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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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In Lyons, France, 11 children under 12 beat 8-year-old Paul Gignoux to death after he challenged their taunts. Too young for criminal charges, they face no justice; the victim's father refuses civil suit, potentially prompting French law revision. (Paris dispatch, July 1.)
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PARIS, July 1.—An eight-year-old boy lies murdered and his eleven murderers are in the hands of the police—yet nothing can be done about it, and nobody can be brought to justice!
This is the situation faced by the authorities of Lyons today, and it may bring about a revision of French laws.
Young Paul Gignoux was a child of the rich and lived with his parents in a comfortable home which borders on the new workers' quarters of Lyons.
Because of his long hair and costly clothes Paul was dubbed 'la fille' (the girl) by the neighboring children, and he was molested every time he fared forth on his bicycle.
Then Paul had enough of it, stopped his bicycle and challenged them.
It was an eleven-year-old girl who first attacked Paul—tearing at his face with her nails. But the others were quick to follow. They grabbed stones and bricks and beat Paul's head and body until he died.
Rounded up by the Lyons police, it was found that not one of the murderers was more than twelve years old, and therefore not liable to criminal action.
A civil suit against all the youngsters and their parents would be possible, but Paul's father has refused to make any formal complaint.
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Lyons
Event Date
July 1
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paul gignoux murdered; eleven children aged 12 or younger not liable to criminal action; civil suit possible but father refuses formal complaint
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Young Paul Gignoux, an eight-year-old boy from a rich family, was molested by neighboring children in the workers' quarters of Lyons due to his long hair and costly clothes. He challenged them after stopping his bicycle. An eleven-year-old girl first attacked him, tearing at his face with her nails, and the others followed, beating him with stones and bricks until he died. The eleven attackers, all 12 or younger, were rounded up by police but cannot be brought to criminal justice. This may lead to revision of French laws.