A BANDIT BESIEGED.
| " V — I fTAKES. REFUGE IN A MONASTERY. |By Telegraph—Press Association—CoryriEht St. Petersburg, November 14. The polico at Czenstochowa, Russian Poland, attempted to arrest Koslowski, a notorious bandit, at tho famous Paulist Monastery of Yaznagora, where he was 'attempting to seize treasure. Koslowski to/lc refuge-in -the bastion with a comrade, and threw bombs at a regiment of infantry, and two squadrons of cavalry, who had surrounded tho monastery. There was a four hours' fight, during which four soldiers wero wounded. Finally lie troops exploded tho bastion, killing Koslowski. During tho 6iege monks and thousands of pilgrims were confined in the church. They wore panic-stricken.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1602, 20 November 1912, Page 7
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106A BANDIT BESIEGED. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1602, 20 November 1912, Page 7
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