Connecticut western news., 1912-05-02
BANDITS ARE
 KILLED AFTER SIEGE
Band Had TerrOrIzed City In
 Automobile For Months.

Bonnot, the notorious bandit and sup posed leader of the gang that has been going around the city of Paris in auto mobiles killing and robbing in various places, and Dubois, one of his accom- pIices, were caught in an automobile garage by the police, and after a five hours siege both were killed.
 Bonnot was known as the demon chauffeur" and Dubois was a Russian anarchist. The band of which they were members has terrorized Paris and its environs for months.
 During the battle, in which dynamite was employed, two policemen were wounded. Bonnot died fighting to the last, but Dubois poisoned himself after the police and soldiers had made breach in the wall.
 Chief Detective Gu1chard had been on the trail of the bandits for several days. He and several detectives were led to the village of Choisy-le-Roi, five miles from the Notifications. This was the scene of the fight with the police recently, when Subchief Jouin was killed.
 The detectives went to Choisy-le-Roi to search a garage which Dubois had rented from Fromentin, known as 'the millionaire anarchist"
 Chief Is Fired Upon.
 Chief Gutchard cautiously opened the door of the garage and found Dubois preparing to leave on a motorcycle. The fight began at once. Dubois drew a revolver and began firing, and other shots came from an upper window. Two policemen, Eugene and Arlon, were wounded at the very outset, the former seriously in the stomach and the latter slightly in the arm. Not knowing how many men he had to deal with, Chief Guichard withdrew his force and surrounded the garage.
 The police established cordon about the garage, and everybody except gun bearers was kept 300 yards from the house where the men were imprisoned.
 The firing kept. on for some time, and after general attack from all sides the trumpets sounded Cease f1ringT' and new tactics were tried
 A long cart was loaded with straw and armored with mattresses, which had been borrowed from people liv- ing nearby. The owner of the cart, shielded by the armor, backed his horse toward the garage. Then lieutenant of the republican guard crawled under the cart and placed dynamite cartridge against the wall of the house. Then he retired hurriedly. The cartridge failed to explode. This maneuver was repeated three times. On the third attempt the cartridge exploded and made a large breach la the house, which caught fire.
 The police entered the garage and found that Dubois had been dead for some time. His body lay on the floor. He had not died from wounds, but is supposed to have poisoned himself early in the battle when he saw that escape was impossible.
 Bonnot Shot In Head.
 Chief Guichard then started to look for Bonnot. He mounted the stairs cautiously and was about to step into the garret when a shot came from the bed. It was wild, and Guichard sent a bullet into the head of a man which was protruding from under the mat. tress. The man was in a dying con- dition. He proved to be the notorious "Demon Chauffeur Bonnot-
 A prussic acid pill which he had made a desperate attempt to get at was found in the lining of his trousers.
 The last of the phantom bandits" Garnier, chief lieutenant of the slain Bonnot, was arrested In Paris. He was Surprised in his room and gave up UUi%hOut o aobk