The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-11
AN ANARCHIST IDIOT.
The Man Who Tried to Murder
French Deputies.
GL0RIEs IN HIS BRUTAL CRIME.
Ue "Wishcd to Deal n Dramatic Dlow At
the Institutions of the Country and
Endeavored to Aim the Bomb at M.
Dupuy. President of the Chamber"

bomb in the chamber of deputies on Sat
urday, the authorities announced last
might that they have the bomb throwerin
custody The miscreant is named Vail
liant, He is an anarchist, and has made
full confession.
Valiant is big blonde man with
heavy mustache and n hardened express
sion Of countenance, which seemed to
Light up with strange fire as he described
with much gusto and in great detail how
the bomb was used,
Among the persons questioned by the
police Saturday evening was a man whose
nose was almost blown off by the eXplo-
sion of the bomb. The suspect gave the
name of valiant, and said that he lived
at Choisy-l Roi This man, who was at
tended by the physicians summoned to
the refreshment room of the chamber after
the explosion, was taken to tho Hotel
Dieu after being examined by the project
OF police. At the hospital mentioned the
suspect was carefully watched by four de-
teotives, and it wns noticed that he gave
the name of Marchal when his pedigree"
was taken, and detectives, after working
on the ease all night, established his iden-
tity beyond a doubt.
Valiant was born at Mezieres, a strongly
fortified town of about 5000 population,
In the department of Ardennes He is 80
years of age, and has lived rowing life.
During this rowing Valiant passed sew
eral years in Buenos Ayres, and in 1887 he
returned to France and married. He now
has two children, valiant, however,
soon deserted his wife
valiant nn Old Time Anarchist.
since 1851 valiant has been identified
with the EXTREMIST branch of the social
lists and with the regular anarchist
groups. He made himself prominent by
the lncendary nature of his speeches and
BY his bitter lenuncations OF the Bour-
Reoise and eventually became a member
of the committee of the revolutionary So
cialst group of the Eighteenth Aron-
dissement of Paris.
Yesterday NJ Lepine the prefect of po-
iira, the public prosecutor and the exam
tniug magistrate visited the Hotel Dicu
ihosptall and had long interview with
valiant, who at first protested his inno-
eence, and was quite indignant, appar-
emily, mt the nature of the questions put
60 him by the different officials. Finally
the public prosecutor said TO the suspect:
"Iour name is valiant, and not Marchal,
as you claimed when You came to the hos
pital." After moment of hesitation the
suspected man admitted his identity and
confessed that he had thrown the bomb
which in exploding wounded nearly a
hundred people
Whpn nuesfioned .s to h;a ro,rons for
attsmntinp 10 talir Tho lives ~ co many
people Valiant replied iellantly:
II wished TO deal thoroughly dra-
matte blow at the institutions of tho
conntry and wished In cause n ',rcot san.
sation I endeavorad n Mn, tbs hnn,b nt
M. Dupuy Cthe president of the chamber
pf denittical / ,flnry in the sct and only
rezret tl,at NV hand s,yervel and that the
bomb did moi explode nenr the mark +"
This bold and delinut statement from
the lin, of the bandaped prisoner caused
AGensation, even among the stern officials
pi the law, who ere accustomed to start
ling situations and used to surprises Of
all kinds. There was SO much bitter
hatred in the anarchists tone as he delv-
cred his defiance and glured in his crime
that even the public prosecutor started
and seemed to turn pale
valiant Describes His bomb.
yoiIl.,t .,id tbo+ tho howl, bn ,o.a
We. n Httla iron ssoeonon Tba bo,,h
HaIcep,n when io.,pfd continued 81 rnim.
her nf nails which Won fonnd an Tho floor
of The chan,bcr Inside the sancenan 'ras rya a
an. ,,,ftl, !, ,,,,,rasssd anrt,r /, tha
tnhe vas nfrFi, aai5 .,a nrnesi,taof sod.,
these being separated Mt the point where
the tube was compressed by a small ball
of cotton saturated with sulphuric acid,
which, at given moment, would be con-
suined by the sulphuric acid, thus allow
ing the picrc and prussiate to mix and
cause an explosion
The anarchist then described in detail a
variety Of objects which, he snid would
i - found in his lodgings at No. 20 Rue