The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-03-26
GANG or FOUR KILLS CHAuF.
FeuR AND USES MACHINE TO
TRAVEL ON THE ROAD
BANK IS THEN ROBBED
Quartet OF Outlaws Enters Butd,na.
Kills Cashier and Another and Es.
capes With Eight Thousand Dollars
Impudent Men Send Fictitious F.no.r
Prints to Police

Paris. March 2a.--The series OF dar.
who terrorized many districts of
France In February ren he'd their cli-
max this morning n i murder IN tho
public highway between Niluneuyp ST
Georges ana Paris.
A gang of four buudits Who occupied
an automobile ordered the chauffeur
OF a private car u stop. When toe
chauffeur refused the highwaymen
shot and killed him and wounded the
occupant Of the car After throwing
the body of the chauffeur into u ditch
the bandits entered The auto ana drove
toward Paris.
impudent.
Public opinion IN greatly aroused on
account Of these attacks in the vicin-
ity Of the capital. The bandits in the
meantime are employing most impu-
dent tactics. The police received a
sheet OF paper ON which was stamped
what purported to he copies OF their
finger prints. Thcsc naturally were
fictitious.
II was declared IN some quarters
that the bandits would visit police
headquarters and Shoot several a. the
officials.
II was thought the automobile
bandits had been captured on Feb-
ruary 20. when two anarchists were
arrested at Pointoisc. 10 miles west OF
Paris, after attempting to assnsslnats
n wealthy lawyer and rob his resi-
dence bur these &spiaently only were
a part or the gang.
The bandits shot down and robbed
bank messenger by daylight in the
streets of Paris in February and also
| killed policeman In front OF the
Saint Lazare terminus. shooting him
| from the window of their automobile
Murder and Robbery.
Brigands bearing all the appearances
of being the men implicated In this
| mornings hodup arrived in an auto,
| mobile at chautmy the racing center
Four of the men, armed with re-
volvers. entered the branch of u Pari'
bank, whore they shot the cashier ant
another employe dend, dangerously
wounding "A third and escaped Will
| $4,000 in notes.
| A fifth bandit In the meantime KEEP
guard at the door of the hank With !
| loaded carbinc, while sixth sat read,
at the steering wheel OF the motor oai
waiting 10 start Immediately after the
robbery had been accomplished. Th'
mnrderers dashed out. jumped IN Ia,
motor and started ~ full speed TOWARD
| Paris
An alarm was raised. but pursni
was prevented by the bandits with re-
yolver shots. They abandoned the All
tomohle, which later was dlscovere,
at Asincas. near here,
The most recent exploit OF the bhn'
of road pirates who have put fnra
France in a state of terror or by tn
lswlfiness and relcntessness of III
operations has created a tremendous
impression upon Parislans,
Il Apparently the police are powefles
agains, tn. organization and ii Ger
tain section of the press Is beGinnfni
to criticize Louis Lepine. the prefec
OF police, who II charged with allow
ing his administration 10 get out o
date.
The feature of today's series o
crimes was the rapidity with whic
they were committed. An automobll
was stolen by the bandits AZ II va
passing through the historic forest u
Senart. about % miles from Paris, "A
IA quarter past o'clock. From tina
place 1t was traced to Paris and Chan
tilly. where II arrived at half past Il
Its occupants had stormed the bank o
, chantilly, 23 miles northeast Of Parl'
returned To the suburb OF Asincre
with the spoils and made good thel
escape at half past II, after which a
trace Of them was lost.
The stolen automobile was seen an
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