Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-09-22
The Internal Machine Assassina-
tion in Paris.

held at Paris on the 2Sth of July, 1885,
as Louis Philippe, surrounded by a crow
of civil and military attendants, was rid
ing along the Boulevard du Temple,
tremendous explosion was heard, III
sound of which seemed to proceed fror
a house opposite. Marshal Mortier, Gen
eral Vernigny, Colonel de Rieussec. an
several grenadiers Of the guard, besides
number of spectators, were shot dead o.
, the spot. The number of persons injure
in addition to fourteen who were kiIlaf
was oetween twenty and thirty. Th
kings horse was wounded; but neithe
he nor his sons, by whom he was accom-
panied, received any hurt.
Guided by the smoke, the police rush
ed into the house, and seized the assassin
in the act of letting himself down by a
rope from a rear window. The machine
which be had employed to effect his de-
sign, consisted of twenty-five gun barrels
placed side by side in frame, the back
portion OF which could be elevated or de-
pressed al pleasure; while, by means of
train communication with the touch
holes, all could be discharged at once
Each barrel had been loaded with sew
eral bullets and heavy charge of pow
der; and five of them had bursted, sew
erely wonnding the assassin, and thereby
materially retarding his escape. The
window near which the machine was
placed, stood open but the machine it.
self had been concealed from observation
by Persian blinds, which had not been
withdrawn till the moment preceding the
lighting of the train. To the instant OF
delay thus occasioned, may be attributed
the escape of the king, who had just pass
ed the spot swept by the missiles at the
time the discharge took place.
The assassin turned out to be Cor
sican named Fieschi, a man of exceed
ingly disrepu;able character. He had
stood in the pilory for forgery; had suf-
fered two years imprisonment for theft
and had ended by being spy of the
police, from which last position he had
been discharged short time previously.
Four other men, Morey, Pepin, Bori-
eau and Bescher, were afterwards appre-
hended as accomplices. The prisoners
were all placed on trial together and
the proceedings, which commenced on
the 30,h of January, 1886. were not con
cluded till the 14th of February.
To France, as is common throughout
the continent, it is customary, in crimi-
nal trials, TO examine the parties accused
in the presence of the court. Fieschi.
whose demeanor exhibited mixture Of
bravado and levity, made no effort to con
ceal his guilt, but denied that the idea of
killing the king and bis sons-which be
admitted TO have been the object of the
attempt-bad originated with himself
He asserted that Pepin and Morey had
laid the plot, and had furnished the mon
ey to purchase the materials while the {
atter had assisted in loading the machine I
he night before the review. Morey's
was abundantly established I
rom other sources; but aside from the {
unreliable declarations of Fieschi, the evi
lence against Pepin, whose previous life !
seems TO have been quiet and orderly, &
was exceedingly slight. Boireau's part t
n the affair had been limited TO riding {
along the Boulevard the evening pre- /
'eding the assassination, in order to afford .
/ mark by which to adjust the direction Z
If the machine. The charge against t
3escher being manfestly without founda- C
ion, was Withdrawn at an early stage of il
he proceedings. e
Fieschi, Morey, and Pepin were con- C
emned to death, and Boreau to twenty r
ears imprisonment at hard labor. On t
he morning of the 18th of February, the b
entence of the three former was carried il
1to effect. AT seven o'clock the execu a
oner entered the hall of the Luxem- Il
ourg prison, for the purpose of superin- n
ending the final preparations. A bench P
'as placed between two of the pillars, "
ehind which were stationed three gems II
'armes with drawn sabres. Feschi first e.
ivanced. With careless air, holding, il
is head erect, and gazing defisntly about ii
i'm, he took his seat on the bench
Whilst undergoing the CHASTITY toilet, said
be the most trying part OF the dread W
ceremonial which precedes the gulIotine, al
eschi continued talking with great W
and apparent unconcern. After W
IS hair had been cut off behind, and bis Ia
ms pinioned. he stood up and thus adj pr
'essed those about him /: sc
"Gentlemen, Irequest you will bear tn
tness that have beqaeathed my head sc