The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-26
Ten Other Occupants of the Place Suffer
Broken Limbs or Serious Injuries.
The Building Wrecked and the Whole Square
Shaken-Charges and Prompt Denials Con-
cerning the Brazilian Reciprocity Treaty.
REvENGEFUL ANARCHISTS.
Vino Shop Blown Up by Dynamite AM
Eleven Pernons Injured, One Fatally.

Vino Shop Blown Up by Dynamite and
Eleven Persons Injured, One Fatally.
srecial 10 the indianapolis Journal
PARIS. April c5.-There was a terrific ex-
ploson early this evening in the entrance
of the wine shop of NJ. Very, % Boulevard
Magenta. where Ravachol, the Anarchist.
was arrested on March 80. The bomb con-
tanned at least twelve pounds Of dynamite.
and completely wrecked the establishment.
NJ. Very was injured SO badly that he died
in the hospital. and ten others were seIi-
ously wounded. 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 ont
side door of the corridor, and at the
door leading from the corridor into the
wine-room. NJ. Very was standing in the
middle of .he room when the shook came.
He was thrown against the wall in heap
of shattered tables and chairs. The
ceiling fell. and several beams were split
and fell to the floor. A minute after the
explosion ten of the guests recovered their
senses. and ran into the street shouting
and crying "Firew
The police. who have been stationed near
the wine-shop since Ravachops arrest,
came MP as the uninjured came out and be-
gan bringing out those unable to help
pitable condition. Both of his legs had
been crushed by. the falling beams. his col
lar-bone was fractured, his right arm was
broken and he was bleeding at the mouth
and ears. His little boy was found uncon-
scIous in o corner with his collar bone
broken. Both were taken to the Sainte
Louis Hospital. where M. Very's legs were
amputated. He died soon after.
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 bones broken
and internal injuries, but the particulars
are not yet 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
q door or window in the house was left
whole. The floor in the corridor was blown
away, the chandelier twisted and hurled
into a corner. and where the ceiling and
walls were split the plaster was taken off
as if scraped with knife.
WHOLE BLOCK SHAKEN.
The buildings on either side of the wine.
shop were damaged from top to bottom.
Half of the furniture was broken. and all
the glass in them 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 neigh hborhood ID thickly pop
ulated. and fvo minutes after the explo-
sion the street was crowded with fright
ened 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 fruit
less for some time. as women and
children blocked the sidewalks, crying and
wringing their hands. Later men began
sions. 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
RavachoFs friends have marked 1t for de.
structlOn as warning to the magistrate
and tho witnesses at the trial tomorrow.
Police are watching the shop and making
house to- house inquiries along the boule-
ward in the hope of getting clew to the
perpetrator of the deed.
TO throw light on the outrage. but q waiter
who was taken with him TO the hospital
says that his master has received no fewer
than nifty or sixty threatening letters from
Anarchists since RavachOl was arrested.
One of them. found by the police III Nj.
Very's desk at the rear of the shop. reads:
Sir-You have dared to betray Ravachol. Be-
ware You will learn what his friends can do. Your
saSp Is hsdpe doomed and life viii be
than you. We will take care of them. too.
FRIENDS OF RAvACHOL.
At the top of this was printed in red let
ters: May ~ and the same was printed
at the bottom In black letters. Another
letter. with skull and cross bones at the
top. apparently referred directly to the
present outrage. 1t said:
You think you have crushed us because you
have one mighty spirit OF the revolution. Thou
vile methods upon him. You will hear from us
before the trial of Ravachol You shall suffer
the punishment you have earned as a warning
TO the cowardly bOurgeoise who seek Ravachois
blood. Your doom IL at hand, prepare to meet
II RAvACHoLs AVENGERS.
WITNESS INTIMIDATED.
L'Herol. the waiter who assisted in the
arrest of Ravachol. was not at the wine-
shop when the bomb exploded. and it is
thought that he has fled from the city.
This morning he received letter warning
him that he would not live to testify
against Ravaohol, and that the following
twenty-four hours would be his last.
The rumor is abroad that An attempt will
be made TO assassiDate NJ. Quesney de
Beaurepalre. the prosecutor general, on his
way to court tomorrow. His residence is
guarded within and without tonight.
Policemen are in the corridors on every
floor and detectives patrol the street In
which the house stands. NJ. Atthnlin the
examining magistrate In the case, is SINH
larly guarded. The trial tomorrow will
be held In an atmosphere of panic, for the
police have been warned that pre- parafions
have been made to blow up the courtroom.
The panic tonight throughout the city sur
passes anything that has been experienced
since the outrages began.
The arrest of Ravachol. which evidently
was the direct cause of the explosion de-
scribed in the above dispatch. took place
OH March 30. About IL o'clock NJ. Very,
the landlord OF the wine shop at No. 90
Boulevard Magenta. noticed an Ill-looking
though well-dressed customer whose ap-
pearsnce agreed. aa he thought. with the
description given by the. papers
day after. when description Of
lord thought it was not unlike that of his
customer of the previous evening When
the stranger appeared again at the wine
shop he at once sent a message TO the COM
missary, NJ. Dresche, who, accompanied by
an official and two policemen. went 10 the
restaurant. When they tried to arrest
Rayscbol there was u severe struggle.
The poicemen'e coats were torn of
their backs, and they might have