Evening journal., 1893-12-11

tering the Hotel Dicu. This was reported
10 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 establishing the iden-
tity of valiant, or Marchal, and to furnish
a complete report Of the man aud his sur
roundings.
The Anarchist Confesses.
This was done. The detectives worked
quickly and cleverly on the case, and by
morning the prefeot Of police was in pos.
session Of several police reports concern
ing the suspect, which, upon being joined
together and condensed, made il clear to
the authorities that the man IN the Hotel
Dieu with his nose almost blown off was
dangerous anarchist named valiant
Early in the day VI. Lepine, the prefect
Of police, the public prosecutor and the ex-
aiming 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,
as You claimed when you came TO the hos
pital.n
After 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 20 his reasons for
attempting to take the lives OF so many
people, valiant replied dehantly:
81 wished TO deal a thoroughly dramatic
blow at the institutions of the country and
wished to cause a great sensation. en-
deavored 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 that the bomb did
not explode near the mark"
This bold and defiant statement from the
lips Of the bandaged prisoner caused a sem
sation even among the stern officials Of the
law, who were accustomed TO startling sit
uations and used to surprises of all kinds
There was so much bitter hatred i'm the an.
archist's tone as he delivered his defiance
and gloried in his crime that even the pub
lie prosecutor started and seemed TO turn
pale.
Valiant is bigblond man, with heavy
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of countenance, which seemed TO light up
with strange fire as 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 "anumber of nails which
you found on the floor Of the chamber. In
side the saucepan was n 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 a Civ
en- moment would be consumed by the sui
phuric acid, thus allowing the picric and
prussiate to mix and cause an explosion" a."
Al the Hotel de rUnion 10 was ascer-
tanned that Valiant had eight days pre-
vious hired a furnished room. Upon pro
cecding to search this room the authori-
ties found a number of nails exactly simi-
lar 20 those found scattered about the
chamber of deputies after the explosion.
They also found a saucepan like the one
described by Valiant and which he had
evidently discarded because IL was a tritle
too large to be carried about without dan
ger of detection. Continuing the search,
the authorities found a trunk mentioned
by valiant and opened il cautiously, but
they found that it did not contain any ex-
plosives.
Valiant continues to pretend to be ut
terly Indifferent as to he consequences OF
his crime and speaks OF it as though it did
not concern him in the slightest
Experienced detectives, whose duty IL is
to devote themselves entirely to watching
anarchists and reporting upon their do
ings and sayings, express the belief that
Valiant had anumber 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 / alone did the deed"
All the slightly injured people whom the
police detained at the Hotel de Vile, unless
suspected of some 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 Acoomplicss Detained.
At the Hotel Dieu, valiant was placed
in a separate room, where he is watched 10y
several detectives night and day Lenoir
the engrayer. who was at first suspected Of
being the man who threw the bomb, ha:
! been released from custody. but it's known
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