Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-26
BLEW UP HIS SHOP
Ravachol's Friends Succeed in
 Killing M. Very. .
TEN OTHERS SERIOUSLY HURT
4 Dynamite Bomb Exploded in the Door.
 way With Terrible Effect.

The Wine Shop Comp leteIy Wrecked. and Surrounding Buildings Badly Damaged. M. Very, In Whose Place RavachOI Was Arrested, Had Received Scores of Threatening Letters-RavachoPs Trial To-day-GreAt Anxiety Felt.
 PARIS, April 26.-There was terrific explosion last evening in the entrance of the wineshop of M. Very, 22 Boulevard Magenta, where Ravachol, the Anarch- ist, was arrested on March 90 The bomb contained at least 12 pounds of dynamite, and completely wrecked the establishment. Ten persons were seri- oIsly injuerd and M. Very is dead.
 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 wineroom. M. Very was standing in the middle of the room when the shock came He was thrown against the wall in 8 heap of shattered tables and chairs. The ceiling fell, and several beams were split and fell to the floor.
 A minute after the explosion 10 of the guests recovered their senses and ran into the street shouting and crying fire" The police who have been sta tioned near the wineshop since Rava- chol's arrest, came up as the uninjured came out, and began bringing out those unable to help themselves. M. Very was found to be in @ pititul condition. Both of his legs had been crushed by the falling beams, his collar Ns. II 4--N-k was broken. He was bleeding at the mouth and ears, and is supposed to have suffered internal in juries. His little boy was found unconscious in 8 corner wish his collarbone broken. Both were taken to the Saint Lois Hospital, where M. Very's legs were amputated.
 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 broken bones and internal injuries, but the particulars are not 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 a door or window in the house was left whole. The floor in the corridor was blown away, the chandelier was twisted and hurled into 8 corner and l where the ceiling walls were not split,
 
 knife. -~4. - The building on each side of the wine shop were damaged from top to bottom. Half of the furniture was broken and all glass in tn sm 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 thickiy populated | and in five minutes after the explosion the street was crowded with frightened men and women.
 An extra force of police was summoned and an effort was made to induce the people to return to their rooms. The effort was fruitless for some time, and women and children blocked the side walks, 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 neighborhood fear that Ravachol's friends have marked it for destruction. as warning to the magistrate and the witnesses at the trial to-day. Police arc house inquiries along the Boulevard in the hope of getting 8 clue to the perpe- tor of the deed.
 | NJ. Very was far beyond giving in formation to throw light on the outrage, but a waiter who was taking him to the hospital says that his master has re- ceived no fewer than 50 or 60 threaten ing letters from Anarchists since Rava- chol was arrested. One of them, found by the police in M. Very's desk at the rear of the shop, said:
 ''Sir-You have dared to betray Rava- chol, bewareI You will learn what we can do. Your shop is doomed and your infamous life will be taken before May l. Your family is no better than you. We will take care of them too.
 'tFriends of Ravachol."
 Three arrests have been made, includ- ing man who, after the explosion in the wineshop shouted at the next corner ''Vive L'Anarchie."
 revolver and knife were found on him. He professes to know nothing of the perpetrators of the explosion.
 Troops cleared the Boulevard Magenta. Thousands of sightseers had crowded the street near the wrecked wineshop and the police were unable to drive them back. In the confusion, it was feared another outrage might be perpetrated. Four companies of soldiers were called out. They drove the crowds into the side streets and remained on guard until the people had gone home.
 Ravachol's trial begins to-day, and the most intense excitement prevails.
 The "Eclair'' to-day publishes a let. ter, purporting to be signed by mum. Der of RavRchols friends, addressed tc the jurors who will sit in the case. The letter appeals to the jurors to observe impartial fairness, and declared that Ravachops acts of vengeance were justi. fled by the criminal attitude of Judge Benoit and Public Prosecutor Bulot at the trial of the Clichy Anarchists.
 Tue "Eclair" also publishes text oi an Anarchist proclamation secretly printed, and appealing to the people in regard to the municipal elections to be held on May 1. The manifesto advo. cates neutrality in the elections, which are denounced as bourgeois farce.
 The demand for tickets of admission to the courtroom during Ravachol's