The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-27
TO PRISON FOR LIFE
RavachOl and Simon SEN
fenced in Paris.
NO DISTURBANCE AT THE TRIAL.
Only the Witnesses and Those Known to
the Officers admitted,

Iho Caseb Against the OInef AhNIchiht5
AdJudged Unproven-RavachoI Impu-
dent In His Testimony, aud Took the
Upon acknowledgements Pleas for the
Defeuce--Paris stiII in "a state of Terror.
PARIS, April 27.-The trial of Rava-
chol, alias half dozen other names:
Chareles Achile Simon, alias Biscuits"
Jao Beala, alias Joseph Marius; Charles
Ferdinand Chaumartin, and the girl Ro-
sale Soubere, was held yesterday at the
Seine Assize Court. The trial opened at
II o'clock. Only those personally known
to the court officials and the % with esses
were admitted.
The prisoners were accused of causing
the explosions at the residence of Judge
Benoit, No. 1876 Boulevard St. Germaiu
and at the residence of Public Prosecu-
tor Bulot at the corner of Rue de Clichy
and the Rue de Berlin. They were also
charged with the attempt to blow up
the Police Commissariat at Clichy.
The guards about the Palace de Jus
tice were doubled, and the approaches
watched closely. Only detectives aud
policemen could be seen in the interior.
The attendance in the court room was
confined to the witnesses, officials, detec-
tives and journalists.
When Judge Cues entered the court
room he at once summoned the jury
who presented a greatly disturbed ap-
pearance. The prisoners were guarded
by an immense number Of police
The prisoners appeared disposed to
pose as heroes. A table was covered
with bombs, the apparatus with which
they were made, and everything that
the police had captured.
Judge Cues examined Ravachol con-
/ cerning the murders which it is charged
he has committed and concerning the
explosions. Ravachol in nonchalant
manner admitted his guilt and took upon
himself the entire responsibility for the
Boulevard St. Germain and the Rue
Clichy explosions
When questioned as to his motives
for causing lae explosions Ravachol re-
piled;
81 felt anger at the conviction of LIE
vallois and terrett.
( al do not think that Benoit and Bulot
should have demanded the death of the
fathers families. Then the brutality OF
1 police when they arrested my comrades
4
, upon revenge
'In regard to the St. German expIo-
sion, loaded bomb that contained sc
cartridges. l dressed myself in broad
cloth and went to Benoit's house with
out attracting any attention. After de-
posting the machine and lighting the
fuse 1 ran down stairs and reached the
pavement below just as the explosion
occurred
''The oper alton in the Rue Clichy was
much the same, only 1 carried the bomb
in a bag. A portion Of the powder be-
came displaced, and thus rendered it eX
tremely dangerous to light the bomb, as
it might explode in an instant Yet
did not hesitate to take the risk. "
Simon answered all questions put t
him impudently and with nice exact
ness The other prisoners were ques
toned only briefly. NJ. Benoit and M
Bulot, the magis trates whose lives hay,
been attempted in the cases in question
were called by NJ. de Beaure paire and re
lated briefly what they had experience
from the explosions in the Rue de Clich!
and the Boulevard st. German.
The little waiter L'Herot, who kept II
hiding Monday for fear of, his life, wa
the last witness for the prosecution. AL
signs Of the happiness which his 4, 00
francs in tips after Ravachol's arrest hat
caused him have vanished completely
He was white and scared, and jumpe
nervously every time window rattle
or door slammed. He was such pitt
full figure that even the jury, who wer
hardly less nervous, smiled as he figete
about under the examination. He be
came vivacious while relating the stor
, of the arrest in M. Very's wineshop, an,
. jumped to his feet to illustrate how
Dresh and his assistants pinned Bava
, chol to the floor after the struggle,
There were five speeches for the defence
MaiUre Lagasse, counsel for Ravachol
made the longest appeal, in which II
! spoke eloquently of the prisoners al
legged kindness of heart and his convic
tion that he was enlisted in a grea
, cause
Ravachol and Simon were foun
guilty. The cases against the other
, were considered improved. RavachC
and Simon were then sentenced to pena
servitude for life, although NJ. de Beau
repaire moved for capital punishment.
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