St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-11
VALIANT TIE VILLAIN.
An Anarchist Seoundrel
Threw the Paris Bomb.
he rs CAPTURED IN A HOSPITAL
And Makes a Full Confession
Of His Crime.
EXPLOSIVE AIMED At DUPUY
The Fiend Expresses Regret
That 1t Missed Him.
EXPLOSIVE AIMED At DUPUX
ST0RY0F THE CHAMBER HORROR


PARIS, Dec. 1O.-After day of great
excitement following the explosion of
the bomb in the chamber of deputies,
the authorities have announced that
they have the bomb thrower Id custody.
His name is Marchal. He is an anarch-
ist. and has made q full confession.
er was in the hands of the police was
received at noon today, but the report
was not confirmed until the official an
nouncement was made this evening,
and now Paris will sleep easier and
await the developments of the morning.
Marchal, it appears, was among the in
jured persons taken to the Hotel Dieu.
the large hospital OH the north of Place du
ApIryis, Notre Dame. Marchal soon fell
under the suspicion Of the authorities.
and, pressed by the police, he decided
TO make full confession, and did so,
glorying in his dastardly crime. The
discovery of
THE ANARCHIST FIEND
was made III the following manner:
Among the persons questioned by the
police yesterday evening was a man
whose nose was almost blown off by the
explosion of the bomb in the chamber
of deputies yesterday afternoon. The
suspect gave the name of Valiant, and
said that be lived at Choisy lie Roi.
This man, who was attended by the
physicians summoned to the refresh
ment room of the chamber after the eX-
plosiUn, was taken to the Hotel Dieu,
after being examined by the project of
police. At the hospital mentioned, the
suspect was carefully watched by four
detectives. 1t was noticed that he gave
the name of Marchal when his ''pedi-
gree" was taken upon entering the
Hotel Dieu. This was reported to the
authorities and confirmed the suspi-
cions already entertained, and several
detectives were immediately started
out with instructions to spend the
night in establishing the iden-
tity of MARGINAL, and to furnish
a complete report of the man and his
surroundings. This was done. The
detectives worked quickly apd cleverly
on the case, and by morning the project
of police was in possession of several
police reports concerning the suspect.
which, upon being Joined together and
considered, made it clear to the authori-
ties that the man in the Hotel Dieu,
with his
NOSE ALMOST BLOWN OFF,
was dangerous anarchist named Vail
ant, who was born at MeZiers. strongly
fortified town of about 5000 people in the
department of Ardennes. VaiIant,it was
also reported by the police, is thirty-tive
years of age, and had lived rowing
life. During this rowing Valiant passed
several years in Buenos Ayres, and in
1887 he returned to France and married.
lie now has two children. Valiant,
however, soon deserted his wife. Still
according to the police reports, since
1854 Valiant has been identified with
branches of the socialists and with reg
ular anarchists. He made himself
prominent by the incendiary nature of
his speeches and by his bitter de-
nunciations of the Bourgeoise, and
eventually became a member OF the
revolutionary socialist group of the
eighteenth reimbursement of Paris
This, in brief. is the cream of the report
of the detectives who worked up the
case during the night. Early in the day
M. Lepin, the project of police, the
public prosecutor and the examining
,iCSt
had long interview with Valiant, who
claimed innocence and was quite indig-
nant at the nature of the questions put
to him by the different officials. Finally
the public prosecutor said to the sus-
pect:
Your name is Valiant, and not Mar
chal, as claimed when you came to the
hospital"
After moment of hesitation the sus-
confessed that he had thrown the bomb,
which in exploding
INJURED A HRNDRED PEOPLE.
When questioned as to his reasons for
throwing the bomb, Valiant replied de-
family:
II wished to deal thoroughly dra-
matte blow at the institutions of the
country and wished to cause great ex-
element. | endeavored to aim the
bomb at NJ. Dupuy, the president of the
chamber of deputies. glory in the act,
and only regret that my hand sWerved,
and the bomb did not explode near the
mark"
This bold and defiant statement from
the lips of the bandaged prisoner caused
sensation, even among the stern Off
cials of the law, who were accustomed
10 startling situations and used to all
kinds of surprises. There was so much
bitter hatred in the anarchists tone as
he delivered his defiance and glorified
in his crime that even the public prose
cutor started and seemed to grow pale.
Valiant i'll appearance is a big blonde
man with a heavy moustache and q
hardened expression of countenance,
which seemed to loom up with strange
fire as he described with much gusto
how the bomb was used. The boml
saucepan was loaded with. he said, q
number of nails which he found on the
floor of the chamber. Inside the sauce.
pan was a tube with a compressed cen.
ter. In the tube were picraci acid and
pruSsiate of soda, these being separated
at the point where the tube was com
pressed by small ball Of cotton
CHARGED WITH sULPHURIC ACID
which at given moment would be con
eumed by the sulphuric ACID thus al