The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-07

dynamite explosion in the Boulevard d.
Gemaine and the Rue Clichy, man WalKeu
into the Cafe Very carrying package. no
spproached the zinc, as the bar IN / aIls
Honor store is called, and having taken
GLASS OF wine went out into the street. IL
was not noticed at the moment tnat ne hau
deposited his package Just under the on
and omitted to take 1t with hlln Oh leaNIn5'
Presently "A frightful explosion occurred;
the restaurantiwas completely wrecked, ana
the proprietor. NJ Very. and printer
named Hammond were killed.
COULDN'T KEEP QUIET
The following day the man Francois en-
tered n cafe on the Boulevard Sebastopol,
and after drinking freely, loudly declared
himself 10 be an Anarchist. All must vel
10 dynamite" he shouted repeatedly 20 IN
accompnniment of dramatic gestures, Will
an open-mouthed crowd looked woDderngly
on. The fact that he was thus exploiting
himself. however, soon attracted the atlen-
ton of the police, and the enthusiastic An
archist was quickly arrested on suspicioh'
Almost at the same moment Meunier, the
other Of the two suspects, was arrested IN
another part of the city.
AT the police prefecture the pair succeeded
ia establishing an allbi In spite OF an e1-
haustive examination. The whole affair
was in effect submely ridiculous After
the grave and solemn interrogatory had
been gone through both prisoners struck
theatrical attitudes and performed two dis
tiuct roles. Meunier covered his eyes with
handkerchief and wept profusely, standing
in the background, while the more assertiyo
Francois exclaimed: Gan 1t be wandered at
that / am an Anarchist when IL is thus the
law of society can outrage manhood: Here
am here is that other victim OF Oppres-
sion pointing to Meunier), deprived of
what is sweetef than life and dragged be-
fore the minions of the law 70 answer
charges our prosecutors know TO be ground
less. You restore to Us our freedom, but
you cannot make amends adequate TO the
wrong inflicted on US"
NJ. oOEoN HOODWINKED.
This highfalutin seemed to have its effect.
for the officials began 10 feel conscience
striker. and 80 much so that M. GoTon, the
project. rendered an apology to his
prisoners. and expressing his great regret at
their arrest actually gave them seventy-fye
francs out OF his own pocket to help them
in procuring sustenance while they should
be seeking work. With this they were al
lowed to depart. but conceding discretion
10 be the better part Of yalor, they lost no
time IN crossing the channel 10 England
upon the very funds thus supplied them by
the kind-hearted Project.
Following are the remarkable details va
riOusly connected with their subsequent
identification as the real authors of the fatal
Cafe Very explosion. The capture of Fran
co.'s and Meunier and the inevitable Sc
quence-their sentence to the guillotine-
Will, II accomplished, close the blood-stain-
ed chopter of the two months reign of ter
rOr which afflicted the French metropolis
last spring. and the credit of it all will be
due 70 one man, the distinguished Justicier.
NJ. Atthalin. This gifted Judicial officer has
attained considerable fame in Paris a. a
Jugo d'lnstruction. His methods are pc
cuiiar, differing altogether from those Gus
tomary with the majority of similar French
officials. Ordinarily the JUICE d'lnstruction
is Of rather DuildoZinR temperament and
inclined 10 seek his ends by the exercise of
coercion. Not so. however, with nj. Attha-
lin, whose policy is 10 assume friendly
conversational style when examining per-
son from whom he expects 10 extract infor-
nation. He worms himself smilingly into
the confidence OF the witness, who Dy de-
grees is deprived Of his caution and ends by
becoming convinced of the pure, disinter-
ested good nature of his chatty friend, the
Juge d instruction. Atthalin has thus es-
tablshed q reputation for ferreting out the
truth from prisoners and witnesses of all
classes and kinds which made his reten-
ton IN the present case matter of course.
THE DISCOVERY.
Through his cross-examnation of Chau-
martin was first revealed the existence of
the notorious Ravachol himself, and in a
similar way was traced the explosive depot
established by the Anarchists after the rob
berry Of dynamite at Soissy. The Anarchist