The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-12-15
NUMBER 10.
BLOWN UP BY A BOMB
Dynamiters Bring CONSERVATION To
the French Chambers.
EXCITING SCENES THEN FOLLOWED
Several Persons Injured By Flying slugs
Suspects Under Arrest-vailliant
Makes Confession. Ss

PARIS, Dec. "a dynamite bomb
was exploded at p. M. in the chamber
of deputies. The chamber was in ses-
sion and the galleries were crowded
with people. Suddenly from the right
gallery some sort of bomb was thrown
or fell in the midst of the assembled
deputies, causing loud explosion and
a scene of the greatest confusion.
Among the deputies mentioned as
being seriously wounded is NJ Dumas,
deputy from Aliere. 1t is said that the
bomb seemed to be filed with shot or
slugs and that when it exploded these
missiles were thrown with the grealest
force in ali directions, reaching even as
high as the galleries. It is announced
that the police have made several ar
rests from among the people in the gall
leries of the chamber at the time of the
explosions. One of the persons arrested
is said to have been the one who threw
the bomb. The president of the cham
Der of deputies, NJ. Dupuy, is reported
to have behaved with the most aa4nira-
Bile GOODNESS and courage aud is said to
have done everything possible to restore
order and prevent spread of the panic
which seized upon everybody present
when the explosion took place.
PARIS. Dec. 10.-After day of great
excitement following the exp osiop of
the bomb in the chamber of deputies tn =
authorities have announced they have
the bomb thrower in custody. The mis-
creant is named Marchal. He is an
anarchists and has made a full confess
sion.
News to the effect that the bomb
thrower was in custody was circulated
at noon Sunday, but the report was not
confirmed until official aniionncefnent
was made in the evening. Marchal, it
appears was among the injured persons
taken to the Hotel Dieu, the large hos
pital on the north of the Place du Par
Wis, Notre Dame. MarchaI soon fell
under the suspicion of the authorities.
Detectives were sent out and after in
vestigation found that he had given an
assumed name when. TIA ken. 'tof~the hos
pital and that his right name was
Valiant. 3.s..
M.Lepine, the project OF police. the pub
lie prosecutor and the examining mag
istrate visited the Hotel Dieu and had
long interview with Valiant, who at
first protested his inn lcencs and was
quite indignant, apparently, at the ma
ture of the questions put to him. Final
ly the public prosecutor said. to, v aillaut:
''Your name is valiant and not Mar
chal, as you claim
he Gloricd Ia the Act.
After moment of hesitation the sus-
pected man admitted his identity and
confessed he had thrown the bomb
which in exploding wounded nearly 100
people in the chamber Of deputies.
When questioned as to his reasons for
attempting to kill SO many people, Vail
liant replied defantly: Il wished to
deal a thoroughly dramatic blow at the
interests of the country and wished to
cause q great sensation. I endeavored
to aim the bomb at NJ. Dupuy, the pres
ident of the chamber Of deputies;
glory in the act, and 1 only regret my
hand swerved and that the bomb didn't
explode near the mark"
Among the injured deputies visited by
correspondent was Henry Boucher,
deputy from the Vosges. who was found
in bed surrounded by friends.
"You see," said M. Boucher, s'I am
not bad. My wound locally is slight,
which owe to the fact 7 was standing,
being about to leave the chamber in or
der to attend wedding. 1 was the
only person on tho other side Of the
chamber who was struck by portion
OF the bomb" :; -.
NJ. Boucher thereupon opened small
pocket book, from which he took horse
shoe nail and showed il to the correspon-
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souvenir; shall have scarf pin made
of it."
The horseshoe nail which NJ Boucher
showed the correspondent formed por-
ton of the charge of nails with which
Vaillant's bomb was loaded
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