THE PARIS ANARCHISTS.
SURROUNDED IN A VILLA
THE GANG EXTERMINATED
TWO THOUSAND TROOPS
ENGAGED
(Received May 15, 11 p.m.)
Paris, May 15
Gamier, Vallot and two women wero tracked to :: h:;usc at Nogent sur Marne and at eight1 o'clock last night a siege was begun. A. huge crowd gathered to witness the proceedings. After a sharp fusilado a woman named Vinllcmin. emerged and surrendered. . Moro shots followed from tho villa, Detective Floury being shot in tho stomach, and two other officers iess seriously wounded. From a railway viaduct stones v ere hurled which crushed in the roof, ju.d several bombs were exploded against Vie building ineffectually. Moanwhilo Zouaves from various points round the house kept up a hot fire, the bandits replying.
Tho battle lasted seven hours. A melinite bomb was exploded, and the house was then carried by assault.
The police removed Gamier dead, an.] Vallot die,d on tho way to Paris. Two thousand troops were engaged. The fate of the second woman is i ot recorded.
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Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13418, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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168THE PARIS ANARCHISTS. Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13418, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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