Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07

crowd looked wonderingly on. The fact
that he was thus exploiting himself, how
ever, soon attracted the attention of the
police. and the enthusiastic Anarchist was
quickly arrested on suspicion. Almost at
the same moment Meunier, the other of the
two suspects, was arrested in another part
of the city.
At the police prefecture the pair sue
ceeded in establishing an alibi in spite of
an exhaustive examination. The whole
affair was in effect sublimely ridiculous
After the grave and solemn interrogatory
had been gone through both prisoners
struck theatrical attitudes and performed
two distinct roles. Meunier covered his
eyes with handkerchief and wept pro-
fusely, standing in the background, while
the more assertive Francois exclaimed:
"Can it be wondered at that I am an An
archist when it is thus the law of society
can outrage manhood? Here am I-here is
that other victim of oppression (pointing to
Meunier), deprived of what is sweeter than
lie and dragged before the minions of the
law to answer charges our prosecutors know
to be groundless. You restore to us our
freedom, but you cannot make amends ade-
quate to the wrongs inflicted on us!'
Bambooz'e ed the Authorities
This hightalutin seemed to have its effect,
for the officials began to feel conscience
stricken, and so much so that M. Goron, the
Pretect, rendered an apology to his prison.
ers, and expressing his great regret at their
arrest actually gave them IS francs out of
his own pocket to help them in procuring
sustenance while they should be seeking
work. With this they were allowed to de-
| part, but conceding discretion to be the
better part of valor they lost no time in
| crossing the channel to England upon the
very funds thus supplied them by the kind
hearted Prefect
The capture of Francois and Meunier and
the inevitable sequence-their sentence to
| the guillotine-will, if accomplished, close
the blood stained chapter of the two
months reign of terror which afflicted the
French metropolis last spring, and the
| credit of it all will be due to one man, the
| distinguished justi"er M. Atthalin. This
| gifted judicial officer has attained consider
able fame in Paris as Juge d'Instruction.
| His methods are peculiar, differing al
| together from those customary with the
| majority OF similar French officials. Or
| dinarily the Juge d'Instruction is of q
| rather bulldozing temperament and inclined
| to seek his ends by the exercise of coer-
| cion. Not so, however, with NJ. Atthalin.
whose policy is to assume a friendly con-
versational style when examining . person
from whom he expects to extract informe-
tion. He worms himself smilingly into the
confidence of the witness, who by degrees IL
deprived of his caution and ends by becom-
ing convinced of the pure, disinterested
good nature of his chatty friend, the Juge
d'Instruction.
A Tale OF Retr.butive Justice.
Through his cross-examination of Chau-
martin was first revealed the existence of
the notorious Ravachol himself, and in a
similar way was traced the explosive depot
established by the Anarchists after the rob-
berry of dynamite at Soissy. The An
archist programme included the name of
Atthalin among the victims it proposed to
sacrifice, and, in fact, We popular impress
sion that he was marked man gained
strength to the extent of almost causing an
exodus of the other tenants from the house
where he lived The circumstance which
prevented an attack being made upon him
similar to those upon the other legal Off
cials, MN. Bulot and Benoit, is curious in
deed, and the part played by him in track
ing the very man who had conspired to
destroy him forms q tale of retributlve
justice.
Ravachol had taken into his confidence q
fellow Anarchist-none other than Francois
jim pursuance of his plot to destroy the
Juge d obstruction. Their bomb was con-
structed 18th the greatest care and methodi-
cal calculation as to the proportionate
quantities of each explosive used. All be-
ing prepared they went to Q wine shop on
the Boulevard de Clichy. 'eNow," they
reflected, 1--WE have forgotten nothing save
the most vital part of ALL We have ne
elected to acquaint ourselves with the ad-
dress of our victim. Sadre nom de Dieu!
We do not know where lie ivssr'
The pair Of rascals looked esch other in