Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-12

Wnen the utttCilFts pitcocL h'ih hcA
swers he grew angry. turned over In bed,
and refused to speak. The detectives,
convinced that no was either principal or
accomplice in the plot against the Depu-
ties. continued their efforts 10 draw him
out. AS the French police say, they
'salted" him. Nothing was learned, how
ever. until well into the morning AZ
o'clock the Procureur Of the Republic ana
NJ Lepine Prefect OF Police, arrived at
the Hotel Dieu. After comforting with the
detectives they went to Vailiants bedside.
The Procureur said positively:
"You are not Marchal, you are Auguste
Valiant"
Valiant started hestated moment.
then blurted out pettishly: so am.
Yes. I am Auguste Valiant. ana l threw
the bomb. because have had enough OF
this bloodsucking bourgeois society,"
THE ANARCHISTS STORY.
He then told his story with an air of
bravado. He attended the Chamber he
said. for the purpose of throwing the
bomb at VI. Dupuy. the President OF the
House woman who sat next 10 him'
seeing him prepare TO throw the bomb,
tried 10 seize his arm. She talled IN the
attempt, but spoiled his aim. Inc oomD
struck the cornice OF the pubic gallery
and exploded. Vaillants injuries were so
severe IflAt ne ltll u Nit h'Vi' 49, 49,
panic started in the Chamber he tried, as
did many others, to escape, but was pre-
vented by the janitors.
In closing his confession Valiant said:
81 am sorry l failed. / hope others who
follow me will be more fortunate. Long
live Anarchy
when questioned in detail regarding his
accompllces he refused to speak. He ad-
nnitted that he made the bomb himself.
He took a small iron saucepan, inserted
I'm It a glass tube full of picric acid. sur
rounded the tube with cotton wool and
prusslate OF soda, the cotton wool being
saturated with sulphuric acid, and then
filed up to the saucepan with nails and
bits OF iron. He easily carried the BOND
in one OF his pockets.
Valiant further described articles which
might be found in the apartment last oc-
cupied by him I'm Paris. This apartment
was in the Hotel de FUnion, No. SO Rue
I.aguerre. where the prisoner was known
as Marchal. He tried TO frighten the po-
lice By saying they would do well to
| handle the articles with great care lest
they explode The trunk, he added. was
especially dangerous valiant gave this
information piecemeal. interlarding his
statements with braggadocio and self
cIorifcation.
4 BOMB IN NAILLANTS ROOM.
After NJ. Lepine. the Prefect. was don,
with valiant he took NM. Roller and
Meyer. of the Police Department, and the
examining magistrate, NJ. Clement. to No.
| 50 Rue Laguerre. There the party learned
that valiant had engaged his room one
week ago. In II We're a quantity Of nails
and a bomb in the form Of large sauce
pan. This bomb had been madn. 1t IL
| thought, for use I'm the Chamber Of Depu-
ties. but was discarded for the smaller
one on account Of its clumsiress and the
| difficulty OF concealing it,
valiant was among the spectators de-
tained in the Chamber after the eXplo-
sion. His right arm was shattered, his
nose was blown off and his neck and
! chest were lacerated. He still suffers
much pain.
THE WOUNDED DOING WE'LL.
Ten of those who We're wounded IN tho
| Chamber were removed TO the Hotel
| Dieu. The gravest case was that OF Gull
| lotier. whose skull was fractured. The
! skull was successfully trepanned by Dr.
/ Depars. and unless complications set In
/ the patient will recover. The injuries or
/ the other patients are not dangerous
/ Lieutenant Saint Martins underwent n
painful operation I'm the Military Hosp'-
! tai it being deemed wise to extract some
| splinters OF bone from the fingers Of his
right hand in order 10 obviate the neces-
/ sty Of amputatlon.
! NJ. Regnauld, private secretary TO NJ.
! Raynal, Minister Of the Interior, and NJ.
| Pierre, private secretary to NJ. Dupuy,
! president Of the Chamber of Deputies,
visited the wounded on behalf of their
superiors.
Deputy Lemlrc. who was badly injured
! by the explosion, was removed from the
! Chamber to his home in the course OF
the night. His physicians say that he Il
| improving, though at intervals he is mo-
tionless and speechless. The woman who
| checked Nailants arm when he threw
the bomb was badly wounded on the face
and neck.
Premier CasimirP Perier, VI. DuDuy, and
others have been overwhelmed with con-
gratulatory letters and kilograms. Many
teegrams came from foreign countries.
II is reported that the French Govern
ment will appeal to the Government OF
England to refuse dOmicie 70 Anarchists.