BANDIT'S VENOM.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 May 1922, Page 5

BANDIT'S VENOM.

PARIS, April 29. The bandit Charner, a medkaE. student, Mho was arrested in July lasfc in connection with a sensational robbery from passengers on the Paris-Marseille*., express, has .been condemned to ueatk. on the charge of murder, a Frencit subaltern having been killed in a resulting conflict. I While arresting Charrier in a cafe im the Avenue Wagram, the police watcked two other men in the cafe-, both.'off , whom fled when they saw Charrier in. custody. They fired at the police a*-.. they ran wounding one co sg r afe re crSP^ jßfc.. Tno jpolto* the ***, ZrA sbp| both mm , • Charrier confessed that he had parti^cipated in the robbery from the- trainbut denied that he was responsible fcr the murder of the French subaltern Charner, a fair-haired, fragile-lookie^ ' youth of Polish origin, who professed to be an anarchist, rose pale of face* just before the jury retired to consider its verdict, and said hoarsely: ; "My,hatred against society is as deep* ■ as *ver- ,You will only extinguish"ife " with my hfe. I defy you to take my? head. .■*--. j He has refused to sign an appeal.