Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-11
QUICK POLICE WORK.
Capture of the Paris Bomb Thrower,
Who Confesses.
how he ATTRACTED SUSPICION.
Clue Which the Detectives Care.
fully Worked.
SUSPICION.
FINALLY HE ADMITTED ALL.

The Paris authorities announce that they
| have the bomb thrower in custody. The
| miscreant Is named valiant; he Is an an
| archist, and has made a full confession.
News to the effect that the bomb thrower
was in the hands of the police was crculat-
ed at noon yesterday. but the report was not
| confirmed until the official announcement
was made last evening.
valiant, 1t appears, was among the in
| Jured persons taken to the Hotel Dieu, the
large hospital on the north side of the Place
| du Parvis Notre Dame. He soon fell under
the suspicion of the authorities, and. press
| ed by the project Of police. he decided to
make a full confession. and did So siorying
| in his dastardly crime.
How He Was Detected.
The discovery of the anarchist fiend was
| made in the following manner:
| Among the persons questioned by the po-
| lice Saturday evening a man whose
| nose was almost blown off by the explosion
| Of the bomb In the chamber of deputies
| Saturday afternoon, described in The
| Stars dispatches. The suspect gave the
name Of valiant, and said that he lived at
| Choisy-le-Roy. This man, who was attend
| ed by the physicians summoned to the re-
| IreSilfnent room Oh the chamber after the
| explosion, was taken to the Hotel Dieu, at
| ter being examined by the project Of police
At the hospital mentioned the suspect was
carefully watched By four detectives. and 1t
| was noticed that he gave the name of Mar
| chal when his pedigree" was taken upon
entering the Hotel Dieu. This was reported
| TO the authorities and confirmed the suspi-
| cions already entertained regarding the
| wounded man, and several detectives We're
| Immediately started out with instructions to
| spend the night in establishing the iden tity
| or Valiant or Marchal, and to furnish u
complete report OF the man and his sur
| roundings.
This was done. The detectives worked
| quickly and cieverly on the case, and by
morning the project of police was in posses
| sion OF several reports concerning the sus-
pect which, upon being Joined together and
| condensed. made it clear to the authorities
that the man in the Hotel Dieu was dam
gerous anarchist named valiant, who was
born in Mezicres, strongly fortified town
| of about 5000 population. in the department
| of Ardennes.
valiant, it was also reported by the po-
! lice was thirty-two years OF age and had
/ lived rowing life. During this rowing Vail
/ liant passed several years in BuenoS Ayres,
and in 1887 he returned to France and mar
ried. and now has two children. valiant,
| however, soon deserted his wife.
4 Bitter Anarchist.
Since 1884 Valiant has been identified
| with the EXTREMIST branch Of the socialists
himself prominent by the lncendiary nature
of his speeches and by his bitter denunca-
tons OF the bourgeoise. and eventually be-
came d member of the committee of the
revolutionary socialist group of the eigh-
tenth ACCOMPLISHMENT Of Paris. This. in
brief, Is the cream Of the report Of the de-
| tectives who worked up the case during the
past night.
Early in the day NJ. Lepine, the project
OF police, the public prosecutor and the eX-
aiming magistrate visited the Hotel Dieu,
and had a long interview with Valiant who
quite indignant, apparently, at the nature
of the questions put to him by the different
officials.
The Man COnfesses.
Finally the public prosecutor said to the
suspect:
Your name Is valiant and not Merchal,
as you claimed when you came to the hos
pital"
After a moment of hesitation the suspect
ed man admitted his identity and confessed
that he had thrown the bomb. which, in ex-
ploding. wounded nearly a hundred people
in the chamber of deputies Saturday after
noon.
When questioned as to his reasons for at
tempting to take the lives of so many peo-
pie, Valiant replied, defiantly:
Il wished to deal a thoroughly dramatic
blow at the institutions of the country, and
wished to cause a great sensation. l en-
deavored to aim the bomb at NJ. Dupuy.
CThe president of the chamber of deputies
1 glory in the act, and ! only regret that
my hand swerved and that the bomb did not
explode near the mark.
Valiant is big blonde man with heavy
mustache and hardened expression of
countenance.
Valiant said the bomb he used was a lit
tie iron saucepan, which he bought at a
bazaar near the Hotel DE Vile quite re-
Gently. The bomb saucepan when loaded !
contained he said, "a number Of nails which
you found on the floor of the chamber. In
side the saucepan was a tube with a COM
pressed center. In the tube were picric acid !
and prussiate of soda, these being separated
at the point where the tube was compressed
by a small ball of cotton saturated with sui |
phuric acid, which, at a given moment, |
would be consumed by the sulphuric acid, |
thus allowing the picric and prussiate to
mix and cause an explosion"
The anarchist then described, in detail, a |
variety Of objects which, he said. would be |
found in his lodgings at the Hotel De
fUnion, No. 40 Rue Daguerre, where Vail |
liant lived under the name of Marchal
But" Valiant added, IF you are going to !
search my room you had better be careful !
in disturbing things, unless you want to be |
blown to pieces I advise you especially |
to be careful in handling box. which is
full of explosives" |
In consequence Of this declaration, NJ |
Roullier, Lepine and Meyer the examining |
Judge, accompanied by the commissary of
fUnion, and ascertained there that Vail |
liant had eight days previously hired a fur |
nished room at that establishment Upon |
proceeding to search this room the authori- |
ties found a number of nails exactly similar |
to those found scattered about the chamber |
Of deputies after the explosion they also |
found saucepan like the one described by |
Valiant, and which he had evidently dis |
carded because it was trife too large to |
be carried about without danger Of detec- |
ton.
found the trunk mentioned by Valiant and |
opened 1t cautiously, but they found that 1t |
did not contain any explosives.
He Had No Accomplices.
The articles mentioned as we'll as a num-
Der of others found In Vaillant's room, were |
conveyed to an apartment in the law courts, |
where they were placed under seal pending |
further investigation. The officials charged |
with the investigation of the explosion have