The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-08
MUTINY AND MURDER
IN A FRENCH PRISON
Chief Wapder. His Wife. an AS
sistant and Mutineer
Killed
RINGLEADER A SUICIDE
Prisoners Released From Cells
Barricade Themselves and Tn
dergo 5 Hours Siege
RINGLEADER A SUICIDE
PARIS. Dec. :


r,o--;nj. scenes % slaughter accom-
named the revolt OF a number Of prison.
.rs IN the civil and naval prison OF Roche
fort last night.
The mutineers killed the chief warder'
his wife. and the chief assistant warder
A number of other people were badly
hlrt. The rnutineers shut themselves INTO
one OF Lhe cells. and when they Were
ovarcowered one man was killed and the
r,nxleader Of the mutiny hanged himself
The rnutiny began at 40 yesterday
afternoon, when the prisoners evening
meal vas being taken around II began
with a violent complaint against The food
b, a navy cook man named Drahonnet
The chief warder ordered the man to be
ou.et. and threatened him with punish
snen, Drahonnet. who had razor hid-
don IN mis- right hand. rushed at the chief
varder Archinard. and as Archinard
.-ed 70 get at his revolver OTTER prison
efs dashed az him and Drshonnet cut his
ehroat.
Warder's Heroic Wife
Archinard's wife heard his shrieks a.
he fell She rushed into the mob OF
srutfneers and few ~ the rfngleader.
prisoner tried 10 help her 20 seize ORA
hornet but the man. who was a giant
IN stature and in strength. caught Nine.
a
MS knee and with one stroke severed
her head from her body
The assistant chief warder. Bonnet. who
had been in another part of the prison. !
hurried UP with other warders. and
pitched battle began in the corridors OF
the prison.
Drahonnet had found long-handled
Ratchet with which ne did terrible dam
age. and few minutes after the death (
pf his chief Bonnet was killed by
crus1ning stroke OF the ringleader's ak
which cleft his skull in two.
The fight had taken place on the ground
floor of the prison. The noise was heard
outside, and a lieutenant OF Colonial IN
Santry, Lieutenant Pernin. who happened
40 be passing. rushed in 10 give assist /
snce 10 the warders. He received two
knife wounds IN the throat and another /
IN the left side and is not expected 10 4
recover.
Close on the heels OF Lieutenant PERRIN 4
came the commissioner OF police. but I
the mutineers tore his clothes TO pieces. /
rushed him out of the prison and locked |
the doors The warders followed. for by |
this time the prisoners on the upper |
floors had been released. and outnumber- |
:nE their jailers. they expelled them, |
and barricaded themselves in the prison. |
Three Hours Siege
An immense crowd OF civilians. police
Rendarmes and soldiers surrounded the
prison. The representative of the govern
1nent and the commissioner OF police
took command. and after three hours
siege the outer doors were forced.
The ground floor corridors were dark
md silent The nutineers had cut on
the electric light supply. An acetylene
lamp was brought and the white walls
were found 70 be dripping with blood.
There was not mutineer In sight, and in
TIE middle Of the corridor lay the bodies
o. the CHEZ Sarder. his wife and his
assistant. Nine. Archinards head had
rolled down the corridor. and was stopped
BY the open door OF an empty cell
With every precsution the soldiers.
xendarmes and police. with revolvers in
rneir hands marched up the stairs TO the
second floor. The mutineers were waiting
so- them. and when mora doors were
sorced there was q short but fierce hand
to-hand struggle.
A volley cowed the mutineers- One Of
them. A sailor named HaEnaud. was
found dead in a cell. Behind him he
dead body % DTahoInet. the ringleader.
hung from a nail in the ceiling
The Tsctsns. dead and wounded, were
taken TO- the civil hospital, and all the
tnutineers were safely locked in cells by
midnight. Today everything was calm in
the Prison