As the battle continued, residents in the neighbourhood telephoned the Avenue Joffre police station, which, having no available men on han. relayed the message to the Rus 5 "The Emergency 1d. were despatched to the spot once, On arrival the sergeant charge deployed his men and threw a cordon round the area hounded by Avenue clu Roi Alber?, Avenue Joffre, Rue Bourgeat, and Route Doumer. After this manqeuvre, other police were sent search the fidds to the west and north of the shooting, but found The tenant in the house is a wealthy retired dye-stuffs merchant. Several years ago he received threatening letters, but since, he comploted Russian bodyguards these came to nothing.
That the attack had been pre: pared for same time is evidenced the fact that on April 1, about 1am. one of the Russian watchmen was fired at by unknown persons at the gate of the garden,
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