DESPERATE AFFRAY IN HOTEL.
THREE PEOPLE SHOT DEAD.
PARIS, March 10. A sensational shooting affray occurred nt the Hotel Pigale, m Montmartre, tonight.
The hotel is opposite the well-known restaurant, "The Dead Rat." A man who has given the name of Jollybois entered the hotel with a woman named Ropignon, and had supper with her. After supper he suddenly produced a six-chambered revolver, and shot the woman. The landlord rushed towards Jollybois, who thereupon shot him m the aim.
Jollybois then fired at the hotel porter, killing him on the spot. A policeman m plain clothes made an attempt to arrest the murderer, and he was shot through the head and killed. A' lieutenant m full uniform, who rushed into the hotel from the street at the sound of the firing,: was shot through the left lung, and is not expected to* live.
The murderer ran away, but was captured by the crowd, and almost torn limb from limb.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10957, 27 April 1907, Page 6 (Supplement)
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159DESPERATE AFFRAY IN HOTEL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10957, 27 April 1907, Page 6 (Supplement)
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