The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-01
RAVACHOL IS A TERROR.
HE IS MURDERER AND GUILTY
OF SCORES OF CRIMES.

No Doubt of His Responsibility for
All the Recent Bomb Explosions at
Paris-His Accomplices In Crime Too
Much Afraid of Him to Think OF Be-
traying Him.
PARIS, March 31.-The government looks
upon the arrest of Ravachol as OF the
greatest Importance and believe his capture
will put an end to dynamite outrages in
Paris. The government has rewarded or In
tends to reward every one in any way con-
neoted with his arrest. The Echo to-day
says that RavAchol has admitted that he
was the author of the Boulevard st. Ger
main explosion.
RAvACHoL's ACCoMPLICE ARRESTED.
1t is reported late tonight that Gustav
Mathieu, Ravachol's most dangerous ac-
complice, has been arrested.
Ravachol is now voluble in his cell. He
speaks most lluently, although he is not an
everything tomorrow. Now that they feel
safe from mis- revenge, Ravaohol's accom-
plices are wagging their tongues freely.
There seems no doubt that he is responsible
for all the recent bomb explosions in Paris.
He planned them all aud executed most of
them himself. He led the party which stole
the dynamite at Soissy recently.
ALL AFRAID OF HIM.
Many of the criminal class were we'll ac-
quainted with Ravachoi's crimes, but his reck-
less and revengeful disposition kept them in
terror Of him 80 that he was safe from be-
trayal His arrest was brought about
through the proprietor and walters Of the
cafe which he recently frequsnted. They
called the attention of the police to their
new customer, and after short period Of
surveillance the police became satisfied he
was the man they had been looking for and
the arrest followed. Ravachol Is said to be
the illegitimate child of German parents,
born ia France. There Is nothing Of the
political agitator about him. He is merely
an extraordinary criminal from choice and
inclination who has taken ad vantage Of cir-
cumstances.
RAvACHoL A MURDERER.
The anarchist prisoners who were con-
oernsd In the explosions in the Boulevard
St. German and at Lobau barracks, have
made a detailed confession. They say that
Ravachol was concerned in a murder aud
robbery at Mont BrIson, by which he real
lied $4,000 francs. He gave the bnlk
OF the money to his associates iu
st. Etienne, drawing sums required for
ynamiting purposes. Ravaohol assisted In
tealing and burying the dynamite taken
from the factory at Soissy, the informers
say. Chaumartin asks to be sentenced to
Imprisonment, as he fears assassination IL
released.
UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Investigation has shown Ravachol to
be professional criminal with a long re-
cord, and already under sentence of death
under another name. In his lodgings
counterfeiting tools were found and he
coolly acknowledged that eounterfeitiug
was part cf his business. He has made
defiant admissions to many of the charges
against him. His capture is regarded as Of
such value TO the government that special
rewards have been bestowed upon oil con-
cerned in his arrest. Murder, robbery and
arson have been pastime to Ravachol, but
his principal and most serious business was
the crime Of the anarchist terrorist class.
The Senate has approved the bill impos-
ing penalty of death upon persons using
dynamite for blowing up buildings and
other unlawful purposes.