They shot the workman; his body was pierced by four balls.

"Throw him into the stream," cries the sergeant.

The gendarmes take him by the neck and heels and hurl him over the bridge.

Shot, and then drowned, the man floats down the river.
However, he was not dead; the icy river revived him; but he was unable to move, his blood flowed into the water from four holes; but being held up by his blouse, he struck against an arch of one of the bridges.
There some lightermen discovered him, picked him up, and carried him to the hospital; he recovered; he left the place.

The next day he was arrested, and brought before a court-martial.