St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10


thrower, which leads people to believe
that it was not a percussion cap bomb,
but bomb with time fuse attached to
it, and that the length of the fuse or its
duration of alighting was smiscalculated,
and thus saved the lives of a number of
people. In view of the description
given by the officer referred to of the
man who threw the bomb, the police
are keeping
A SPECIAL. WAT CHI
over all of those who have been injured
about the arms, and il is believed tnat.
though the man may have worn a hight
beard when he threw the bomb. it was
quite possible for him to have thrown 1t
off during the excitement which fol.
lowed the explosion. NJ. Goron, the
chcit of the detective department, is at
this hour (7:15p. m.) examining four
individuals who were in the gallery
from which, according to current YER
slons, the bomb was thrown.
The room reserved for the wounded
at the Palais Bourbon has only one bed,
and it was occupied by wounded spec
tator. In the third bureau the Asso-
Abbe Lemire lying covered with blood
on mattress supplied from the soldiers
quarters. The face of the wounded
deputy was covered with d bandage,
and he appeared to be suffering great
pain. On chair in the same room was
lieutenant of infantry. who had two
fingers of his right hand fractured.
The lieutenant was in the tribune
when the bomb was thrown. Eight or
ten other wounded people were found
around table in the second bureau,
where their wounds were being bathed
and dressed. Nearly all the wounds
were Onthe face, chest or leg. In this
bureau the most serious case was that Of
a lady who was suffering from fracture
on the knee cap. The wounded limb
was
PLACED IN sPLINT5.
Continuing his explorations. the cor
respondent found an elegantly dressed
Austrian lady in the telephone room.
She was badly wounded about the head,
from which blood was running freely.
Col. Hasuret, of the Roumanian army,
who was in the chamber of deputies
when the bomb exploded, was badly
wounded about the neck and hands.
The colonel showed the Associated
Press correspondent piece of the bomb
which he had extracted from the wound
in his neck.
All the rooms In the Palais Bourbon
were being converted into temporary
hospital wards. Here, there and every
where were tables, desks and chairs,
encumbered with water bottles, basins
and blood-stained bandages, while
bright and glistening surgical instru-
ments of all kinds were to be seen on
every side.
Drs. Blet and Godfrey were ably as
sisted by number of the deputies.
who did all in their power to relieve the
sufferlngs of the wounded. The senior
questeur of the chamber of deputies
was this evening on guard at the door
leading to the Paiais Bourbon, and
permits the deputies and officers who
desire to do SO to leave the Palais in
order to reach their families. The AS
sociated Press correspondent during the
evening had an interview with DIR.
Malay, who was prominent among the
physicians in giving assistance to the
wounded. DR.. Malay said that m ST of
wounds were slight, but it was still
impossible to give complete account
of their extent. as the projectiles which
were thrown from the bomb had in
many cases
PENETRATED THE BODIES
of the wounded people, causing internal
injuries which are likely TO have serious
results.
Late tonight 1t is announced that the
| police have in custody man who, on
| entering the suspected tribune, refused
to remove his overcoat when requested
| TO do so in the cloak room, and again at
the entrance of the tribune. The man
| referred to is wounded, and was among
the first carried out
| Another man, who attempted to evade
the doorKeeper and escape from the
chamber, is also closely watched. Some
of the spectators recognize him as the
thrower of the bomb, and is named
Lonoir. AT 8 p. N. all strangers pres
ent at today'S sitting of the chamber OF
deputies were still being detained al
the Palais Bourbon. They were prom
enading the corridors impatiently be-
hind closed gates. The luckiest of them
have succeeded in evading the Sale des
Quatro COLONIES. They are of all ranks
and ages, and collect in groups and en-.
gage i'll animated discussions of the out
rage. Six suspected people who tried
to escape with Lonoir are detained fol
examination.
The report of the outrage spread like
wild-tire through the city, and eager
groups collected in all the main thor
oughfares, reading by the lights from
shop windows the accounts upon
THE EXPLOSION
published in the extra editions of tn,
papers here, although the latter wer'
meager and unreliable.
Two deputieS-MM. la Forronais anC
Sarony-who were present at the tim,
Of the explosion, and who were allowed
to leave the chamber, volunteered tn,
following statement:
1.-The bomb was thrown from the gal
lery above the Right benches, into whicl
the public is admitted without the for
mality of presenting card. A fuse wa
attached to the bomb, which exploded
in the air. The report was not yer,
loud, and, though the shell may hav
contained a mixture of nltro-glycerine
and gunpowder, we could not believe i
was loaded with dynamite. The smok
had smell peculiar to nitro-glycerine
1--WE are Of the opinion that the out
rage was not directed against any par
ticnlar party in the chamber. as tn
bomb was thrown in the direction of al
open space separating the tribune from
the first row of benches, and had it eX
ploded there the list of fatalities woul,
!, have been appalling"
, The two deputies mentioned estimat
the number of wounded at sixty-sIz
, Late this evening Deputy Lemire lei