The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-13
BANDIT SHOOTS
N|H|L|ST AFTER
HOURS TORTURE
SITS Like EKeentiOner at Bedside to
Await Killed Fixed by
Tossing Coin.
FIRES AT THE MANS WIFE |
Woman Escapes Unhurt, While !!
Husband Hangs Between
Life and Death.
FIRES AT THE MANS WIFE

o OF the recent shooting OF the anar
Il ehisl. Jules Err bach talias Dneretl
by ! motor car bandit named La
combe. have been given the Pari
police by Nine Ducret. The dra
: matte recital reveals story al
b weird and thrilling as an Edgar Al
Z len Poe yarn. The woman told how
{ she and her husband were torturea
{ With threats OF death for aight hour
! before Ducret was wounded.
II The reason for the attack was
! that the bandit believed that Duerei
! had given the police information
about him
\ About Ten o'clock on Tuesday
evening NJ ANA Nine. Ducret were
| sitting by the Gre Their son Roger
| aged five. was sleeping on his cot
They were preparing to go to bed
when q nam holding an automatic
pistol in each hand rushed in. Al
Ipnce they recognized Lacombe, tc
| whom they had given asylum a few
/ weeks before. He turned the key /,
The lock Of the door saying. at il
| better that We should be one"
/ Threatened to Kill Both.
Going up to nucret who sat
speeches. ard motionless. he ex-
\
claimed nenacingly, You told the
oclice." Then, turning to the tremb.
ling wife he said, Il am going to
Kill you both. | have come to be re
eenged. You tried to get me shot
by the police in November. III il
vas necessity that made 80 do ii
will forgive you. know what hur
Ter and misery are They excusr
many crime, Confess aud | viii
fergiye you"
Ducret replied, Il have never hat
anything 10 do with the pc ice and
I id not give you away Then
Nine. Ducret implored Laeombe II
spare her husband. Her enertatie.
IN enraged the bandit. 81 have
an appointment at O'clock he ak
claimed. "and intend to Kill yor
before then.
Nine Dneret fell on her knees ir
duplication. Laeombe was touch
ed with pity for moment. "Wha |
is your age?'' he asked. Twenty
four" she replied 1T il a pity Il |
Kill you" he said. but there is nc |
help for it You and your husband |
cold me TO the police and / must killl
gou both"
Tosses for Time to DE.
Have pity at least on my chi d !"
cried the mother. u viii kill him
too said the bandit. "Then Civ
me moment to write letter to m,
nother!' pleaded the weeping won
an. Your mother." Knocked La
combe. DO you think she cares
what happens to you? She viii hear
OF your death soon enough"
Then, looking at his watch. he re.
marked, i must be quick, but | viii
allow you TO die in your beds llk
decent peonle." The terror stricken
coule oheyed and got into bed. sud
denly an idea occurred to their Tor
mentor. "it is now TOO ate for ms
to Keep my appointment" he said
We viii toss whether you die now
or a, 6 o'clock.
Taking fiye-frane piece from hi.
pocket he handed it TO nucret
There. hrop il up, he said
Heads, you die at O'Clock: tails
! ktll you OF once, Heads he cried
as the coin fen 10 the door. "vor
have won you have SUN four bopr,
TO live. Like the executioner I must
wait for daylight" a moment later
he said to me; "Dueret If you want
to say your prayers, don't mind me"
Sheets at Man and Wife
The next four hours. Nine. Dncre,
says We're like centuries of agony
Laeombe sang snatches Of ribald
songs and india ged in taunts and
leers at his victim. When IT was
nearly o'clock the bandit advanced
70 me bed raised two Browning mis-
9ols and exclaimed, The hour has
come and you must die" and dis
charged both weapons. The reports
caused the lamp to 60 ont and the
room was plunged in darkness nm
efet was 50 seriously wounded thai
nls life hangs by thread nm,
Anne. Dueret threw herself back :,
the pillow and escaped nnhurt.
Thinking he had killed them hot,
tue bandit put the pistols in his ,
POCKET and left the room. Nine M
eTrt iHmDnd s,uf ~ Ia