Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-11

that he lived at Choisy-le-Roi
This man, who was attended by the ply
sicians summoned to the refreshment room
Of the chamber after the explosion, was
taken to the Hotel Dieu after being exam
ined by the project of police. At the hos
pital mentioned the suspect was carefully
watched by four detectives, and it was no
ticed that he gave the name of Marchal
when his pedigree was taken upon en-
tering the Hotel Dieu. This WAS reported
to the authorities and confirmed the sus-
picions already entertained regarding the
wounded man. and several detectives were
Immediately started out with instructions
to spend the night in esta blishing the iden-
tity of valiant, or Marchal, and to furnish
a complete report of the man and his sur
roundings.
The Anarchist COnfesses-
This was done. The detectives worked
quickly and cleverly on the case, and by
morning the project of police was in pos
session of several police reports concern
ing the suspect, which, upon being joined
together and condensed, made it clear to
the authorities that the man in the Hotel
Dieu with his nose almost blown off was
a dangerous anarchist named Valiant.
Early in the day NJ. Lepine, the project
of police, the public prosecutor and the ex-
aminiug magistrate visited the Hotel Dieu
and had a long interview with Valiant,
who at first protested his innocence and
was apparently quite indignant at the ma
ture of the questions put to him by the diff
ferent officials.
Finally the public prosecutor said to the
suspect:
Your name is Valiant and not Marchal
You claimed when you came to the hos
pital.'
After a moment of hesitation the sus-
pected man admitted his identity and con-
feSSed that he had thrown the bomb, which,
in exploding, wounded nearly 100 people
in the chamber of deputies.
When questioned as to his reasons for
attempting to take the lives OF so many
people, Valiant replied defiantly:
II wished to deal 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.
the president of the chamber of deputies
l glory in the act, and l only regret that
my hand swerved and that the bomb did
not explode near the mark"
This bold and defiant statement from the
lips of the bandaged prisoner caused SEN
satiOn even among the stern officials of the
law, who were accustomed to startling sit
nations and used to surprises of all kinds
There was so much bitter hatred in the an
and gloried in his crime that even the pub
lie prosecutor started and seemed to turn
pale
valiant is big blond man, with heavy
blond mustache and hardened expression
of Countenance, which seemed TO light up
with n strange fire he described with
much gusto and in great detail how the
bomb was used.
How the Bomb Was Made.
valiant said that the bomb he used was
a little iron saucepan which he bought at a
bazaar near the Hotel de Vile quite re
Gently. He said the bomb saucepan, when
loaded, contained "A number of nails which
you found Oh 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 sep
arated at the point where the tube was
compressed by a small ball of cotton sat
urated with sulphuric acid, which at Civ
en- moment would be consumed by the sui
phuriC acid. thus allowing the picric and
prussiate to mix and cause an explosion
AT the Hotel de III nion it was ascer-
tanned that valiant had eight days pre-
vious hired A furnished room. Upon pro-
seeding to search this room the authori-
ties found a number of nails exactly SINH
lar to those found scattered about the
They also found a saucepan like the one
described by valiant and which he had
evidently discarded because it was a trifle
too large to be carried about without dam
ger of detection. Continuing the search,
the authorities found trunk mentioned
by Valiant and opened it cautiously, but
they found that it did not contain any ex-
plosives.
Valiant continues to pretend to be ut
terly Indifferent as to the consequences of
his crime and speaks of il as though it did
not concern him in the slightest.
Experienced detectives, whose duty it is
to devote themselves entirely to watching
anarchists aud reporting upon their do
ings and sayings, express the belief that
Naillrnt had number of accomplices, but
Valiant replies to all questions on this
subject with the remark: You need not
put yourself to the trouble of searching
for accomplices. l alone did the deed
All the slightly injured people whom the
police detained at the Hotel de Vile, unless
suspected of soma connection with the eX-
plosion, have been released. Among those
detained in custody or who have not been
removed ON account of their injuries, the
police refusing definite information on the
subject, are a man named Gaunet and a
baker who gives his name as Guillotier,
whose skull has been trepanned and who
will certainly be detained for further treat
ment
Suspected AccompIIces Detained
| At the Hotel Dieu, valiant was placed
in a separate room, where he is watched by
several detectives night and day. Lenoir
| the engraver, who was at first suspected oil
being the man who threw the bomb, has
been released from custody, but it is known
that about six other persons are still in
/ custody and will not be released until tn
police are in possession Of all the facts il
| connection with the outrage. The Opinion
is expressed that several of those who ar
not allowed their liberty are accomplice
of Valiant.
VI. Meyer, the examining magistrate,
known to have obtained at least two in
portant dispositions regarding the author
| of the crime. Suspicion rests especially o
four persons, one of whom is a man name
| Vincent and who twice gave a false AZ
dress. The others also gave false address,
and made contradictory statements to til
magistrate, who passed the night in exam
lining the suspects. During the night ii
police made search of the houses of
number of suspected people and are sal
to have obtained some valuable informs
| ton.
The condition of the injured is satisfa
tory, and it is now hoped no lives will
lost through the explosion. All the new
papers, including the radical and socia
list press, make energetic announcement
Of the outrage.
1t IS said that the total number of the 4