The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-26
Murder on Highway Near
Metropolis Brings Public
Sentiment to Climax.
BANK ROBBED OF $4,000
Long Series of Crimes Com
nlitted by Gang During
the Past Month.

PARIS, March 25.-The automobile
bandits who in February terrorized
many districts in France by carrying
out an extraordinary series Of crimes
have pcrpctrated, during the last few
days, other daring crimes, which
reached their climax this morning in a
murder on the public highway between
VIllenueve-St. George and Paris.
A gang of four bandits, who occu-
pied an automobile, ordered the chauf-
feur of a private motor car to stop.
When the chauffeur refused the high
waymep shot and killed him and
wounded the occupant of the car.
After throwing the body of the chaut.
feur into ditch the bandits entered
the automobile and drove towards
Paris.
Public Aroused.
Public opinion is greatly aroused on
account of these attacks in the vicln-
ity of the capital. The bandits IN the
meantime are employing most impu,,
dent tactics. The police today received
a sheet of paper on which was stamped
what purported to be copies OF their
finger prints. These were naturally
fictitious It was declared in some
quarters that the bandits would soon
visit police headquarters and shoot
several Of the officials.
1T was thought the automobile
bandits had been captured on Fehru-
ary % when two anarchists were ar
rested at Pontoise, nineteen miles
northwest of Paris, after attempting
to assassinate a wealthy lawyer and
rob his residence, but these evidently
were only part of the gang.
Bank Robbed.
robbed bank messenger by daylight in
the streets OF Paris and killed police
man. shooting him from the window of
their automobile
being the authors OF this mornings hold
up. arrived In an automobile at Chantily,
the racing center. Four Of the men.
armed With reyoIvers entered the e,6t 6TaRSn 1Sn
cashier and another employee dead dan
gerously wounded a third man and es-
capped with $4,000 in notes.
a fifth bandit In the meantime kept
guard at the door of the bank with a
loaded carbine while a sixth sat ready at
the steering wheel OF the motor car walt
berry had been accomplished, The mur-
derers dashed out, jumped on the motor
and started at full speed towards Paris.
An alarm was raised, but pursuit was was
shots. They abandoned the automobile,
which later was discovered at Asnieres,
near here.
The automobile probably had been
stolen as II had been purchased from a
firm on the Champs Elysees and was be.
Ing driven to Nice with its owner
Police PoWerless.
The most recent exploit OF the band
OF road pirates who have put rural
ness and relent!essness of its operations
has created tremendous impression up
on the Imagination OF Parislans.
aenst ths ss Pas and
critlcise Louis Lepine. the, prcfect, OF po-
lice. who is charged with. allowing his
The feature Of today's series of crimes
was the rapidity with which they were
committed. An automobile was stolen
the historical forest. of Senart, about
twenty five miles from Paris. at S;l5
o'clock; From that place II was traced
to Paris and chantilIy where IT arrived tS
bank at Chantilly, twenty three miles
suburb OF Asnleres with the spoils and
made good their escape by 1880. after
which all trace OF them was lost.
The stolen automobile was seen and
recognized by the cyc!st police on watch
at Asneres about II 80 a. m. The police
sprang upon their bicycles and gave
chase, but soon were distanced. Shortly
afterward they came up with the auto
mobile, which had been abandoned by
the bandits close to the railroad This
is the last trace OF the assassins. and 1t
is assumed they. jumped tho fence to
the track and boarded a train gons
northward to Argenteuil.
All Doubt Removed.
In the abandoned vehicle the police
found an enluty portfolio belonging to the