Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-29

bandits, who have been terrorizing | Paris and the surrounding district for l months past, and Dubois, @ notorious ! anarchist, were shot to death today in | the most thrilling encounter in the an nals of French crime.
 Soldiers Blow Up Garage.
 A garage at Choisy-le-Roi. six miles south of Paris, in which the bandits had taken refuge, was blown up with dynamite, after these two men had kept at bay for hours large part of the police force of Paris. a contingent of gendalmes, two compa- nies of republican guards. and com pany of engineers. Ten thousand spectators viewed the battle from points of vantage.
 TOday's engag gement equaled in dra- matic circumstances the encounter in January, 1911, which has gone down in history as Sthe battle of London" when desperadoes suspected of being the murderers of police in Houndsditch were trapped in a house in the White chapel district, and went down to their death batting against hundreds of London police and soldiers.
 Bandits Trapped in Garage.
 Bonnot and Dubois after wounding two policemen today, took refuge in the garage. They were trapped in the building, which was at once surround ed. fReinfoTcements were despatched to aid the police composed of Se1r- darmes, republican guards and engi- neers. A battery of artillery was on the way from Versailles, when a small detachment of soldiers succeeded ill placing dynamite against the struc- ture and blowing out the front wall
 
 riddled with bullets and died on the way to a hospital The great crowd which had gathered, with cries of Death to BOnnot!" almost tore the bandit from the soldiers. several of whom were injured.
 Paris Has Been Terrorized.
 Parisians have been in a state of terror because of the reckless crimes of the automobile bandits, which reached a climax in the murder of Assistant Superintendent JOuin, of the detective department and the wound- ing of Chief Inspector Colmar by Bonnot on the morning of April 2i. l The government then ordered all the available police to hunt the assassins l day and night
 | At o'clock this morning, Nj. GUi- ! chard, superintendent of detectives, l tracked BOnnOt to the isolated garage 1 at ChOsy -Ie-Roi As Guichard and his l men approached, bandit, who proved 1 to be Dubois. was preparing to mount l a motorcycle. He answered the sum- mons to surrender by opening fire, while he retreated to the garage. At l the same moment there was a hail of 1 bullets from window and two detec- l tives fell, one with two bullets in his l abdomen. It was Bonnet shooting l from the first floor.
 General Alarm Sent Out
 | The detectives retired and a general l alarm was sent out Police, gen. | darmes and all classes of people came | quickly They were armed with mus | kets and reYOlVers. and directed hun i dreds of bullets at the garage, from 1 which came steady rain of lead in 1 reply. M. Lepine, prefect of police, l was immediately notified, and he tele- l phoned instructions to the police to do nothing until he arrived. We will l blow them up with dynamite he said. l Meanwhile the republican guards 1 and engineer corps arrived while thou l sands of persons Hooked to the scene ] from all directions and occupied posi- l tions at safe distance. They became l so numerous that the soldiers were l forced, at length, to drive them back l because they were interfering with | the progress of the siege which was l soon being conducted aggressiVely.
 Decision to Use Dynamite. M. Lepine, NJ Guichard, and the 1 commander of the republican guard l held a council of war and decided to l use dynamite. Hundreds of gendarmes ! armed with carbines, then began to 1 encircle the building to prevent the i escape of the bandits. A cart was i rigged up with thick mattresses as a l baTricade and the attacking party 1 backed it toward the garage. Prior i to this, excitement had been at fever l heat Officers gaIloped back and forth 1 giving orders to restrain the crowds l which were now surging on the streets. i But as the cart was backed slowly to- wards the building 8 great stiffness fell. It was so marked that one could even hear the click of the cinemato- graph machines which the operators l turned calmly so as not to lose a sim gle picture in the drama.
 Dubois Found Dead.
 When the cart reached the wall. Lieutenant F0rteau emerged and cooIIy placed two huge sticks of dynamite against the building and ignited the fuse. The horse galloped out of range i and the spectators waited But no i explosion followed. The operation was repeated twice. Then came a terrific . report and a column of smoke and debris shot skyward. All the while the bandits were firing steadily hut no one was hit As the front wall col lapsed with a crash, police and repub- lican guards rushed up. On the ground floor they found Dubois dead. Thev mounted a narrow stairway and ob- served q man streaming with blood 1 come from a mattress. He showed ghastIy white in his face and had wounds in his head and chest. Curse you! Curse yOul' he cried. He was overpowered, carried down and placed in an automobile.
 Twelve Wounds in Bonnot's Body.
 It was then that the crowd changed into a wild mob, bowling for the death of the bandit. The soldiers protected him with the butts of their carbines but many blows fell on Bonnot before the automobile started off, moving down a score of people, cleared a path and speeded to Paris.
 B0nA0t was unconscious and expired ca his way to the hospital The doc tors found twelve wounds. There were two bullets in bis head and two in his abdomen and they marveHed that he lived as long as he did. Dubois han three wounds. He also wore belt containing poison, but it is considered improbable that he had time to sWal- low any of the preparation.
 AnarchisSic Confession of Faith. ] 6R BeHHat was found a statement