Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-15
LAST OF FRENCH BANDITS
is SLAIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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remarkable for his skill at the wheel
of an automobile, by the employment
of which the band committed out
RACES and made their escape. Gar
nier's speciality was DISCUSSES. He
went so far as to mutilate his eyelids
to change his appearance, and by re-
sorting to every scheme exploited in
detective fiction, he succeeded in evad-
ing the police drag net which had
been spread over Paris and the sub
urbs.
Carriers mistake came in trying to
negotiate stolen securities at a branch
of big banking house, whereby he
and his companions. Wallet and Vuil-
lemin, were tracked to Nogent. All
three, who are decidedly blonde. dyed
their hair jet black. An indiscretion by
the woman, Vuillemin, today. enabled
the police TO fix their lair to certain
ty. She went to a public pump to get
drinking water, where she was met by
a Partisan woman. Vuillemin. who is
of Basque origin. carried the jug Of
water on her shoulder, after the GUS
tom Of the country The Partisan.
struck by the picture, stopped her and
exclaimed:
How beautiful you are. madame.
You should pose for a portrait
Nuillemin smiIingly acknowledged
| the compliment and passed on. Then
| the Partisan, with woman's penetra-
| ton, decided that her hair was dyed.
| The comments and inquiries of the Pa
| risian put the police on the track, NJ.
| Lepine, project of Paris, was notified
and decided to capture or kill the
| bandits if necessary. as France is de-
termined to rid the country of those
| who have been spreading terror ON
every side.
Again, as in the case of the battle
| at Choisy-Le- Roi, the efforts of the po-
| lice and military were greatly ham-
pered by the vast crowd of spectators
| that gathered in the adjoining streets.
| Attempts were made to blow up the
building by throwing dynamite cart
ridges from the adjacent viaduct and
a perfect hail of bullets was thrown
into the house where the bandits were
concealed. Finally, the firing ceased
for time, and the on lockers. wearied
by lack of definite action, and their in
ability to witness any of the later OPP
erations, took possession of the cafes
TO await the outcome.
All sorts of wild rumors were afioat,
among them, that GARNER had sue
ceeded in escaping. That the authori-
ties placed no credence in this, was
shown by the fact that they telephon-
ed for melinite and after the arrival
of searehlight, a quantity of the high
explosive was placed against the low
er wall of the house.
At the concussion more debris was
hurled skyward.
Paris. May i4.--Another battle be-
tween the police and the automobile
bandits, who recently terrified Paris.
is in progress at Nogent- Sur Name,
four miles to the east of the city
GARNER. the co-chief of Bonnet, who
was killed with companion at Choisy
Roi. April is, after a desperate
fight, has been surrounded with Il
confederate named Wallet in a build
ing near the railroad.
The bandits are fighting desperately.
They are keeping up continuous fus-
ilade with rifles from the windows, fir
ing on the police and townspeopie
surrounding the place. A police ser
geant has been wounded.
l4pulS llepiiit, the pltlett VI pbif=S
of Paris. with a large body of police
men, left headquarters hurriedly in
motor cars for the scene of the fight.
When the police arrived at the Villa.
which was known as the Moulin
Rouge. M. Guichard. superintendent of
detectives, carrying the tri-colors of
his office cried out;
open in the name of the law" A
man hidden in the garden responded
with revolver fire. This formally be-
gan the battle and siege.
NJ. Guichard was not hit and re-.
treated. He modified the detectives.
police and gendarmes. who carried
rifles, while a company of Zouavcs
from the nearby barracks joined the
besieging forces. The excitement was
intense and the enormous crowd him
dered the operations and had to be
driven back
Six inspectors protected by sheets
of steel furnished by a gunsmith eau
tiously approached the house. They
encountered a murderous fire, but
were not wounded. Three of the po-
lice, 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 enormous
rocks onto the roof of the house, which
stood adjacent to the viaduct.
Soon the roof was wrecked and fell
| in, but the bandits continued firing.
A woman named Wuillemin, friend
of Carriers, emerged from the house.
| She was arrested
When NJ. Lepne, the project of po-
| lice, arrived, he Immediately assumed
| command. and the scene took on al
| the military aspects of a battlefield
i with reinforcements constantly com
| ing IN. NJ. Lepine held council with
| Zouves and finally decided as he die
| IN the case of Bonnet and Dubois al
choisy lie Roi to blow up the bandits
| lair.
/ The Zouave bugler sounded Ceass
| firing and then Retreat The crowds
| were now almost overwhelming ane
the severest measures were necessary
to force them back beyond the dan
ger line With the piercing notes o.
the bugle the noisy clamor of the surg
ing multitude was suddenly hushed
Word was passed from mouth to moutl