New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
FRENCH AUTO PIRATES
KILL 3 AND LOOT BANK
Chauffeur Shot Dead Near Paris
and His Machine Stolen by
Four Bandits.
USE CAR IN BANK H0LD-UP
Cashier and Assistant Mortally
Wounded While Man Stands
at Entrance with Car
bine-No Arrests.

Paris. March @5.-Thc most recent ex-
| plot Of the band of automobile road
| pirates who have put rural France in =
state Of terror by their swiftness and
Tclcntlessness has created a tremendous
/ impression upon the quick imagination
Of Parisians II is safe 10 say that n
crime for years has had such an effect
on the French capital.
! The feature Of to-days series of mur-
ders is the startling rapIdity with which
they were committed. An automohil.
was stolen and the chauffeur killed at
s:15 a. m. as IT was passing through
the historical forest Of S6nart, about
! twenty-five miles from Paris to the
southeast The machine was tracel
nCrthward through Villeneuve-St
Georges TO Paris. where they picked up
two confcderates, and thence 60 Chan
timy twenty-threc miles TO the north
east Of the capital, where the bandits
arrived at 1870 a. m. They immedi-
atclv stOrmcd the bank at Chantlly,
shot two employees dead. returned 10 the
suburb Of Asneres and made good their
escape by ll.3O o'clock. after which all
trace Of them was lost.
/ II is calculated that between the theft
! of the automobile and their disappear
ance the bandits covered at least sev-
enty miles, this in three hours or n 1T
tie more. The fact that the stolen ma
chine was one Of only 1S horsepower
! gives an idea Of the remarkable deter
! mination and skill Of the criminals
Reported Arrest at Coombes.
The police lost n" time in getting -
work, and there are now six automobiles
! full Of detectives securing the cnvirons
Of Paris, but thus far without success,
/ The detectives believe that they have a
much better chance Of capturing the as
sassins now, inasmuch as Il number Of
persons have been able to obtain a good
look at them and could identify them.
A rumor is current that a man named
/ GARNER. one Of the band, has been ar
rested in the suburb Of Colonies, but
there is no confirmation of this.
The police as at present equipped are
apparently poworlcss against this or.
! ganization Of the enemies Of society, and
a certain section Of the press is begin
ming to criticisc strongly Louis LGpnc,
the Prcfcct of Police, who is charged
with allowing his administration TO get
out Of date.
With a view TO coping with the situa-
ton Jules Stccg Minister Of the Inte-
| ., L. -,
the Chamber Of Deputies tomorrow pro-
viding for the creation Of IN automobil"
police force
Victims Thrown Into Ditch.
The bandits were four in number. A
private automobile passing along the
road 70 Fontaincbleau with its owner ana
Il chauffeur bound for Nice was sig
nailed 10 stop. When the chauffeur re
fused the highwaymcn shot him dca
with their rcvolvcrs and wounded thr
other occupant Of the car.
After throwing the body Of the chauf-
feur and their other victim into tn,
ditch by the roadside the bandits en-
tered the automobile and drove toward
Paris
They reached Chantilly. the racing
centre, at 1890 O'Clock. The four men.
all armed with revOlvcrs. entered the
local branch OF a big Paris bank, where
they shot the cashier and another en-
ploye dead and dangerously wounded i
third man with two revolver shots.
The four rufIians then seized port
folio containing 5000 i'm banknOtes. 4
fifth bandit was In the mean time keep
ing guard at the door Of the bank with
a loaded Carbinc. while a sixth sat ready
at the steering gear of the motor car
waiting TO start Immediately the rob
berry had been accomplished.
The murlcrcrs dashed out, jumped on
the automobile and started at full speed
in the direction of Paris.
An empl1ye of the bank who escaped
i'm an almost miraculous manner relates
the story Of the bandits attack as FOL
lows: -Four assassins entered the bani;
and lined up before the counter with
Continued on fourth rage.
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