who had gathered on the viaduct OF
the Eastern railroad heaved enor-
nous rocks on to the roof OF the
house, which stood adjacent to the
yiaduct Soon the roof was wrecked
and fell in, but the bandits continued
| firing. A woman named Vuillemin, a
friend of Carriers, emerged from
the house. She was arrested.
At 1915 NJ. Lepine ordered cleo
trio searchlights from Paris, as there
was great danger in the obscurity of
the besiegers accidentally shooting
their fellows. AS a matter Of fact,
the captain of the gendarmes and
several soldiers had lucky escape,
their heads being grazed by bullets
fred by civilian members of the
attacking party. whose ardor was
better than their skill and judgment.
There was considerable indeclsion
as to when the final assault on the
house should be made. Some OF the
officials advised that they wait until
daybreak, as the proximity Of the
other villas made dynamiting at
night dangerous, However, n second
bomb exploded, followed by the clat-
ter OF broken windows and crumbing
walls. But the bandits seemed real
/ ~ possessed of the tabled charmed
life. Despite the fact that the villa
NIdthtu ullu Was buull udludbSu IL
remained standing, and seemingly
inexhaustlble hail of lead continued
to pour from within.
Shattered by shots of dynamite,
their house fell in ruins when melin.
tie was exploded under It's walls. The
police found GARNER dead and Wallet
dying. Five policemen were wound.
cd I'm tho haftia
When the bodies OF the despera.
does were dragged into the open the
thousands of spectators pressed for.
ward and tried to tear them from the
troops, Automobiles were brought
mp, and the bodies thrown in, but for
a few minutes It was found impossi
BILE to start the machines. In those
few minutes the police ana troops
had difficulty in beating back the en-
ragged crowds. Finally the cars wer,
started on their way TO Paris.
Wallet died on the way to Paris
hospital
One OF the most dramatic momentl
in the battle was when during a lul
in the firing. the woman Vuillemin
stepped from the building and surreu
dered, leaving the men 10 the bite
fight for their lives