The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

their places, the prisoners, headed by
Ravachol, were brought in. They We're
guarded by a large squad of police.
When the reading of the Indictment
was concluded Judge Cues examined
Ravachol concerning the murders which
1t was charged he committed, and also
concerning the explosions. Ravachol
IN nonchalant manner admitted his
guilt and took upon himself the entire
responsibility for the Boulevard St. Ger
main and the Rue Clichy explosions.
When questioned as to his motives for
causing the explosions Ravachol replied:
Il felt a feeling Of unfeigned anger at
the conviction of LIE VallOir and Pcrrct.
l 90 not think that Benoit and Bulot
should have demanded the death of the
fathers of families. Then, again, the
brutality of the police when they arrested
my comrades revolted my conscience,
and determined upon revenge. In re-
gard to the ST. Germain explosion, l
loaded bomb that contained sixty cart
ridges. l dressed myself in broadclOth,
and went to Benoit's house without at
tracing any attention. After depositing
the machine and lighting the fuse l ran
down stairs aud reached the pavement
just as the explosion occurred. The
operation in the Rue Clichy was much
the same, only carried the bomb in
bag. A portion of the powder became
displaced, and thus rendered it extremely
dangerous to light the bomb, as it might
explode in an instant. But l did not
hesitate to take the risk"
Ravachol concluded his remarks with
an exposition of his theories. He said:
Il wish to see anarchy established and
the whole people as one great family,
l. Il, rryl~.,A l.
has with his brethren. / committed
those outrages in order to draw the at
tcntion Of the public to the needs Of the
anarchists
Simon was next examined, but no new
revelations were obtained from him. He
admitted his completely in the outrages.
Chaumartin said when questioned that
Ravachol stole from Soissy the car
tridges which he intended to use in
blowing up the palace Of Justice. The
other two prisoners tried to eXculpate
themselves. The witnesses were then
called, and their testimony corroborated
all the details of the crime as set forth
in the Indictment.
NJ. Beaupaire, the public prosecutor,
in his address to the jury declared that
the prisoners We're disciples o. the
famous bandit Claude Duval, and
equaled if not excelIei him in the dar-
ing manner in which their acts Of out
lawry were performed and in their utter
disregard of all established laws. He
SAID that they had not sought to convert
the people to their opinions, but to ter
rorize them and to subject them to their
will by placing them in n state of alb
ject fear.
The prosecutor caused sensation
when he read a letter from Belgian
magistrate informing him that anarch-
lists were sending cartridges TO Paris
He concluded by calling upon the jury
to return verdict al ,ainst Ravachol and
Simon without any recommendation of
mercy and to return severe verdict
against Bcala. In regard to Chaumar-
tin he left the jury to bring in verdict
in accordance with the evidence. Re
g:rding Rosalie Sougere,' he said, "con-
suit your hearts and consciences."
Ravachol and Simon were found guilty
and sentenced to penal scrvitudc for
life. The other prisoners were ac-
Quilted