Stavisky at bay and shoots himself . Hunted banker ends his life as police batter door of hiding place . Serge Stavisky , the hunted French banker shot himself dead as detectives were battering down a door to arrest him on a £ 6 , 000,000 fraud charge . The drama took place in a villa at Chamonix , the winter sports resort , where he had been in hiding . When detectives forced an entrance they found the banker in a coma on the floor gravely injured from two bullet wounds . Despite the efforts of doctors , he died . Photo shows ; a new picture of Serge Stavisky , the ' Kreuger ' of France . 9 J
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Smith Archive / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3881 x 5259 px | 32.9 x 44.5 cm | 12.9 x 17.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 September 1934Photographer:
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Stavisky at bay and shoots himself . Hunted banker ends his life as police batter door of hiding place . Serge Stavisky , the hunted French banker shot himself dead as detectives were battering down a door to arrest him on a £ 6 , 000, 000 fraud charge . The drama took place in a villa at Chamonix , the winter sports resort , where he had been in hiding . When detectives forced an entrance they found the banker in a coma on the floor gravely injured from two bullet wounds . Despite the efforts of doctors , he died . Photo shows ; a new picture of Serge Stavisky , the ' Kreuger ' of France . 9 January 1934 30s, 30's, 1930s, 1930's, thirties, nineteen thirties