. The rise and fall of the Paris commune in 1871; with a full account of the bombardment, capture, and burning of the city . ery well, said the commander; the gentlemanshall be conducted to the military bureau in the Eue deSatory, and there he can establish his identity. He was then placed in the hands of four men, escortedby the gendarme. Arrived in presence of the General, the individual ac-knowledged that he had, in fact, served under the Com-mune, and that he had been charged with the executionof a portion of the hostages. I could have saved my-self, he added, but my paternal sentiments we
. The rise and fall of the Paris commune in 1871; with a full account of the bombardment, capture, and burning of the city . ery well, said the commander; the gentlemanshall be conducted to the military bureau in the Eue deSatory, and there he can establish his identity. He was then placed in the hands of four men, escortedby the gendarme. Arrived in presence of the General, the individual ac-knowledged that he had, in fact, served under the Com-mune, and that he had been charged with the executionof a portion of the hostages. I could have saved my-self, he added, but my paternal sentiments were toostrong, and I wished also to dehver my son. Needless to say that the quartermaster was forthwithtransferred to prison. Besides the chiefs and members of the Commune whoperished fighting behind the barricades, or who were shotby the soldiers immediately after arrest, many are nowin prison at Versailles; others, however, such as FelixPyat and General Bergeret, have succeeded so far in elud-ing the vigilance of the police, and have probably gainedthe frontier. The deaths of Dombrowski, Delescluze, Milliere, Rigault,. GAM BON Commune of Pans 187 1 FATE OF THE LEADERS. 495 etc., as also the arrests of Eochefort, Mourot, and Assi,have already been described. Billioray Avas arrested on Saturday eyening in the Ruedes Canettes, 19, where he was hidden under the name ofBenedech. He was immediately conducted before theGrand ProYOst, where he was made to pass through asummary interrogatory. He denied for a long timebeing Billioray of the Commune and Committee of PublicSafety, and it was only when confronted with a commis-sary of police, whom he had caused to be arrested andplundered on the 18th of March, that he ended by avow-ing his identity. One thousand and fifteen francs werefound upon his person. He was then conducted to Ver-sailles to await his trial. Gambon and Lefrangais were shot in the Eue de laBan que. On Sunday morning, while the battle was stillgoing on in Belleville, Ga
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