<P> De Launay was then seized and his sword and baton of rank torn from him . He was supposed to have been taken to the Hôtel de Ville by one of the leaders of the insurrection , soldier ( future general ) Pierre - Augustin Hulin . However on the way there , the furious crowd assaulted the governor , beat him and eventually lynched him by stabbing him repeatedly with their knives , swords and bayonets and shooting him once . The actual killing was reported to have taken place near the Hôtel de Ville when the struggling de Launay , desperate and abused , cried out `` Enough ! let me die . '' and kicked an unemployed cook named Desnot in the groin . After the killing , his head was sawn off by Mathieu Jouve Jourdan , a butcher . It was fixed on a pike to be carried through the streets for some hours before being thrown in the Seine the next day . Three officers of the Bastille 's permanent garrison and two of their veterans were also lynched while two of the Swiss were unaccounted for . However the majority of the defenders were escorted through the mob by French Guards who had joined the attackers , and eventually released . </P>
<P> De Launay was then seized and his sword and baton of rank torn from him . He was supposed to have been taken to the Hôtel de Ville by one of the leaders of the insurrection , soldier ( future general ) Pierre - Augustin Hulin . However on the way there , the furious crowd assaulted the governor , beat him and eventually lynched him by stabbing him repeatedly with their knives , swords and bayonets and shooting him once . The actual killing was reported to have taken place near the Hôtel de Ville when the struggling de Launay , desperate and abused , cried out `` Enough ! let me die . '' and kicked an unemployed cook named Desnot in the groin . After the killing , his head was sawn off by Mathieu Jouve Jourdan , a butcher . It was fixed on a pike to be carried through the streets for some hours before being thrown in the Seine the next day . Three officers of the Bastille 's permanent garrison and two of their veterans were also lynched while two of the Swiss were unaccounted for . However the majority of the defenders were escorted through the mob by French Guards who had joined the attackers , and eventually released . </P>
what happened to the governor of the bastille
what happened to the governor of the bastille
killing head was sawn off
killing head was sawn off