Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-11
MADE A CONFESSION.
Valiant Says His Bomb
Was Aimed at Dupuy.
HE EXPRESSE NO SORROW.
He Tells Police How the Instrument OF
Death Was Made.

PARIS, dec. l1.-AuRuste V Na1llant. altds
MarchaI, a resident OF the suburb Choisy'
le-Roi and an anarchist, has confessed
that he threw the bomb In the chamber OF
deputies.
Several detectives remarked that Vail
liant had long been known as an anarch,
LIST OF extreme type and a ranter who had
surpassed all his comrades in the violence
OF his language.
News b the effect that the bomb
thrower was in the hands of the police
was circulated at noon yesterday, but the
report was not confirmed until the Official
announcement was made this evening,
and now all Paris will sleep easier and
await later developments.
Marchal, IL appears, was among the In
jured persons taken to the Hotel Dieu.
Under the suspicious of the authorities
and pressed by the prefect of police he
made full confession.
The discovery of the anarchist fiend was
made In the following manner: Among
the persons questioned by the police wae
man whose nose was almost blown od
by the explosion of the bomb In the
chamber of deputies. The suspect gave
the name OF valiant, and says that he
lives at Choisy-la-Roi. This man, who
was attended by the physicians sum.
moned to the chamber after the explosion,
was taken to the Hotel Dieu after being
examined by the prefect OF police.
At the hospital mentioned the suspect
was carefully watched by four detectives,
and IL was noticed he gave the name OF
Marchal when his pedigree" was taken
upon entering the Hotel Dieu. This was
reported to the authorities, and confirmed
ha an niain nj dy ~ rt aita art-
ing the wounded man, and several detec-
tives were Immediately started out with
instructions to spend the night in estab
fishing the identity of valiant or Mar
chal, and to furnish complete report OF
the man and his surroundings.
No Time Lost.
This was done: the detectives worked
quickly and cleverly on the case, and the
prefect of police was soon i'm possession of
several police reports concerning the
suspect, which upon being joined together
and condensed made it clear to the au
thorties that the man in the Hotel Dieu
was n dangerous anarchist named Vail.
liant, who was born at Mezeres, a strongly
fortified town Of about 1000 population in
the Department of Ardennes.
Valiant is 80 years Of age, and has lived
a rowing life. During this rowing Valiant
passed several years in Buenos Ayres, and
In 1887 he returned to France and married.
He now has two children. Valiant, how
ever, soon deserted his wife.
Still, according to the police reports,
since 1884 valiant has been identified
with the extreme branch of the socialists
and with the regular anarchist groups
He made himself prominent by the incen-
diary nature of his speeches and by his
bitter denunciations of the bourgeoise,
and eventually became a member of the
revolutionists' socialist group of the 18th
reimbursement of Paris. This, in brief,
is the cream of the report of the detec-
tives who worked up the case.
NJ. Lepine, the prefect of police, the
public prosecutor and the examining
magistrate visited the Hotel Dieu and had
long interview with valiant, who at
first protested his innocence.
Finally, the public prosecutor said to
the suspect: "Your name is valiant and
not Marchal, as you claimed when you
came to the hospital"
After a moment Of hesitation, the sus-
pected man admitted his identity, and
confessed that he had thrown the bomb,
which in exploding wounded nearly
hundred people In the chamber of depu-
ties.
When questioned as 20 his reasons for
attempting to take the lives of so many
people, Valiant replied, defantly: IL
wished to deal a thoroughly dramatic
blow at the institutions of the country
and wished to cause great sensation. /
endeavored to aim the bomb at NJ. Dupuy,
the president of the chamber of deputies.
glory in the act, and | only regret that
4. Al IL n
not explode near the mark"
valiant, in appearance, Is big blonde
man with heavy blonde mustache and a
hardened expression OF countenance,
which seemed TO light up with a strange
fire as he describe 1, with much gusto and
in great detail, how the bomb was
thrown.
A Deadly Instrument.
Valiant said that the bomb he used
was little iron saucepan which he
bought at bazaar near the Hotel de Vile
quite recently. The bomb sauce pan
when traded contained, he said, q num-
Der Of the nails. Inside the sauce pan
was a tube with a compressed center. In
the tube were picric acid and prussiate Of
soda, these being separated at the point
where the tube was compressed by .
small ball of cotton saturated with sui
phuric acid, which, at . given moment,
wou be consumed BY the sulphuric acid,
thus allowing the picric acid and prus-
state TO mix and cause an explosion"
The anarchist then described. In detail,
. variety Of objects which. he said, would
be found in his lodgings at the Hotel de
LUnion, 10 Rue Daguerre, where Valiant
lived under the name of Marchal.
"But," valiant added, "If you are GO
ing 10 search my room, you had better
be careful in disturbing things unless you
want to be blown TO pieces"
Woman Wa In the Way.
valiant said last night: 81 waited for
more than an hour before throwing the
bomb, In the hope that q favorable chance
would present itself TO cast In the spot I
had picked out. At length, thinking that
an opportune time had arrived, I arose
from my seat In the gallery and hurled
the box, aiming IL at President Dupuy's
table. As did 40 q woman who was
seated in front OF me resented my leaning
over her and pushed me backward. /
was thus prevented from throwing the