The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-09
DEADLY INTERNAL MACHINE
Three Policemen and a Porter Killed
and an Inspector Mortality Wounded.
French Anarchists Insugurate Another Reign
ofTerrOr in Paris-Police Station Wrecked
by Click Work Machine.

persOns lost their lives ana another was
fatally injured. The affair was undoubt-
edly the work of Anarchists who were seek
ing revenge against the Csrmaux Mining
Company. whose long-continued struggle
with their employees was amicably settled
a few days ago. Early this morning two
policemen were passing along the avenue
De POpera. When they arrived In fronr of
the Offices of the Carmsux Mining Com
pany they saw n curious iron vessel. resem-
bling a saucepan, lying close TO the build
ing IN which the cOmpany's Offices are To-
Gated. They picked the vessel uD aud car
red 10 to the police station, where they and
other officers began TO examine it. They
had been investigating only few minutes,
force, instantly killing three of the officers
and seriously wounding another. Quite q
number of officers were In the station, and
il is strange that more Of them were not
killed.
When the CONSERVATION had subsidized o
search was made Of the station and the
bodies of four men who had been killed
were found. The dead were q sergeant of
police. the police commissioners secretary,
policeman and porter employed by the
Carmaux Mining Company. who. it turned
out. had. at the request OF the policemen
who discovered the vessel. carried 1t to the
station. The bodies presented q most
CHASTITY spectacle, and many Of the on
lockers were made sick as they saw the
horribly mutilatsd and bloody dead car
tally wounded.
What the explosive was is not known,
but IL was most powerful. 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. Two
stories of the police building were wrecked.
The whole street was thickly atrewn with
debris FIremen were engaged in remov-
ing the wreckages. lt Is now stated that
ID was not the police who found the bomb,
but that 1T was discovered by the cashier
Of the Carnaux company, who noticed IL
lying in the intresol of the building.
The affair was spiral-shape, and a handle
was attached TO it. The cashier called
policeman. who, accompanied by the COM
pany's porter, took the bomb TO the station.
The clock movement In the interior Of the
machine struck while the four men who
were killed were standing over and exam
ining IL. Instantly there was terrific roar
and shock. and the work of destruction
was done. 1t 10 not believed that she men
who were killed ever knew what had hit
them. They were so fearfully man gled that
Everybody left alive in the station. ex-
cept the inspector. who was too badly in
jured 70 move. rushed through the clouds
of smoke and dust and made their way to
the street. For q short time they could
not realize what had occurred, but as soon
as they regained their wits they rushed
back to save. If possible. their missin q
comrades. They soon returned bearing the
He was at once taken to q hospital The
police brought ont the bodies Of the dead
and sent them to the morgue where efforts
were made TO restore them TO semblance
OF humanity.
The excitement caused by the outrage
grows in intensity, and many threats are
made. The best detectives have been de-
tailed on the case. nj; Loubet, the Prime
Minister. M. Ricerd. Minister of Justice.
the Procureur and the project of the police
visited the scene this afternoon. and made
n close inspection of the @recked building
The interior OF the structure presented q
sinister spectacle of destruction The
hoor of the front room. the first from the
street. was covered with fragments of
back, where the explosion occurred.
was covered with splashes OF
and bone. The bodies had not been re-
taken away afterwsrd. Fragments of tho
bodies were mixed with the debris. and the
sight was horrible one. Mar the door
lay the body OF policeman, the clothing
from q great gaping wound. Part OF the
seTgeant's body was lying In g. corner of
the room lt was uDrecognizable. save by
some remaining fragments of the uniform.
The boots had been torn OF By the force Of
the explosion. The headless trunk of the
porter was found under q bench. Portions
.of what are believed to have once been his
skull were picked ND IN the adjacent street.
Only u part of the trunk of the commits
sarys secretary was found intact The
head had been blown of and has not been
found. The thighs were crushed and the
legs were reduced TO q pulp.
A gen-darme. who was running at the top
OF h il speed to the sub. prefecture of police
TO notify the officials there of the explosion.
fell dead in the street It is supposed that
the excitement under which he wac labor
ing brought on a sudden attack Of heart
disease.
Mrs. Parnei Bankrupt.
LONDON, Nov. 8-Mrs. Catherine Parnell.
widow of the late Charles Stewart Parnell,