The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-30
A PARIS TRAGEDY
Baron de Plinval Falls in Love
with Nine. Mika.
REFUSED THE FATHERS HOUSE
tiers and Begins to Shoot People-Hs
Had Gone Mad.

Especial to TIE HERALD-Examiner CableI
PARIS, June ga startling tragedy oc-
CURED in the middle of Saturday night a.
No. 40 Rue Jacob. At that address lives
the Baron de Plinval. who is only twenty
four. He is a very high liver, or rather he
was until yesterday morning, and mis- face
was well known to the frequenters Of the
Bots de Boulogne, as he comes Of very
good family. Saturday night after having
dlned in company with lady to whose
charms he had succumbed, but who is at
least ten years older than he is, he, still
with her, called upon his father, who lives
In Avenue de Villiers. The lady il known
as Mime. Mika and she keeps 3 counter at
the universal exhibition. The baron's
father seeing the person by whom his son
was accompanied, refused TO admit them to
the house. Repulsed here, they returned to
the oaron's apartments In Rue Jacob snd
there ali of a sudden the young baron ap-
Feared to be seized with madness.
With the assistance of his trail compan-
Ion he proceeded To pile the massive fur
nlture or MS room against the door so as
etfectually TO 5arrlcade it. Then he re-
moved MS rifle from its usual place and
having loaded IL, took his seat at q
window, while Nine. Mika stood by with
box OF cartridges which she immediately .
handed him cartridges as fast as he
emptied bis gun. Mime. Cachacazzi, who
lives in another apartment in the same
house, was the first victim as she received ,
a shot IN the breast. BY this time news OF
what was going on had spread and therei
was an immense crowd in the street |
Several men, holder than their comrades, !
tried TO stop the fusilade by entering and
making an endeavor TO force the doors, but
their tremendous strength, aided by the
barricade, rendered that impossible. The
porter headed a small crowd which went
OFF to the police department to get assist |
ance. While they were away Baron de
Plinval conceived the idea of attacking the I
crowd and creating sensation in another
way. He therefore began to throw the
contents of his apartments into the court
yard below. Chair succeeded chair and
other pieces of furniture followed while
the heavier ornaments with which aim
could be taken were hurled at the heads of
the crowd. The excitement now was at
fever heat, but presently the commissaire
OF the district, accompanied by q
number OF policemen, arrived on the
scene. Two policemen endeavOred to enter
the building, but al that moment
De Plinval was seen at the window armed
with his rife, The crack of which was heard
as the two men fell to the ground shot by the
mailman, and almost simultaneously with
his appearance at the window the aston
ished crowd noticed bright light in his
apartment. The drapery had been fired by
him. In few minutes the whole place
was ablaze. This created new diversion
and q hasty summons was sent to the fire
department which soon arrived. The fire
men who made an effort to direct the
stream of water on the burning building
met the same fate which had been melted
out to the officers of the law for De Plinal
took deliberate aim and shot them. Then
he commenced final fusilade from the
window. Bottles and glasses were fired
with all the force of which he was capable
and they were interspersed with bullets
Suddenly the noise ceased and on this the
police took courage to make another at
tempt to storm the apartments, which dur
ing all this time had continued to burn.
They started up stairs TO cut open the dooro
when suddenly the most heartrending
shrieks were heard from the court yard.
Baron de Plinval and Nine. Mika had pre-
cipi tated themselves from the window A
rush was at once made for them and he was
picked up in an unconscious condition. In
one hand he clutched the rife which had
done so deadly execution, and in the other
was his sword cane. No hope is held out.
for the recovery of either De Plinval or his
inamorata. They were both taken to the
hospital
The fire continued TO burn in the Rue
Jacob for some hours and it was o'clock
in the morning before it was extinguished.