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On October 5th, 1789, people found that there was a low supply of bread with high prices. Men and women rioted; they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched towards Versailles, where the King and his family would be.

Stanislas-Marie Maillard was one of the leaders of the march. He tried to keep the crowd from committing crimes like murder and arson. The crowd had tied up a priest, Pierre-Louis Lefebvre-Laroche, trying to protect gunpowder, when Stanislas-Marie untied him. He also prevented the crowd from burning the entire city hall down.