The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-14
A PARIS DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.
Anarchist Aug. valiant Throws Bomb
In the Ere ich Chamber Of Dep
uties. 100 Persons
Wounded

Anarchist Aug. valiant Throws a Bomb
In the Ere ich Chamber Of Dep
uties 100 Persons
Wounded.
August valiant, alias Marchal, a resident
Of the suburb Choisy lie Roi, threw bomb
in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris Oh Sat-
urday. lie made n confession Sunday morn.
ng.
The bomb was thrown while the Cham
Der was engaged in routine proceedings The
floor was filed with Ministers aud deputies,
ard the galleries were crowded with specta-
tor.. The bomb which, in addition to the
explosive, contained a lot Of horse shoe
nails and scraps Of iron, was dropped from
an upper gallery and was exploded by a
time fuse before II reached the floor Of the
Chamber hurting its deadly contents in
all directions A shrek Of horror arose in
unison from the members and spectators.
and amid the binding smoke and the cries
and groans OF the injured the thousand
people in the Chamber made a Wild rush to
reach the outer rooms.
Nobody was killed, but about 100 people
were more or less injured Many will bear
the marks OF their wounds for life, while
several have been incurably crippled.
President Dupuy was cut In the cheek and
SenatofBIlot received several flesh wounds.
Although injured, NJ. Dupuy retained bis
presence Of mind and after the first wave
Of ofexcitement was over, he rang his bell, re.
stored order and said.
such outrages cannot disturb the cham.
her We shall continue our !abors. and
after We eXhau.t the order Of the dav the
Chamber officials viii do their duty in re-
gard TO the outrage
His speech was loudly cheered and fol.
lowing his courageous example Mr.. Mont.
fort ascendcd the tribune and In a perfectly
steady voice took up the discussion of the
question before the House as Il nothing
had hapuened When thed.scussiou closed
VI. Caslmir-Perier. the Prime Minister SAID
that he felt compelled to assure the House
that the Government would 10 i's duty. lie
SAID
Society has laws with which to defend
itself against such crimes o. the one Just
committed and We shall not hesitate 10 use
tben TO protect our Institutions
Meanwhile the wounded were removed
tothe ante chambers and their wounds
dressed.
When the exp osion occurred with ad-
mifable discipline the soldiers al the en-
trance 10 the gallery closed the gates and
allowed none of the panic stricken specta-
tore 10 escape They carefully examined all
Of them before they would allow them 10
depart. Three men were detained. among
them valiant HIS right arm was shattered
by The explosion, his nose wa. blown OF
and his neck aud chest were liberated He
said he suffers much pain. valiant will be
further examined soon as hs condition
permits OF H. In the meantime the police
are hard at work making inquiries and
researches.
Doubts have risen as to whether Valiant
is the man that threw the bomb. il j. sug-
gesied that he was an accom- plice and that
be simply screened the real throver. When
valiant was examined Sunday evening he
declared that he had hoped 10 Kill CasImlr-
Perier and at least lj0 Deputies.
The police say that valiant has made the
following additional confession o them
II waited for more than an hoJr before
throwing the bomb. i'm a hope thlt n favor
able chance wouli present itselft{ cast IL in
he spot hvd picked out. Al length.
linking that AN opportune time had ar
lived, arose from my seat in '-calery
,nd hurled the box. aiming IL at lent
Dupuy's liable As ] did so aw d.. .ho
was sitting In front of me rPr- t' INV
leau'.s IstAaer az tpushed' iNe back VAIN.
! was thus prevented from throwing the
bomb exactly as | intended did not in.
lend to kill anyone" Valiant calmly and
cooly added. but only TO wound a hundred !
and nifty or two hundred OF Deputies. ! was
especially anxious that VI. Casimir Perier
should ha among those injured by the ex-
plos.on"
N.lnant was born nj Mezieres Depart.
mrnt OF Ardenues Decent Der - 1864. lie
s tail and dark ami wears Coarsp, heavy |
nusiaCle HIS features are coarse ana hard |
ana hIs "nOlc appearance is Ttueiing.
some time ago in tue Mont Marire district, .
~ the odd periods when he worked. he
was employed IN a fancy leather factory on .
pocket.UooKs and hand Uags. He has led
rowing life, lie was settled at one time F.
ai Bueuos Ayres, but soon afterwatd return T.
ed 10 France and married. This was IN
1877 His wife bore HIM two children and I.
he deserted her n he was too lazy TO sup.
port such family He became thief and .
was convicted live times " petty crimes.
lie has been ia Auafchls. aud Socialist f.
politics since 1854. He first pfoiessrd So .
cialsm, but that school was too moderate /
for him and he soon abandoned u 10 become
an Anarchist aud a preacher Of the pfopa.
ganda of the creed He siil retained ms /
mel bership of the Socialist group Of the f.
Eighteenth ward. however, Recently lie
had been managing the office Of AL Anatch- /.
isi periodical
The woman who checked Naillants arm
when he threw the bomb, was badly wound .
ed On the face and neck.