The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-04 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR.

FURTHER EXAMINATION OF M. BERNARD.
Simon Bernard, charged with being concerned in
the late attempt to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon,
was placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, for the fourth
time, this day, at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Bodkin appeared on behalf of the prosecution,
and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner.
It will be recollected that the points of the former ex-
amination were the connecting the prisoner with the
pistols found on Orsini, and Pierri, and the proceedings
last Tuesday were confined to proving that the prisoner
Bernard conveyed the empty shells to Belgium, from
whence they were taken to Paris by a man who had not
the slightest knowledge of the purpose for which they
were intended, Bernard alleging that they were to be
used in a new invention about to be applied to gas.
The Court, as on former occasions, was densely
crowded.
Mr. Bodkin—Are all the witnesses here ?
Inspector Saunders—Yes, air; I have brought them.
The first witness called WAS Henri Jourdain, commis-
sioner of the Hotel de l'Europe at Brussels, who said—l
recollect a gentleman, whom I then knew as Allsop,
stopping at the hotel eleven days. laccompanied him to
the railway, when he left on the 11th of December. A
young man rode in the cab with him. I sat on the box.
At the railway, tickets were taken for Paris. A horse
which had been hired was also taken by the same train.
They started at seven o'clock in the evening. I have
since seen the person I knew as Ailsop in a French
prison.

Mr. Bodkin—Did you hear that person called by any
other name ?

Mr. S:eigh—l oljsct to the question.
Mr. Badkin—Very well—it is of no importanoe. I
will not press it.
Mr. Sleigh—When did you first hear of this matter,
and when were you asked to come and give evidence
Witness—l first saw the atteni?t in the newspapers,
and then I was called in by the Juge d'lnstruotion.
Mr. Sleigh—Were you arrested.
Witness--No.
Mr. Sleigh—But required to come here and give
evidence.

