The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-12-12
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PARIS, Dec. 1l-Aftcra day Of great t
excitement, following the explosion of
the bomb in the chamber of deputies,
the authorities have the bomb throwcr
in custody The miscreant is named
MarchaL lie is also known as Vail
liant He is an anarchist and has made
"a fun confession. lie was among the
wounded taken to the hospital and
had his nose almost blown off
valiant, it was reported by the
police is 80 years old and had lived
rowing life During this rowing Vail
liant passed several years in Buenos
Ayres, and in lsS7 he returned to
France and married lie now has two
children. valiant, however, soon de-
serted his wife. valiant has been
identified with the cxtrcmist branch
of the socialists and with the regular
anarchist groups lie made himself
prominent by the incendiary nature
of his speeches and by his bitter de-
nunciations of the Bourgeoise, and
eventually became member of the
committee of revolutionary socialists
Of the Eighteenth arrondsscment of
Paris
After being hard pressed by the Do-
lice the prisoner acknowledged his
name was valiant and confessed he
had thrown the bomb which. IN eX-
ploding. wounded nearly hundred
people in the chamber of deputies.
When questioned as To his reasons for
attempting to kill 50 many people,
valiant replied defantiy: II wished
to deal "A thoroughly dramatic blow at
the institutions of the country, and
wished to cause "a great sensation. |
endeavercd TO aim the bomb at VI.
Dupuy (thc president OF the chamber
of deputiesl. ! glory in the act, and
| only regret my hand swervcd and
that the bomb did not explode near
the mark. 80
There was so much bitter hatred in
the anarchists tone as he delivered
lis defiance and gloricd in his crime
that even the public prosecutor start
ed and seemed to grow pale.
lie said the bomb was a little iron
saucepan, which he bought at bazaar
near the Hotel de Willie The bomb
saucepan, when loaded, contained, he
said, "a number of nails. which YOU
T.
Inside the saucepan was tube with
compressed center. In the tube were
picric acid and pru-siatc of soda, these
being separated at the point where
the tube was compressed by a small
bali of cotton saturated with sulphuric
acid, which at given moment would
! be consumed br the sulphuric acid, thus
allowing the picric acid and pru-siate
| t. mix ana cause an explosion.
The Anarchist then described in
! detail n variety Of objects which he
said would be found i'm his lodgings at
! the Hotel Del Union. 90 Rue Daguerre,
whore valiant lived under the name
| of Marchal, 'But," Valiant added,
| "if you are going TO search my room,
! you had better be careful in disturb
| ing things unless YOU want to be
! blown to pieces | advise You especial
! lv TO be careful in handling a box
which is full of explosives
In consequence of this declaration,
NJ Boullier, Lepine and Never. the
| examining judges, accompanied by the
| commissary Of police. went to the
Hotel Del Union, and ascertaincd
there that Valiant had eight davs
previously hired "a furnished room in
that establishment, Uuou proceeding
to search this room the authorities
found a number of nails exactly similar
TO those found scattered about the
chamber of deputies after the cNplo-
sion They also found saucepan
like the one described by Valiant and
which he had evidently discarded be-
cause it. was trlile too large to be
carried about without danger of de-
lection
Continuing thc,s,arch. the authori-
ties found the trunk mentioned by
Valiant and opened it cautiously, but
they found it did not contain any cN-
plosives. The articles mentioned, as
well as "a number of others found in
Naillaut's room, were conveyed To an
apartment i'm the law courts, whore
they were placed under seal pending
further investigation.
The officials charged with the in.
vcStgltiou of the explosion asccr-
tanned that Valiant has been dccid-
ed.y mysterious in his movements re-
Gently, and that he was out a great
deal and rarely spoke to the people in
the hotel valiant continues to rrc.
tend to be utterly Indifferent as to the
consequences of his crimc, and speaks
of il as though it did not concern him
i'm the slightest
The ceiling of the chamber of dcpu-
ties is pcppcred with nails and small
pieces of iron. The injured are all
doing well, aud il is not believed that
any will die.