Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
VENGEFUL ANARCHISTS.
Four Men Blown to Pieces by an Internal
Machine Left in a Paris Street.

Four Men Blown to Pieces by an Internal
Machine Left in a Paris Street.
PARIS, Nov. S.-An explosion occurred in thi
city this morning by which four men lost their
lives. The affair was undoubtedly the work of
anarchists, who were seeking revenge upon the
Carmaux Mining Company. whose long strug-
gle with their employees was amicably settled a
few days ago.
Early this morning two policemen were pass
ing along the avenue de L'Opera- When they
arrived in front of the offices of the CarmauX
Mining Company they saw close in front OF it
curious iron vessel, resembling a saucepan.
The police officer picked the vessel up and car
ried it to the police station. where the other
policemen began to examine it.
The officers had been investigating only a
few minutes when the vessel exploded with
terrific force, instantly killing two policeman
and SO terribly wounding another that the
doctors say his recovery is impossible. Quite q
number Of officers were in the station at the time
and it is considered miraculous that more Of
them were not killed.
The windows of the building were blown out,
the plastering was torn off and the furniture
broken and scattered in every direction. In
fact the whole interior of the building
wrecked, and so great was the force of the ex-
plosion that even the outer walls were
damaged.
When the CONSERVATION had subsidized a search
was made of the station and the bodies of four
men who had been killed were found. The
dead were a sergeant of police, the po-
lice commissary's secretary, a policeman
and porter employed by the Carmaux
Mining Company, who, it turns out,
had, at the request of the policeman who dis
covered the vessel, carried 1t to the station.
The bodies presented most CHASTITY spectacle,
and many of the onlookers were made sick AZ
they saw the horribly mutilated and bleeding
dead carried out.
An inspector of police was MORALLY wounded.
1t is said that the explosive was not dyna-
mite.
So violent was the explosion that houses in
the vicinity were shaken to their foundations
and their occupants rushed into the streets
fearing the buildings were about to fall. Wins
dows in every direction were shattered and the
utmost excitement and confusion prevailed.
Two stories OF the police building were COM
pletelv wrecked. The whole street was thickly
strewn with debris. Firemen were engaged in
removing the wreckage.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
It is now stated i. was not the police who
found the bomb, but that it was discovered by
the cashier of the Carmaux Company, who
noticed it lying in the entresol of the
building. The affair was of a spherical shape
and a handle attached to it. The
cashier called policeman, who accompanied by
station. The clockwork movement in the in
terror of the internal machine struck while the
four men who were killed were standing over
and examining it, Instantly there was terrific
roar and shock and the work Of destruction was
done.
1t is not believed that the men who were
killed knew what hit them. They were SO fear
fully mangled that death must have been in
Simultaneous. Everybody left alive in the sta
ton, except the inspector, who was too badly
injured to move, rushed through the clouds
Of smoke and dust and made their
way to the streets. For short
time they could not realize what had occurred,
but soon as they regained their wits they
rushed back to save, if possible, their missing
comrades. They soon returned bearing the
wounded inspector. who was unconscious. He
was at once taken to a hospital. The police
then brought out the bodies of the dead and
sent them to the morgue. where efforts were
made TO restore them to a semblance Of human
ity.
The excitement caused by the outrage grows
in intensity, and many threats are made
against the perpetrators. The police author
tiles are doing their utmost to discover the
authors Of the crime, and the best detectives OF
the force have been detailed on the case. As
yet. however, they are working in the dark. for
there is not, as far as known to the public a
single clew to establish the identity of those
who placed the bomb where it was found.