BONNOT CAPTURED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 102, 29 April 1912, Page 5

BONNOT CAPTURED.

HIS REFUGE MINED. BANDIT BADLY WOUNDED. I Received 5.35 a.m.) PARIS. April 28. In their search for the notorious anarchist leader Bonnot. who escaped at Aviv after killing one detective andi wounding another, the police surrounded an isolated house at Choisv le Roi, a small town on the Seine, live miles from l'aris. The bandits who were inside the building opened lire on the police, and wounded

I several of thus- Inking part ill the I attack. They were evidently well supplied with n"i> ■■ ition. and kept up a ! continuous I: i their besiegers, who : were unable to . i.ut tin- building. 1 A contingent nf sappers was then sent ! fur. and in a. short space of time a : tunnel was driven under the house. ! A lar.se bomb was then exploded under the building, which was partially wrecked. The rifle fire then ceased, and the police I entered the house. They found Bonnot lying seriously ' wounded in one of the rooms, while near

him was Dubois, owner of the house. dead.

Prior to the capture an attempt was made at (irand .lean to assault a. man who was supposed to be an informer against (arouz. one of Bonnot's gang- It is believed that Bonnot was the assailant in this ease.

THE ANARCHIST DEAD. (Received 12.50 p.m.) PARIS. April 28. Bonnot has died from his wounds.