BANDITTI IN PARIS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 115, 13 May 1912, Page 2

BANDITTI IN PARIS.

EXCITING ENCOUNTERS. DESPERATE CRIMINALS. The Paris police had two exciting ch&ses on the evening of March 7th, ■after, two banditti, one at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, and the -otter in the most rustic corner of the city —at AutemL . Soon after midnight the policeman on duty at the end' of the Avenue dv Bois de Boulogne, at tho Porte Dauphine, heard cries for help. They found a young girl lying, neaa- the roadside. She was woundeii in the shoulder, and she cried out that a. man had) attempted' to kill her. The only information she could give ■as to the man's identity was that hehad a. wooden leg. This information, however, was all tlvnt was wanted. After taking the girl to a hospital they beat about, the streets near the Porte Dsmphine, and; at last got news of a man with a wooden leg being seen bagging near the Arc de Triomphe. They soon came up with him at the end of the Avenue Kleber. Hera, however, the man, turning his back to the wall, whipped! out a revolver a.nd shouted to the policemen to stand back. But one of the two constables waw as sharp as he, and before he could fire the men's pistol was knocked out of his band, and the man with the wooden kg was overpowered. A few minutes later he .was searched: at the poliec station. He was carrying two revolvers, as well && a. dagger. He said that lie was si. tailor's workman, but the police state that, he is one of the. promoters of "direct action'1 affiliated with the Confederation Generate dv Travail. > The other affair at .Auteuil was rather more complicated. A youth of eighteen, who scarcely looks more tlian twelve, hid himself in the rear of si cute with tho intention of waylaying the proprietor, as he went upstairs ~to bed carrying with him the proceeds of the diy. The cade is a well-known centre.' for the shopkeepers of Auteuil, many of whom pl.-iy. curds and billiards there until past midnight. At half-past twelve it is closed, and When the waiters h-sive withdrawn the proprietor, as & rule, - counts- up his money behind the closed} shutters and then carries it upstf.j,rs to a- safe in his'bedroom. ■ DESCENT THRO UGH A SKYLIGHT. The young bandit, who had served a.s waiter in the cafe, knew all aboxfe this.- He also knew that it was possible to enter the cafe from the side by dropping . through a skylight which could bo reached from the rovif of a shed in the adjoining timberya.rd. The venture failed, however, ;»s the cafe proprietor heard him moi^s in the corridor behind! his, . back. Without hesitating he stepped to the door, revolver in hand, and ordered the unknown intruder to hold up his hands, whilst at the same time shouting for the police. As the doors wevs looked find1 ba.rred he had to'indicate to the police to ccme through the skylight,; which they did. Then began, a. two minutes' hunt for the burglar, who hr.d1 refused' to con.c out iroin the dark passage when ordered to do so by the proprietor., The two policemen came downstairs with revolverr. ready, and ordered the man to surrender or run the risk cf being severely wounded. The young man chose the h-tter alternative, aivl fired .three shots with his revolver, at which one of the policemen replie-? with as many more from his own weapon. The fusill-nle woke up all the householders in the neighborhood, and brought nvo more policemen to the spot. They entered1 the house just o.s the fiist two hid come upon the -burgl'ir, who hsd run upstairs-in the moment, of cbni'usion produced by the shooting. Faced ■by 1"our policemen, two of whom turned their • lanterns upon him, the man could do nothing but thiow away his weapon and sur- | render. 'In carrying away their cypi tivoy1 liowever.' the policemen 'had. a difficult time, for the neighbors who surrounded the cafe after hearing the shooting, did their best to lynch '^the culprit. It needed the assistance of • two soldiers to get him finally away to the nearest police station.