Witness—l was sent first to Paris, then here.
Mr. Sleigh—By whom ?
Witness--The Juge d'lnstruction.
Jules Fournarier, the waiter at the Cafe
Suisse, who, at the last examination, described
the balls brought to the hotel, was then showy the gre-
nade brought over by the French officer, and said the
bells he saw were exactly similar to the one produced.
Mr. Sleigh—Yon cannot swear that the balls produced
are the identical balls you saw in Brussels ?
Witness—l cannot.
William Meteyard, managing director of the Hotel de
Europe, at Brussels. I recollect a gentleman coming to
stop at the hotel in December. I knew him by the
name of Allsop. He was a stranger. He produced a
passpor., which I examined. He left it on the
11th; of December. I recommended , him to the
Hotel de Lille et Albion, in Paris. I have not
seen that person since.
Susannah Meekenheim, a native of Sheffield. I
reside in Brussels. My husband is a Frenchmen. I
formerly lived at Birmingham with my husband, who
was a manufacturer. I left Birmingham three years ago.
During my residence there, I because acquainted
with a person named Pierri. Me was a professor
of languages. In January of this year, Pierri
came to my residence in Brussels. My
husband saw him. He made some inquiries of him,
and they afterwards left the house. I afterwards
followed, and went to the Cafe Suisse, where
I met my husband. Pierri in a short time joined us;
as Pierri left he gave me a small packet w rapped in
brown paper.
The grenade was here given to witness, who with
some trepidation, took it into her hard, said the parcel
Pieria gave her to carry was not near so heavy as that
she now held.
Examination proceeded with—The parcel Pierri gave
me contained some metallic substance in shape like an
orange. I held it upon my muff. I found there was a
hole in it into which I put my finger. We went to a
cafe and after having partaken of refreshment Pierri left
for Paris, and took the parcel with him.
J ;loves La Croix—l am proprietor of the Hotel de
la Monnaie at Brussels. I know the prisoner. I have
seen him once, at my house. It was on the 26th of
December last. He produced a passport. He arrived
about seven o'clock in the evening and left on the fol-
lowing morning.
Henry Smith, Sergeant of the Metropolitan Police—
I Barred on the prisoner, in the House of Detention,
A notice to produce in this court the passport he obtained
on or about the 27th of December last. He read the
notice over, and then he said "It is destroyed and
burnt."
Mr. Sleigh—Did he not ray the persons who searched
his house must have his papers ?
Witness—No; he sail nothing about paper/.
M. Le Croix, re-called--I took the particulars of the
passport the prisoner produced in the book I now pro-
duce. The entry was—" Bernard Simon, 41 years old,
gentleman; born at Carcassone. residing in London.
The passport given is dated the 7th of December, 1857 ;
arrived on the 25th ; left on the 26th."
Jean Doom—I am employed at the Hotel de la
Monnaie, Brussels. I remember the prisoner corning
to the hotel on the 25tb. I received his passport. I
gave it to my master.
Eugenie 13rion—I kept the Hotel de France, in the
Rue Mortmartre, Paris, On the Bth of January last,
two persons named Pierri Andreas and Gomez S inez
arrived there. I only knew them by the names of
Andreae and Sveines, When S ;gime left De Silva arrived.
The both slept in the same room. They all produced
passports. The passport produced is the one given by
De Silva
Mr. Sleight am at a loss to conjecture what is the
object of this class of evidence. He has not yet connected
she. prisoner with either of these persons.
Mr. Jardine—l think I can see the object.
Examination proceeded with—Whilst Pierri and
Gomez were there a person whom I knew in the name
of Allsop arrived on a visit to those persons. Ile came
nearly every day. After De Silva left I saw Allsop there.
They took refreshments together. 'recollect the day the
attack was made on the Emperor and Empress. Alison
came to my house between eleven and twelve. Pierri
and De Sava were there when he came. He joined them
in the saloon. Gomez Came shortly afterwards on horse.
back. The four were together for a short time, and then
left. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon Pierri, Orsini,
and Silva returned, and afterwards Gomez. By Orsini I
mean the person called Alison. They went to their
room. They remained there a short time. The room
is numbered 50. All three left the house very shortly
afterwards together. Gomez name after they had left,
and asked for them. I saw nothing more of them that
evening until after I heard of the attack. De Silva re-
turned about 10 o'clock. He went up to the bedroom,
but came down directly afterwards, and asked for his '
bill. Whilst he was waiting for it the police arrived.
He showed them his passport and they left. The police
returned in the middle of the night and arrested
De Silva. they brought a poinard, a revolver, and
two boxes down stairs with them. I have been 'hewn a
poinard which is like the one found.
James Davies Parker—I am in the employ of the
Messrs. Herring, wholesale druggists, of 40, Aldersgate-
street. I knew the prisoner, he came on two occasions
to make purchases at our house. On Nov. 4, 1857, he
purchased 8 pounds of absolute alcohol and 10 pounds
of pure nitric acid. He paid for the articles and took
them away. On the 15th of December be came again
and purchased 9:b. of absolute alcohol 101 b. of nitric
acid, and 11b. of quicksilver. From
reading, these articles can be applied in producing
fulminating mercury.
Mr. Sleigh- -And can be used in fl my knowledge by
fifty other ways?
Witness—Yee, certainly.
Mr. Sleigh—Did the prisoner give his name ?
Witness.—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—Didn't he make some observations about
photographic chemicals?
Witness—Certainly not.
Mr. Sleigh—Nothirg about the price of collodion
Witness—No, nothing.
By Mr. Bodkin—There was another person with
him. He was a dark man, like an Italia,.
./ think I
should know
w
Mr. Bodkin—My friend Mr. Sleigh has said some-
him again. He spoke better English than
the
thing about photographic chemicals. Could the combi-
nationaphyt of all three of the articles be adapted to photo-
Nogr ; certainly not.
M. Raines, an inspector of the French police—l
arrested Radio in Room No. 50, in an hotel in the Rue
Montmartre. In the room, near to a bed, I found a
revolver with five chambers, and a poignard. Rudio
showed me a passport. The one produced is the docu-
ment. I found 270 francs in gold in his portemonnaie.
I produce the revolver and poignard. The latter is
quite new. I also found the two boxes produced.
tehil at to
Thursday next will be
T friend about our
[These boxes corresponded precisely with those sent to
M. Outrequin by the prisoner.]
Mr. Bodkin—ld
as have
I
fispndok
next, nieetieg, an
convenient to all parties, and as you, sir, said something
on a former occasion about a long day, we intend to
commence at half-past 10, when I hope we shall be able
to complete the case against the prisoner.
Mr. Sleigh—l hope, sir, you will now admit the pri-
soner to bail.
Mr. Jardine—l am still of the same opinion that I
expressed on a former occasion. I cannot do as you
wish.
Mr. S'eieh—Then, sir, I shall make an application to
a judge at chambers,
and perhaps_ my friend Mr. Bodkin
will be present to oppose the application.
Mr. Bodkin—l most certainly shall, if lam alive.
The prisoner Was then removed from the bar.