Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-29

Victim of Clash With Leader Of
Phantom Band of
Robbers
REMARKABLE TURNOUT,
Comrades of Murdered Officer in Line
characteristic Manifestations Of
Volatile French.

Volatile French.
Paris. April 29-Thc funeral OF
Assistant superintendent .I0uin, OF
the Paris Detective force, victim OF
the first clash with Bonnet, leader OF
the Phantom Bandits who was him
self killed in battle with the police
Yesterday. look place today. 1t was
The occasion for remarkable turn
out OF The comrads Of the murdered
officer and for one Of those peculiar
manifestations characteristic of the
volatile French. The passage of The
rortege through the streets was wit
messed by an enormous crowd ana
uen and women gave violent utter
ances to sentiments Of grief. although
few had known the dead man ana
most of them had scoi[ed at his ell
torls in life.
The doctors at the hotel Dieu Hos
pitai. where The bandit ch1eItan DIED,
afte; being brought terribly wounded
from the battle Of ChoiSy le Rol,
were outspoken in their wonder to-
day that he lived at all after the hrst
wound had been received. II was
made by an army rifle bullet and
,ravrrsrd the envelope Of the heart
uassjny out AT The back. under the
arm. He was also wounded five
times in the head. There were Iew
other wounds in the body but lhey
would not have proved fatal. Yet
Bonnet. unable TO talk, plainly snarl-
cd and tried 10 talk and 70 yell MS
defiance to he police after 10 was
taken from the debris and dld not
cease his efforts 10 make himself
hoard until lie became unconscious
from loss Of blood. lie was unique
in his crimes and unique in his deaih.
The FINDER world Of Paris has to-
day ulaced him on q pedestal. IhlS
fac, is causing the police apprehension
hocouse il is believed that GARNER.
tho youth that was BonnotS chlei
assistant, will be able 20 recruit
now band from among The most des-
perate o? French criminals.
The search today is being pushed
for Garnier and the police feel GER
tain that he is being shielded by an
archists, colony of whom have tne'r
headonarters in Choisy lie R"i. Or
dars have been issued that he Is 10
lao taken dead or alive and the chase
is being lead in person by Mons ''e-
nine. head of the Paris poIlce ana
Mons Guichard. head OF the detec-
five department. who perSohail! ran
down BounnI prior 10 yesterday paI-
Flo That Ronnot and his side, Du
Bois, proprietor of the Garage !"
which borb later met death, should
r,vo baan able to withstand the at
,ack Of some 1000 armed men, IN
cIrdinp derachmenfs OF The RepuD-
,ic,r Guard. a corps OF Engineers
and = detachment of Artillery, amaZ-
eroI djsposition TO criticize the Of
.bic f1rt
Supt. Lepinc accepted all feSpo"-
sibilitv. He stated emphatically TO-
doy that the rwo criminals had COST
enough in human lives and he did
not intend TO permit them 10 g'orii!
themselves to the eyes Of the Under
world" by adding a number OF al
di,ional victims to their list in their
last moments.
az wanted these men and so'
them wifboutunnecessary bloodshed
daciared the veteran theif-taker this
afternoon.
The police hoped to round up the
remaining members Of the band IN
Guiding GARNER, some time tonlsh'
&C thev claim TO have good clues re-
parding their whereabouts.