The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-12-13
AN ATRCGI0US DEED.
A Bomb Exploded In the French
Chamber OF Deputies.
1t Was Hurled From One OF the Public
Galleries Nmriy One Hundred Poo-
pie Injurd by the Exp,oion
Tho LOmb Thrower AR
rested and Confesses.

pie IuJurd by the Exploion
Tho iiomb Thrower Ar
rested and Confcsses.
PARIS, Dec. 1i.--A bomb was thrown
in the chamber of deputies Saturday
afternoon, happily without fatal re-
suits. The usual number OF members
present when no matter OF great i'm
portance is TO be considered, were In
their seats and the business of the
house was proceeding sleepily. The
galleries contained a number of visi'
tors, including number of ladies, who
watched the proceedings with little in
terest In the gallery above the
benches occupied by the members OF
the right, were a number of strangers,
none of whom had attracted any atten'
tion. They entered the gallery and
had seats assigned to them. In the
course of the business, the election OF
NJ. Mierman came up for discussion.
NJ. Mierman had been speaking from
the tribune and had just descended to
. resume his seat, when o man in the
gallery above mentioned, threw bomb
towards the floor of the house. The
bomb must have had time fuse at
tached to il, for rs IL passed the head
Of Prof. Lemiere 1t exploded with a
terrific report, A dense cloud OF smoke
and dust ascended, shutting out from
view for time, those sitting in the
body Of the house.
For a single instant the house was
perfectly quiet and then. the members
and others realizing what had oc'
Cured, there was the widest excite
ment. The officers detailed to guard
the chamber were the first to regain
their senses They at once shut the
great doors leading to the chamber tc
prevent the escape of the bomb throw.
ers. The people in the galleries fed in
disorder, fearing that other bombs
would be thrown. They were in a
state bordering on frenzy, and almost
fell over each other in their wild bpt
futile haste to get out Of the building.
One lady, who it was subsequently
learned, was an American, had been
hit in the forehead by piece of the
casing of the bomb, and she fed, with
blood streaming over her face.
On the floor of the house the excite
ment was fully as great as that in the
galleries. Many of the members
rushed for the exits, fearing every mo
ment to hear another explosion. NJ.
Dupuy, president of the chamber, was
apparently the coolest man in the
chamber. Two ladies beside the Ameri-
can in GLOVER gallery were injured.
The most extreme estimates of the
number Of people wounded by the ex-
plosion, estimates which are not con-
hrmed, place the total at fifty, more or
less seriously injured
The excitement among the members,
wild though 1t was, did not last long.
The wounded were taken TO committee
rooms and medical attendance was
hastily Summoned to attend them.
August Valiant. alias Marshal, a
resident OF the suburb Choisy LeRoi, Is
the anarchist who threw the bomb in
the chamber of deputies. He made a
confession Sunday morning.
Saturday evening the officials OF the
prefecture OF police were verifying the
statements and examining names Of
suspects. The first name TO challenge
their attention was that Of Valiant
Several detectives remarked that this
man had long been known as an an
archist of the extreme type, ranter
who had surpassed all his comrades re-
Gently in the violence Of his language
Upon searching the records the officials
found full biography OF Valiant,
whose career justified all that the de-
tectives had said of him. Four detec-
tives then went to the Hotel Dieu and
sought the bed on which Valiant lay
suffering from many wounds. In reply
to their questions he said that his
name was Marshal.
The procureur said positively: "You
are not Marshal; you are August Vail
liant"
Valiant started, hesitated moment,
then blurted out pettishly: 80 am.
Yes, l am August Valiant and / threw
the bomb, because have had enough
Of this blood-suclSing bourgeoise socie-
ty."
He then told his story with an air of
bravado. He attended the chamber,
he said, for the purpose OF throwing
the bomb at NJ. Dupuy, president of the
house. 4 woman who sat next to him
seeing him prepare 10 throw the bomb.
tried to seize his arm. She failed in
the attempt, but spoiled his aim.
In concluding his confession Valiant
said: ~ am sorry failed. hope
others who follow me will be more for
tunate. Long live anarchy"
When questioned In detail regarding
his accomplices he refused 10 speak.
He admitted that he made the bomb
himself. He took small iron sauce.
pan, inserted in It q glass tube full OF
picric acid, surrounded the tube with
cotton wool and prussiate soda, the
cotton wool being saturated with sui
phuric acid, and then filed up the
saucepan with nails and bits of iron.
He easily carried the bomb In one oi