Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Wine Shop of M. Very, Who
Caused the Arrest, Wrecked
by a Bomb.
Ehe Proprietor Killed and Ten Other
People More or Less Seriously
Injured.
The COwardly Deed Looked Upon as q
Warming to Magistrate aud
Witnesses.

PARIS. April 26.-There was terrific
explosion during the evening at the
entrance of the wine shop of NJ. Very,
% Boulevard Magenta where Ravachol,
the anarchist, was arrested on March
30. The bomb contained at least twelve
pounds of dynamite and completely
wrecked the establishment. Ten per-
sons were seriously injured, M. Very
fatally.
The explosion occurred when the wine
shop was half full Of guests, and as
nearly as can be learned, the bomb was
placed just within the outside door of
the corridor and at the door leading
from the corridor into the wine rooms.
M. Very was standing in the middle Of
the room when the shock came. He
was thrown against the wall in a
heap of shattered tables and chairs.
The ceiling fell and several beams were
split and fell to the floor. A minute
after the explosion ten of the guests re-
covered their senses and ran into the
street shouting and crying ''fire." The
police, Who have been stationed near
the wine shop since Ravachol's arrest,
came up as they came out and began to
bring out those
Unable to Help Themselves.
NJ. Very is in pitiable condition.
Both of his legs have been crushed by
the falling beams, his collar bone frac-
tured and right arm broken. He was
bleeding at the mouth and ears and is
supposed to have suffered internal in.
juries. His little boy was found uncon-
scious in a corner with his collar bone
broken. Both were taken to the Saint
Elois hospital, where M. Very's legs
were amputated. Of the other ten
persons injured three were taken to
the hospital and the others were helped
to their homes by the police. Six CT
them are said to have bones broken and
internal injuries, but the particulars
are not yet known.
Half of the front of the wine shop
was blown out and the stairs of the low
er two stories were smashed to splinters.
Not door or a window in the house
was left whole. The floor in the cor
ridor was blown away The chandelier
was twisted and hurled into a corner.
The buildings on each side of the wine
shop were damaged from top to bottom.
Half of the furniture was broken and
all the glass shattered. The whole
block around the wine shop was rocked
by the explosion and the walls were
started so that they cracked or bulged.
The neighborhood is thickly populated
and five minutes after the explosion
the street was crowded with
M. Very has received no fewer than
hfty or sixty threatening letters from
anarchists since Ravachol was arrested.
One of them found by the police in NJ.
Very's desk at the rear of the shop reads:
Sir-You have dared to betray Rava-
chol; beware; you will learn what his
friends can do. Your shop is doomed.
and your infamous life will be taken he.
fore many weeks Your family is no bet
ter than you and we will take care of them
too. FRiEADS OF RAvACHoL.
Another letter with skull and cross
bones at the top apparently referred di-
rectly to the present outrage. 1t said:
You think you have crushed us. because
you have one mighty spirit of the revolu-
tion. Thousands will rise in his nlnca
Do not try ysur yl!e methods neon F" NJ.
You will hear from us before the trial Ut
Ravachol. You shall suffer the punish
Ment you have earned as a warming to
the cowardly bourgeoisic who seek kava-
chol's blood.
NJ. Very Dead.
NJ. Very, proprietor of the wine shop,
died shortly before midnight. Three ar
rests have been made, including u man
who just after the explosion in tue wine
shop, shouted at the next corner, "Vlve
ranarchy." He processes to know moth
ing Of the explosion.