The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-27
IS AUTO BANDITS
IN PARIS GUILTY.;
ONE KILLS HIMSELF
While Court Is in Uproar Over
Verdicts, Anarchist" Carouy
Swallows Poison.
FOUR ARE ACQUITTED.
One of Convicted Men Claims
Innocence and Another Backs
Him by Admitting Crime.
FOUR ARE ACQUITTED,

PARIS. Feb. n.-The trial Of the gans
- twenty-five auto bandits. who held
Paris in terror for months. ended to-day
after occupying the court for twenty
enc days with a verdict of suity
against eighteen OF them on counts In
Guiding murder. arson. robbery and
many other kinds OF felony.
Four Of the accused. including three
women accompllces. were found no,
Ouiity by the jury.
xAssnss sxo1tsmsnt In ana sboat ne
seust attended the return Of the YER
11sts, sAA thsro was . sensation who's
q. euy, the "aAaroAist bandit" On
hsaslAg that he was oonAsmns1 70 In.
Dslsoamsn fer life, committed suicide
iAnsAiatsly aftsr ne hsd bssn taken
basx 20 his cell n the Concisrgsris
ys1oen ~ tskiA,' large dose Of poison,
snlA 70 b cyanide Of potassium. which
vessanssiy had been passed TO him ~
seos one - hs isft the , ,urtroom.
PRISONER TO HELP ANOTHER
ADMITS CRIME.
Anc jury WuS Out lTOHl U CIOCH yeS-
tsrday afternoon until nearly Z o'clock
this morning. They had to read .
series OF nearly four hundred questions
which had been submitted to them.
When they returned into court their
written verdict was found to be % In
coherent. contradictory and lengthy
that II had to be explained to the pre-
siding Judks by the foreman before Il
could BE- read.
AZ the conclusion Of the reading the
spectators were stirred by the counsel
6or four Of the bandits. Dieudone. Cal
isnin. Soudy and Monisr. springing up
fsem their seats and declaring that II
Was Illegal for the Presiding Judge to
80 the jury for orsi Explanations after
ehsy had written their vsrd,cts.
Thsy entered . strong protest against
0nuA procedure Their clients by the
verdict Of the Jury were rendered liable
- the death penalty end chis was . last
s9ort 10 avert or postpone hsir fAtA
Another dramatic incident occurred AZ
a. the court had dsliberated on the
protests by prisonsrs' counsel and de-
sodsd Against them On . point OF law.
TIE Presiding Judge turned to the &C.
sussd and asked them u they had any.
thing more 70 cay before sentence VA
: psenouncsd upon them. Callemin. who
haA been found guilty OF murder. spranR
fSom hAs seat between the republican
guards and shouted:
~ esasaAs Disalonas we not ~
sasaalaat q tAs Saak messenger oasy
y vas "a NJ oAisf. oasniss."
THIS admission caused q tremendous
sensation IN view Of the fact that Cab,
had repeatedly asserted that II wa,
Disudonns who had shot him.
The court again retired to deliberate
- hAlf-past seven.
Among the indictments brouTh,
against the prisoners were no fewci
tan twenty-five murders. their vic
TINS being motor drivers. bank mes.
esngsrs. fraght sgsnts and policemen
They held up . number Of suburban
banks. broke into the residences OF
prominent people. killed tho chief OF III,
Paris detectives. set firs to buildinsi
and finally. when their two leadsrs
Bonnet and 0arnier. were In danger OF
arrest underwent two seiges In tho en-
virons Of Paris. In the course Of which
u was found necessary to call on
hundreds OF troops. whole sQuadrons o.
Military mounted police ana PRACTICAL,
ne entire toros Of pAtrolmen who BON
bardsd them for many hours In thei
sanctusries and then found several o
The leading spirits OF the gang dead
riddled with bullets.