Huntsville gazette., 1892-04-30
"FRIENDS OF RAvACHOL."

Panic Caused In the Neighborhood-
Several Persons Injured. Some Fatally
| Nj. Very Dead.
PARIS, April 26.-There was a terrific
| explosion early last evening in the en-
trance of the wine shop of NJ. Very, y
Boulevard Magenta, where Ravachol,
the anarchist was arrested on March
80. The bomb contained at least twelve
pounds of dynamite and completely
wrecked the establishment.
| 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
room. M. Very was standing in the
middle of the room when the shock
came. He was thrown against the wall
in 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 recovered their senses and
ran into the street shouting and crying
fire" The police who have been sta
toned near the wine shop since Rava-
chol's arrest came up as the uninjured
came out and began bringing out those
unable to help themselves.
NJ. Very was found to be in pitiable
condition. Both of his legs had been
crushed by the falling beams, his collar
bone was fractured and his right arm
was broken. He was bleeding at the
mouth and ears, and is supposed to have
suffered internal injuries. His little
boy was found unconscious in a corner
with his collar bone broken. Both were
taken to the Sainte Lois hospital, where
| M. Very's legs were aInputated, and
where he died shortly before midnight.
| OF the other ten persons injured three
were taken to the hospital and the
others were helped to their homes by
the police. Six Of them are said to
have bones broken and internal in
| juries, but the particulars are not yet
known.
| Half of the front of the wine shop was
blown out, the stairs Of the lower two
stories were smashed to splinters and
not door or window in the house was
left whole. The floor in the corridor
was blown away, the chandelier was
twisted and hurled into corner and
1 where the ceiling and walls were not
split the plaster was taken off as if
seraped with knife.
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 in them was
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 thicl1ly popu-
lated, and five minutes after the explo-
sion the street was crowded with fright
ened men and women. An extra force
| of police was summoned and an effort
was made to induce the people to re-
turn to their rooms The effort was
fruitless for some time, and women and
children blocked the sidewalks, crying
and wringing their hands Later men
began carrying out their most valuable
possessions and prepared to move their
families to other parts of the city.
Much of the patronage of the wine
shop was local, and families in the
neigborhood fear that Ravachofs friends
have marked it for destruction as a
warning to the magistrate and the wit
nesses at the trial to-day. Police are
watching the shop and making house
to house inquiries along the boulevard
in the hope of getting clew to the per-
petra tor of the deed.
NJ. Very was hurt beyond giving
information to throw light on the out
rage, but a waiter who was taken with
him to the hospital says that his mas
ter has received no fewer than fifty or
| sixty threatening letters from anarch-
lists since Ravachol was arrested. One
of them, found by the police in NJ.
Very's desk at the rear of the shop read
as follows:
SIR-You have dared to betray Ravachol.
Beware You will learn what his friends can
do Your shop is doomed and your infamous
life will be taken before May /. Your family is
no better than you. We will take care Of them,
too
[Signed FRIENDS OF RAvAcHoL.
At the top of this was printed in red
letters MAY 1" and the same was
printed at the bottom in black letters.
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 caused the arrest of the mighty spirit
of the revolution. Thousands will rise in
his place Do not try your vile methods
upon him. You will hear from us before
the trial of Ravachol You shall suffer
the punishment you have earned as a warning
4 to the cowardly bourgeosie who seek Rayachol's s
blood. Your door, is at hand; prepare to meet
it,
tSigned.l RAvAcHoLs AVENGERS.
L'Herot, the waiter who assisted in
the arrest of Ravachol, was not at the
wine shop when the bomb exploded, and
it is thought that he has fed from the
city. Yesterday morning he received a
letter warning him that he would not
live to testify against Ravachol and
that the following twenty-four hours
would be his last.
The rumor is abroad that an attempt
will be made to assassinate Mr.. Cues