River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-12-14
TERROR IN PARIS.
An Anarchist Explodes a Bopab in
the Chamber of Deputies
A Great MANY Legislators and Spectators
InJured-The Bomb Thrower Among
Those Hurt-He Giories I'm His
Infamous Deed.

A CANDIDATE FOR THE erITLoTISE.
PARIS, Dec. IA dy namite bomb
was thrown auo exploded in the cham
Der of deputies Saturday while the
chamber was in session. The bomb
was thrown from the right gallery at
about O'Clock Over eighty people
were wounded, of whom fifteen were
deputies. Among the deputies hurt
are: NJ. Casanova, De Pradino. Able
Lemaire, DE Tanjeunaia, lie Czech and
Coulter. The injuries of the victims
are in many cases serious. but it is not
yet known that any fatalities viii re-
suit
The miscreant who threw the deadly
missile has been captured. lie now
lies in the hospital suffering from Sc
we're wounds, but glorying in his crime.
He is a man So years old, q leather
worker, and a member of group of
anarchists known as Les Solitaires.
They are dynamiters who are supposed
to plan and commit outrages without
accomplices-
August valiant is the real name of
the villain, who was among those de-
tanned by the closing of the gates when
the crowd sought to escape from the
scene of the explosion. A fragment of
his bomb had torn away a portion OF
his nose. He was rushing toward the
street with blood streaming from Lis
face when stopped by the soldiers
Sunday morning he was reexamined
with the other suspects. The police
had learned that he had given false
name. He admitted this and confessed
his crime.
lie expressed great regret that he
failed in his object, which was to kill
President Eupuy and several members
of the cabinet He had sought TO
throw the missile 70 strike in
and had leaned 10 one side to
avoid hitting the ladies seated in front
of him in an awkward position. One
glass vessel in the center of the bulb
contained picric acid, one contained
prussiate of potash, and another, con-
Meeting the two, had cotton soaked in
sulphuric acid. When the machine was
inverted explosion would Follow.
In the course of the business of the
house the election Of NJ. Miernan
came up for discussion. NJ. Mierman
had been speaking from the tribune and
had just descended to resume bis seat,
when a man in the gallery threw
bomb toward the floor of the house
The bomb must have had a time fuse
attached to 1t, for rs IL passed the head
of Prof. Lemiere, deputy for Haze
bruck, it exploded with a terrific re-
port. A dense cloud of smoke and
dust asce nded, shutting out from view
for a time those sitting in the body of
the house.
For a single instant the house was
perfectly quiet and then, the members
and others realizing what had oc-
Cured, there was the widest ex-
element The officers detailed 70
guard the chamber were the first
TO regain their senses. They al
once shut the great doors leading to
the chamber TO prevent the escape OF
the bomb-thrower. The people in the
galleries fled in disorder
On the floor of the house the excite
ment was fully as great as that
in the galleries Many of the members
rushed for the exits. fearing every mo-
ment Ia hear another explosion. NJ.
Dupuy, the president of the cham Der,
who was himself slightly hurt, was APP
parently the coolest man in the cham.
Der. The excitement among the mem.
bers, wild though il was, did not last
long. The wounded were taken to the
committee rooms and medical as.
sistance was hastily summoned to at
tend them.
AS soon as the smoke and dust hac
cleared away the members resumed
their seats and business proceeded. NJ.
Montfort assembled the tribune and in
a perfectly steady voice took up the
discussion of the question before the
house as though nothing out Of
the ordinary had occurred When
the discussion had been finished
VI. Casimir Perier, the prime
minister, said that he did not wish 10
interrupt the business of the chamber,
but he felt compelled TO assure the
house that the government could be
relied upon 10 deal with the matter
! In the most rigorous and energetic
manner. He closed with the words
Society has laws with which &c
| defend itself against such crimes as the
one just committed and we shall not
| hesitate to use them to protect our in.
situations" NJ. Dupuy said that he
and the entire chamber desired that
| their sympathy be conveyed to the
wounded. He continued, trembling
| with emotion:
such out.-ges cannot disturb the cham
/ Der. We snail continue our labors and
| after we exhaust the order of the day the
chamber officials will do their duty in regard tC
| the outrages." This statement was generally
| applauded
The number of persons arrested in
the chamber on suspicion is twenty
three. Excepting those who were
wounded the suspects have been sent
| to the police station The wounded
CUES were taken to an infirmary by
strong guard. The uuin jured prison
ers were handeuffe and were carried
away in van from the Palais Bour
bon. Sixty men who were not in the
chamber were arrested, making the to-
tai number of suspects now in the
hands of the police eighty-three.