Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-15


Strongly Suspected-The Bomb Is
Hurled From an Upper Gallery and
Bursts in the Air-Oyer Eighty
Wounded-Dupuy's Courage.
Paris, Dec. 9.-While member of
the chamber OF deputies was delivering
a speech in the chamber this after
noon, upon an unimportant subject, a
nan i'll one OF the galleries threw d
bomb on the floor.
The bomb exploded with tremendous
noise and shook the building as it IN
earthquake had struck it.
Several members were seriously in
Jured. The explosion was followed by
the greatest excitement.
OF gen uarmeS We're dispatched to
the chamber, and the vicinity OF the
building for several blocks was put
under guard. No one was allowed to
leave OF enter the chamber until IN
investigation had been made.
The extreme estimates OF the num-
Der OF wounded early this evening
place the total at fifty more OF less
seriously injured. This number i'll
cludes ten OF fifteen deputies, among
them CaSOnoye de Iradino, leComte
de Tanjuinai, lie Czech and Coulter.
Two deputies who were present at
the time OF the explosion and who
We're allowed 10 leave the chamber
volunteered the following statement:
The bomb WAS thrown from the gal
lery above the right benches, into
which the pubic is admitted without
the formahty OF presenting cards. a
fuse was attached to the bomb which
exploded i'll the air. 1t is thought the
Shell may have contained u mixture
of nitro slycerine and gunpoWder, and
no dynamite.
Late tonight the police have i'll Gus
tody Il man, who, on entering, refused
to remove his oyercoat when request
ed to do SO i'll the cloak room. An
other man, who attempted to evade
chamber is also closely watched. Some
OF the spectators recognize him as the
throWer Of the bomb. AT 5 y. LII. all
the strangers present at today's sitting
are still being detained. They are OF
all ranks and ages and in groups are
engaged in discussing the outrage. Six
suspects have been detained for ex-
animation.
This evening the deputies and Of
ticers who desire to do SO are allowed
to leave the palais in order to reach
their families.
An Associated Press correspondent
during the evening had an interview
with DR.. Malay, who was prominent
among the physicians i'll giving as
Stance to the wounded. DR.. Malay
slight, but it is still impossible to give
a complete account of their extent as
the projectiles thrown from the bomb
had in many cases penetrated the
bodies, causing internal injuries likely
to have serious results.
at the Palais Bourbon has only one
bed and this was occupied by wound
ed spectator. In the third bureau an
Associated Press correspondent rec
ognized Able LeMire lying covered
with blood on a mattress. The face
of the wounded deputy was covered
with bandages and he appeared to be
were lying about the room.
President Dupuy is said to have be-
haYed with the utmost GOODNESS, do
ing much to allay the panic. He called
the chamber to order. Part Of the
deputies obeyed the summons, and
Dupuy rose and said, as calmly as if
nothing had happened. Such at
tempts should not discomfort the cham
Der. l invite you to continue your dis
eussions with calmness. When the
order Of the day has been dealt with
the proper officials will do their duty"
Adjournment was not taken until the
order of business had been finished.
Dupuy received rifling scalp
wound. One woman spectator, named
Malley, was wounded in the leg and
so mutilated that the doctors declare
she will be cripple for life. A Rou-
manian woman named Mantel was also
severely wounded.
Up to the present time fifty wound
, ed persons have passed through the
hands of DR.. Blet alone. Altogether
over eighty persons were wounded.
| At midnight the excitement is still
very great. There seems to be every
reason to believe that the bomb was
thrown by anarchists. The crime viii
undoubtedly result in strengthening
{ the government and in weakening the
socialists, although they take great
| pains to denounce anarchists. Nine
deputies are known to be among the
| injured.
1t is now quite certain that a man
named Lenoir, the man who would
not remove his overcoat, threw the
| bomb.
IN CONGRESS.