Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-07-11
BOHEMIAN, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JULY II. 1878.

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country he intended TO return. He ver
back as his missionary duties required, W;
i arrcstedand banished another time.
Louis Napoleon had belonged to the Ita
ian association of patriots. had proven
traitor, and was then. in 1858. in the wa
q of a successful political revolution. Fri
f death would turn all Europe t,,psy-turyv
c and give the oppressed a hearing. On tn
? 10Th OF January, 1858, De Rudio droppe,
I into Paris He was there by appointment
| lie was fellow-consprator of Felice Or
e SIM. 1t was planned that the Empero
should die at one of his grand balls. at tht
, hands of guests dagger. De Rudio call
f ell that ignoblc. assassination, criminal
He said: xiii him when he is surrounded
by his lancer. in the public street. when h,
has every guard thrown around bis impe
rial person.' The plot was changed. and
The now historical scene of January II, '5S
followed. De Rudo's book gives picture
of the drama in front of the Grand Opera
House .hat is remarkably distinct. There
were tiye hand-grenadcs. or bombshells. TO
be thrown-tl.ree into the royal carriage
and one some distance in (ront. and one in
the rear to keep bac! tie crowd until tie
cOnspirators were sure of their " ort and
escape. The Emperor's carriage with the
Empeor and Empress Euyenic in it. ap-
preached the grand stairway OF the opera
house through file of lancers on either
side. De Rudio says he Was standing i'm
mcdiately behind the soldiers when the
carriage came Hp, watching the conspira-
tor who was commissioned to throw tie
| first grenade. When Ee saw his arm make
curve through the air, De Radio dropped
to the ground; quick as tic explosion &C.
| Cured he raised himself up and tossed his
grenade over the heals OF tie lanccrs, and
again dropped. waiting Tor Orsini to throw
the third one; but Orsini was blinded BIZ
the smoke from De RtUlio's shell and
wounded in tie head: this miss of Ors;ni
kept the conspirators from throwing their
grenades until it was too late: one more
WAS thrown out of order. i!a Radios
shell fell under tie front wheels, killing
the horses. the coaciman. and fearing ont
a Whole side Of lie carriage There was
the widest dislllay. II WIS an attack in
the dark. The lancers fell back. the crowd
scattered, tie horses plunged to the right
and left. and confusion con!oundeti rei@ned
supreme. De Etdio's design was to dash
through the lancers and finish his majesty
with 4 digger if the "rcnajies failed. Or
sini's blindness prevented The execution of
that part Of the plGt. lie isildio knew t!,at
his own life WAS worth nothing if he broke
o." a. o"""ri"s.n hetArr the third Grenade
was thrown. He therefore waited until the
third explosion occurred. The delay in
delivering it, and tie fact that it was
thrown by tie fourth man, instead of the
third. dcmoraliZed the working of the plot
and gave the lanccrs time to rally and sur
round the carriage. De Ruilio saw that
personal knowledge Of the Emperor's
death was impossible at that time. He
withdrew from the scene. There had been
several Killed and any amount Of constel-
nation created. and onr consprator WIS
pretty well satisfied that the object of his
attack was dead. He rapidly realized that
all Paris was startled, and before sunrise
all France would be. 1t was night of
terror in the city. The extent of the con-
spiracy was secret to all except the conspir
ators. There was Il universal dread of all
the possibilities of commune. During
the night there We're iifly-four killed and
one hundred and seventeen wounded. The
storm passed, and the Emperor and En-
press remained unharmed.
At 3 O'Clock in the morning De Ru(lio
was arrested at his lodgings. \ roommate
and fcllow-conspirator, Pieri, had been az
rested, and upon his relations with De Ril-
dio the latter was suspcioned and brought
before the judge of instructions for Il pre-
liminary hearing. The plot covered that
contingency. and in a few minutes De Ru-
dio proved an alibi and was discharged.
As he was leaving the building he passed
GorlneZ, in tie custody Of an officer. Cor
mez threw the first grenade, and had al
ready turned States evidence to save his
own head. Orsini was the fourth and last
one captured. Gormez whispered to De
Rudo: 1--WE are lost" The oi,icer in
quircd:
who's that man?'' The traitor an
swered: ''De Rudio." His name was
familiar in Paris, and Immediately he WAS
arrested. When he again appeared before
the Judge of instructions. his honor greet
ed him as ''De Rulio," and the conspira-
tor acknowledged the salutation. "Then
YOU are De Rutio?' asked the jndge.
YES, sir, am De Rudio.' Did you not
yesterday say your name was De Silver,
and your nationality Portuguese?' YES.
sir, | did. Your honor is aware that an
exile from Italy cannot pass through
France, and that | was returning home
Therefor, | purchased, as you yourself
have done, a passport in London. | pas
sed untler the name in the passport, and
why not? l am a patriot, a conspirator.
but know nothing of this affair." | fell
in with Pieri naturally because he was an
exile and a fellow-countryman. Other
wise he is stranger to me, and have no
knowledge of his business in Paris"
His whole interview with the judge of
Instructions Was 4 very dramatic one. De
He made a brilliant fight for his lcquittal,
but woman, a satchel and boz OF pow
der. were cruel witnesses. They bore