The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-07-14
LOST HIS HEAD.
RavachOl, the French Anarchist
and Murderer, GuillOtined
in Paris.
Largo Crowds Of Excited but
Orderly People Witness the
Execution.

PARIS, July 12.--Ravachol, the anarchist,
murderer and thief was executed this
morning He was awakened at $40 O'clock
by the Jail officials at Montbrison and in
formed that the day of his execution had
arrived. Ravachol replied:
lit is we'll"
"Have courage" SAID all official.
lit would be unfortunate, indeed II had not"
retOrted RavachoI.
When the prisoner arose from his bed he
was offered the choice of changing his pris-
OH clothes for the clothing he had worn
during his trial.
"Do you want help?" asked "a bystander.
Thanks, can dress myself" Ravachol re-
piled, adding laughngiy. lyon see | am quite
swell. One would think was about to be going
to a ball"
AS he placed his feet in his shoes he no
ticed that he had forgotten his socks. He
said: 1T is wrong not to put on socks, as
| have damp feet. tbs not easy TO lace
these shoes" He then asked for a drink Of
water and drank it at gulp. After these
preparations in the cell had been COM
pleted Ravachol was taken 10 the office Of
the prison, where he was asked if he had
any wish to express. Yes" he replied,
want TO address the crowd. | have a
few words to say" The magistrate, whom
the French law requires to be present, said
There won't be any crowd" Ravachol
looked disappointed and exclaimed: 'Ah,
prOCureur."
HAD NO USE FOR RELIGION.
The prison chaplain here asked if Rava-
chol wished to sec him. Ravachol replied
that he had no need of his services; that he
never had any religion. Notwithstanding
tIiS cIot,lain o1,nrNaoiaH Paw.
aChOI, saying:
81 come to bring you for the last me the
consolation OF religion and to put before you
the image oil Christ whose law you disre-
gArded."
II don't care Il rap for yOur religion" said
Ravochol. Il don't want your crucfX
ii you show il to me will spit upon it. All Of
you people encourage superstition, and try to
make people believe what you cannot prove.
Debler here approached Ravochol and
began to bind his arms behind his back.
Assuming an air OF banter the prisoner
said This is civilization; this is prog
rcss." Turning to the chaplain he said
"ReIigion! what Jolly How the world is
besotted." Deibler here took hold of him
and pushed him toward and into the van
that was IN waiting. which at once started
for the guiNOtine In some way the knowl-
edge that TINS notorious criminal was to be
put to death became known, and
A NOISY AND EXCITED CROWD
gathered about the place where the guillo-
tine was set up. eager to SEE the end of the
man who, tor a time by his dynamite out
rIges terrorized Paris. The approaches to
the scaffold were guarded by lines OF troops,
who kept the way clear for the condemned
man and the executoners party. Slowly
the van passed through the lines of silent
troops and drew up near the spot where the
instrument OF death had been erected. AS
RavachOl descended from the van, silence
lell upon the crowd. Once alongside the
guillOtnc :he prisoner was seized by the as
Sistants of NJ. ID ebler, the execuuoner, who,
with the celerily attained by long practice,
soon bound hm hand and loot. His elbows
were drawn back behind him and boun
together, his shirt was opened at the neck
and turned down, and i'll moment his I'M
resisting form was pushed upon the sliding
plank that ca rics the body forward III a
reclining POSITION so that the neck is di-
re2tly under the knife. Just as he was slid
Forward Ravachol shouted. Il have some
thing to say" Diebler paid no attention
whatever TO this, but proceeded to let the
KIM drop Just as the heavy blade started
on its fatal journey Ravachol shouted,
"Nive la RcpuDlique, and a second later
his severed head was lying in the basket
placed in front of the gullIOtine to receive
it. A ter the morbid curiosity OF the crowd
had been fully satisfied by seeing the end of
Ravachol they slowly dispersed. There
was no single incident among the crowd
worthy OF note.