BESIEGED BANDITS.
H» HOW THEY WERE ATTACKED. ATTITUDE OF SPECTATORS. By Telegraph-Preii Aasoolation-OosjrlgM Paris, Mity 15. Extraordinary scenes were, witnessed at Nogent-sur-Marne. Torches lit rip the place of siege. Huge crowds anrived by motors, trains, and trams, shunting "Death!" Homo were armed,, and were with difficulty restrained from indiscrim-1 imite shooting. The crowd attempted to lynch (lie bandits, supposing them to bo alive. It gave an ovation to M. I.epine, head of the police. Garnier's body was riddled by bullets. Vuillemin states that Gamier threatened to kill her. She added (hat the. bandits took no precautions, mixed freely with tho neighbours, and made several visits to Paris to purchase weapons.' They wero prepared for a week's defence, and had two thousand cartridges.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1442, 17 May 1912, Page 7
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122BESIEGED BANDITS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1442, 17 May 1912, Page 7
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