The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-27

were indebted for the information that led |
to his capture. So strong is the feeling OF
fear that many residents of the city and |
foreign visitors are leaving or making hur-
ried preparations to leave.
The scene in the vicinity of the explosion |
surpasses description. Throughout the |
night and morning excited crowds, some |
times numbering 10000, filled the street
and surrounded the wrecked restaurant. |
The affair was discussed in loud and angry
voices and every body joined in condemning
the outrage. The opinion seemed to pre- |
vail among the crowd that the Anarchists
not only from France, but elsewhere, are
resolved to force the world to take serious
notice of their existence and their doc
trines. 1t is very likely that the methods
that they are pursuing will effect this end,
but il is the general opinion that if they
succeed in their object it will be so much
the worse for them.
The first rumor, as told in these dis
patches last night, had it that the explosive
was thrown through the grating in front
of the restauran1. This statement is sup
ported by passer-by, who says that he
saw serpeDtine flames shoot across the
pavement, and that the roar of the explo-
sion Immediately followed. The restaurant
was wrecked, as was also the shop OF Ma
dame Noranze, a dealer in second hand
goods, next door. A few minutes after the
explosion man on the Boulevard Ma
genta shouted: ''Well done, Vive la re-
public" He was at once arrested,
but dend that he had raised
the cry Nothing could be proven
against him, and in a few hours
be was released. The report that M. Very
had died from the effects of his injuries
was incorrect. 1t is said at the hospital
today that it is thought his recovery is
possible. His wife and daughter Jeanne,
were badly burned about their faces, but
it is not thought that their condition is
serious, though they are suffering a great
deal from the shock.
Paul Hammond, q printer, who was IN
the restaurant at the time of the explosion,
is horribly wounded in various parts Of
his body. His condition is critical An
other printer named Gaudson Roger was
severely burned. The other Injured per-
sons are progressing toward recovery.
L'Herot, the waiter in M. Very's restau-
rant, who informed the police of the habit
of Ravachol of dining there, received an
anonymous letter yesterday, in which 1t
was said: "If Ravachol is condemned to-
morrow, remember that at the same hour
you will be attacked by the engines of our
vengeance"
A representative of the Associated Press
had an interview with l. Herot to-day. He
said that at about o'clock last night q
party consisting of three men and women
dlned in their restaurant. They engaged
him in conversation, and asked whether, in
view of the part he had taken in the arrest
OF Ravachol, he was not afraid that the
friends Of the Anarchists would seek VEN
geance on him. L'Herot replied
casually. and then turned the
conversation 10 another subject.
He regarded the matter lightly until after
the explosion. Then he recalled several
significant incidents that had occurred.
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restaurant first. One of the men paid the
bill of the party and then went toward the
door, which he held open. One of his COM
panlonS placed parcel under table be-
| side the counter, while the third mau ig
nigted match and lighted a cigarette.
After lighting the cigarette he held the
match under the table, apparently TO avoid
| the sulphurous vaper emitted. After the
| cigarette was lighted, both hastily Joined
| their companion, who was still at the door,
and all quickly departed Gown Rue Sencey.
| Soon afterw2rd the explosion occurred.
! The theory that the explosion was coca
stoned in this manner does not agree with
the result of the inquiry that has been made
| by the municipal engineers. The engineers
| believes that a dynamite bomb was placed
at the Threshold of the restaurant, which
| had double door. One section, which as
generally open, resting against counter
flooring at the door, was covered with an
iron plate. The bomb appears to have
been deposited about four inches from this
plate inside the restaurant. The landlady
of the hotel situated over the restaurant,
declares that half an hour before the ex-
plosion two men dressed as peasants. car
rying bag between them, applied to her
for a room. She did not like their looks
and refused to accommodate them.
a dynamite cartridge was found last
night under the staircase of house in Rue
d'Enghein.
The contents of number of small bombs
found in the lodgings of Anarchists were
analysed, and found to contain a kiogran
of dynamite and a kilogram of sebastine.
Premier Loubet to-day visited the per
sons injured by the explosion and assured
them OF the solicitude of the government
for their welfare
La France says: The people of Paris de
mand that martial law be proclaimed; tina
every suspected person be arrested anG
the centres of agitation be unremittingII
watched by the police.
A Dynamite Cartridge Exploded in Consulate
BORDEAUX, April ga dynamite car