Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-11
ANARCHY'S BLOW.
Bomb Exploded in the French
Chamber Of Deputies.
No One Nlled--Nearly 100 Injured
--Thrower Arrested Sunday.
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Pass, nsc. ie.--Anarchy has struck lie
most iasaient blow In Paris. IL fired .
hasae in the French Chamber Of Deputies
this stternooa. About 500 memeers zero
81 theig seats and the galleries were filed.
Fhs House was engaged In routine haai>
ncSs, y her ipst after | o'clock 4 few per-
saHs csng9s sight of something fNliins from
tt,e lt.per gallery litle 10 the rivhs ef tho
Pres leps ,lets bef0rS The sAiag touched
tas or there IS tlsanderaes explosion.
Fey usoa.cn, ihc siF was Ailt& With tSy-
ing partelss faen cloud ~ dasi ana
smoke ohsearea every thiRg, l.aud cries of
psia and terror srose 81 all parts ~ the
house. and thsrs followed tbs fFantic rush
of a thousand persons dying ftam they
knew net what. In few seconds the great
Chanber vas empty Of al save those v aaAc
wounds msac tasm helpless.
Within a wonderfully short time the
panic was over aud many returned g. aid
the ~ sounded At first In was believed that
several had been killsd or mor,ally hurt.
This proved untrue, and although nearly =
100 hsd been struck by dying scraps or
splinters. none Of their iajarses Is believed
TO be faisl
when this reinsurance was gained the
outraged members OF the Chamber turnedto
search for the Anthor OF the cowarily
crime, With admirable discipline tho
soldiers 1T the entrance 10 the court whence
admission is gained to the public galleries
eiosed the iron gates and permitted none
of the panic stricken spectators 10 escape
TO the street. Daring the great confusion
which followed no one could he found able
TO ldsntif, positively the thrower of the
bomb.
Meantime the injured were removed 20
the committee rooms and their wounds were
being creased by several physicians sho
hecn summoned. la only two or three
eases were the injuries dangerous. Several
ladies " ho occupied the first gallery TO the
right Of the president were among those
3 urt. THE contents Of the bomb tiew oven
ia the upper press gallery. on the opposite
side of he honse where two or three horse
shoe nails, with which the machine was
loaded, were found.
Evidently the criminal had attempted to
throw the missile between the from, row OF
tho ministers seats, where Premier Perier
aud several other members Of the cabinet
were seated. and III tribune. but II fell
short Must of TIE deputies hurt sat be-
hind and 10 the left Of the ministers.
The police commissioner in charge OF the
meter expresses the opinion that the bomb
vas charged with nitra-glycetlnc and soraps
of iron. This is hardly probable. for had
,hat explosive been used the execution
would have heea fully as deadly rs At Bar
celona. II is more likely that only gun
powder was contained in the shell with bits
Of metal
The Chamber resumed its - ssiop half
hour after tho Outrage, and The prime min
ster assurca the members In stern language
hat thq government could he relied upon
TO deal with the matter IN n most rigorous
and emerge tic manner.
AnEBste valiant, mtas Marchal, resi-
dent of the suhnrb Coisy-le-roi, Ia the An
arehi.t whn threw the bomb in the Chamber
Of DEPUTIES yesterday. lie made confes-
.ion this morning.
valiant has long been knovn 10 the de-
tecuves as an Anarchist Of the extreme
typp. Upon searching the records the ofii-
ials found a fun biography Of valiant.
Four dt tcetiyes went TO Hotel Dieu and
ought the bed on which Valiant lay, suf-
Frline from many wounds. He said his
aaue was Msrchbi ami that he lived In
Cta'sy le-fei,
when asked for moro information he
pleadyf thai the shattered condition OF his
perve, incapaciated him from talking CO.
hrfrntiy. He must sleep, he sHid, before
mixing mote when the detectives pressed
pim iJr aussor, be- grew angry and refused
to spesk. The dot ciiyes continued their
etfOrts 20 draw han out. Nothing war
learned until well toward morning.
At . O'Clock the ptocureur Of the repub-
lie and NJ Lpsine. project Of police, ar
lived nj Yaillant's bedside, The procureur
.ail positively, "You are not Marchal, you
are August Valiant" Valiant started,
hesitated moment and blurted ou, pet
iishiy
so am. Yes, am Auguste Vaillant,
ana thres the bomb because had enough
Of this blood smoking burgeois society"
ne then told hia story with an air Of bra
vaa1 "A attended the Chamber, iie saisi,
taf che purpose uS thrnwing the bomb u
Uutny President af the House woman
gho sat nest 90 bins seeing bim prepare 70
throw the bomb wiel N SEIZE biz arm.
She failed, bu. spfilesl as sim
The bomb struck sfnies Of the public
gallery and exploded. VaillsDte Injuries
were so severe that bP fell To- ibp iin0f.
whsn the panic started ~ tlle Chamber he
triea 70 escape but vas pre7satsd by the
ianitors. IN concluding bis confession
Yaillsnt said II am sorry ! fsiied
hope the others who follow me vii be niofe
for,unsie. Long live Anarchy"
when questioned in detail regarding his
accoupliees he refused to speak.
He admitted that he had made the bomb
himself. He took a small iron saucepan.
inserted 10 il a glass ,abe full of piecric
acid, surrounded the tube with cotton wool
and prussists Of soca. the cotton wool be-
ing saturated with sulpbuiie acid, and then
flied % the saucepan with nails and bits Of
iron. lie easily carried the bomb in bis
po ket.
valiant further described the articles
which might be found in the apartment last
oecnpisa hy him In Paris. This apartment
~. in Hotel De lie Union, 80 Rue La
gae,re, where the prisoner was known ss
Narcl,al He tried 10 frightFn The police
hy saving they would do well to handle the
afiicles v i,h afes, care, lest tbsy s1plo'ie.
The trunk, he added, was especially dan
gfrDus.
After II. I,epine. the prefeot, was done
st,h valiant, he took Officers Roller ard
Never 1f The police department, and the
exapdnlnz magistrate. NJ. Clsm,n, to 70
RE l. guerre. Tnsre they learned that
YAiIanl engaged his room week ago. In
L were qn.miiy Of nails and bomb IN
the shaee Of large saucepan. THIS bomb
wa made, I. a thought, for use 10 ths
Chamter Of Deputies. but was discarded
fof ths smaller one on account Of its elnm-
siness and tie dificnlty Of coscesiing Il.
| valiant. right arm was shattered, his
nose blown off sFd meek and chest lscefated.
7 He still suffers much pain. valiant viii
( be further exsmioed tomorrow, snh 10 the
meantime the police are hard at work max
( Ing in9aifies and searches.
aas tfonblei With cata,rh f0r seven