from the Bonnot Gang mass trial at the
Palais de Justice, February 3-27, 1913.|341x341px The first robbery by Bonnot's Gang was on 21 December 1911 at the AB Branch of
Société Générale Bank, located at 148 rue Ordener in the
18th Arrondissement of Paris. They shot a collection clerk in the neck and lung (yet he survived) and snatched his cash bags. On 25 March 1912, the gang stole a
de Dion-Bouton automobile in
the Forest of Sénart south of Paris by shooting the driver through the heart. They drove into
Chantilly, north of Paris, where they robbed the local branch of Société Générale Bank, and fatally shot two bank cashiers and severely wounded a bookkeeper. Sûreté Chief
Xavier Guichard took the matter personally. Even politicians became concerned, increasing police funding by 800,000 francs. Banks began to prepare for forthcoming robberies and many cashiers armed themselves. The Société Générale promised a reward of 100,000 francs for information that would lead to arrests. == Members ==