The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-11
BOMB THROWER CAUGHT
He is Auguste Valiant,
Professional Anarchist,
AND GLOalsS IN HIS CRIME.
Wounded by the Explosion He
Caused in the French Chamber,

We Had Been Taken. lie Confessed HTS
eu,it-Hs Threw the Bomb at NJ. Dupuy,
but n wcman Diverted Hts Airn-His Nose
Blown or aud the Woman Wouuded-He
Had Had Enough. Hs said, OF the Blood
sueking Bourgeois society-Ths Bomb
Made by IIIm,rIf-E piosives Found In
Ell. Room-A THIEF aud Five Times Con-
vIcted OF Petty Crime--Dcsertcr OF Ell.
wire and Two Children, hut Considered
= PbIianthropi-t by His Neighbors-so-
einiI-t Leaders Denounoe Hts Crime-His
Wounds Not Mortni-Tho GuiIlotins to
Be III. fsie - All Those Wounded In
the Explosion Are Likely Recover.
PARIS. Dec. 10-The guilotine'wiIl soon end
the career Of the miscrennt who fred the bomb
in the Pnluis Bourbon yesterday afternoon.
He now lies in n hospital. suffering from
we're wounds. but Is gloryng in his crime. He
Is not n lunatic. unless belief In ideas 81 an
archy constitutes prima iaie evidence Of
madness He is a man about 80 years old.
leather worker by trade. and n member OF
group Of Anarchists known as Lrs SOhtdTes.
They are dynamiters. who are supposed to
rlnn and commit outraGes without accom-
rlices. Ills name is Augusta Valiant, alias
Marrha
lie was among those de'n ined by the closing
OF the ga ga when tho crowd souqh TO escape
from tho scene Of the explosion. fragment
Of his bomb had torn away part OF his nose.
He was rushing toward the street. with blood
streaming from hts face. when STOPPED by the
soldiers This morning no was redSnmined
with other suspects. The police had learned
he hal given false name. He admitted this
and confessed his crime.
He expressed great regret that he had failed
in his object, which was to kill President Du-
puy and several members oil the Cabinet He
had sought to throw the missile so as to strike
the front OF the Presidents desk. He had to
lean on one side to avoid hitting two women
seated in front OF him in an awkward position.
His hand slipped. causing him to miss his aim
and turn the bomb while in the air. This made
the premature explosion.
Never mind" he exclaimed. after giving
these details. some Of my com rades will
complish what failed to to-"
He said he had NJ accomplices. The Internal
machine. as he described 1t, was exactly like
that which killed several policems on In the Rue
Bons Enfants last winter
II consisted OF n small. covered. iron sauce
pan. filled with hob nails for missiles. In the
centre Of them was a dumb bell shaped glass
vessel. The bulbs contained. one. picric acid
the other prussia;e Of potash Connecting the
two was cotton soaked with sulphuric acid.
Carried one end up the bomb was harmless
Inverted. II exploded Instantly.
Valiant spent several years in America
where his wife. whom he deserted now lives
lie has been living with q woman named Mar
chai in q suburb OF Paris She and the neigh
bors give him good character. lie also had
Q room in Paris. where the police found more
explosive materials.
Under the French law Vnilant's crime is
punishable with death.
The Cabinet voted to-day to submit drastic
laws at once to tho Chamber furnishing So
verely anything tending to violence. whether
by publication or otherwise. 1t Is now be-
lieved that tho Government will receive the
almost unanimous support OF the Chamber
tomorrow.
The Socialists lament the outrage more than
all others. Two or three OF their leaders said
to me to- day:
" The Socialist party and minors. whose
cause we champion. will be the real sufferers
by yesterdays outrage. We condemn It and
all Anarchist methods more than anybody
S MoueSrI are ali @p TSS Workm.n
were busy to-day repairing the damage and
diGglas out the slugs thrown ~ the bomb
%. Ms U,Tod Pres.
FANS, Dec. l0--AuGusts Valiant alias Mar
ehal resident OF the suburb Choisy-l e- Rot is
Chamber OF Deputies yesterday. He made .
All last evening the officials at the Prefecture
of Police were Verifying toe statements and
examining the names OF suspects. The nrst
sn eHss ss HH hat
this man had long been known as an Anarch-
@ 81 "s s Issn ThH Lad s
OF t his the
detectives had said Of him; Four Detectives
wounds. In reply to their questions he said
that his name was Marchai and that he lived
When asked Tor more information, he plead
cd that the shattered condition OF his nerves
BE must sleep. he said. before talking more.
When the detectives pressed him for
and refused 20 speak, The detectives con
yinesd that he was either principal or ac-
Hnusd their efforts to draw him out. AZ the
french p2llcn say, they sailed" him, Moth
mornipg. Az, G'clGek the ProcureuE, Of the
hspanit1 "a, ani d. Lhspins' pTslsct o. P9iise. AZ,
the detectives they went to Va iiliSnts BEDSIDE.
v' a,|S,Sa, are not hsrshsi' YOU are August.
.Yalllsnt started, hssitatsd : moment then
SO am. Yes am Augpsrs Valiant and
threw the bome because have had enough
oithis blood-sneking bonIgso's society"
vado. lie attended the Chamber, ne said. Tor
the purpose OF throwing the bomb at NJ.
woman who sat next 10 him. seeing him
preparing 20 throwing the bomb. tried TO seize
his aim. The bomb struck the eoEnies OF the
public gallery and "a plOdsd.
Naillants Injuries were so severe that he fell
20 the floor. When the panic started In the
uhau her he tried. as did many others. 10 es-
IN concluding his confession Valiant said;
am sorry failed. ] hone others who
follow me will be moro fortunate. Long live
EnErrhYN
When questioned in detail regarding his as;
complies. he refused 10 speak. He admitted
small iron saucepan. inserted in Ii glass
tube full VI Pierre acid. surrounded the tube
cotton wool being saturated with sulphuHe
acid and then died up the saucepan with
nails aud bits OF Iron. He easily carried the
bomb In one Of his pockets.
Valiant further described articles which
might be found in the apartment last occupied
~ him IN Paris. This was 10 the Hotel de
IUnlon. so Rue a Guerrs, where tho Prison
aT Vas known as MArehal. lie tried 10 fTig hten
the police by saying they would 40 veil 70
handle the articles with great care. lest they