The soldiers broke into the bookseller's house.

The bookseller endeavoured to explain matters; he was taken out, alone, before his own door, and his wife and daughters had only time to throw themselves between him and the soldiers when he fell dead.

His wife had her thigh traversed by a ball, while his daughter was saved by the steel of her stays.

I have been informed that his wife has since gone mad.' "Another witness says:-- "'The soldiers entered the two booksellers' shops between _Le Prophete_ and M.Sallandrouze's.

The murders committed there have been proved.