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...Paris police waited no longer. They roused Editor Stil out of his suburban house, popped him into jail for "inciting to public demonstrations, armed or otherwise." Undismayed, Stil smuggled stories out of jail, but his biggest story ("Ridg-way . . . has entered a Paris in a state of siege") was lost to his readers. At 4:30 a.m. police descended on L'Humanité, confiscated 45,000 copies and seized others that had been distributed. The charge against Editor Stil was changed to a graver one (provocation to violence), with a maximum penalty of five years in prison...
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