Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-09
BUMB THROWER IN JAIL
The Author of the Barcelona
Theater Horror Confesses.
He WAS A LEADER OF STRIKERS.
seven More Anarchists Arrssted-It Is
Now Thought That Fifty of Those In
jured by the Explosion and In the Panic
Which Followed VIII Die.

BARCELONA, Nov. 0-The man who threw
the bomb in the Lyceum Opera House,
which resulted in the death of many per
sons, is now under arrest. His name is
Mausico Saldani, and he has confessed.
Saldani was arrested as he was fastening
down the staircase from the top gallery
just after the explosion.
When he was taken before judge, he
gave vague replies to the questions put to
him. The only definite bit of information
that could be got from him was that he
was the leader of u recent strike of marble
workers. \ search was made of his house
but nothing Of eliminating nature was
discovered.
At "A council of the ministry special pow
ers We're granted to the police to pursue the
persons connected with last nights crime
The new powers conferred are equivalent
to the suspension of the habeas corpus.
1t is now reported that 10 of the wounded
persons cannot recover. \ considerable
portion of the furniture OF the theater was
ruined, and the decorations We're damaged.
The architect has ordered that the house
he temporarily closed.
Two More Bombs Found.
Two more bombs have been discovered
among the debris in the demolished por-
tion of the theater. Had all four bombs
exploded, the destruction of life among the
1900 people in the house would have been
something appalling.
The damage done 10y the one bomb that
exploded was awful, and it was not con-
fined to the spot where the missile landed
A gentleman who was sitting in the four
teenth row of the stalls, some distance
away, WAS killed by fragment of the
bomb, and another fragment hit the cell
ing and left decided mark. The lights
We're not put out by the explosion.
Among the dead are a young married
pair who were on their wedding trip. An
other victim was a lady who was about to
become n mother. \ merchant of the city
of the name of Guillo dropped dead on
hearing the news of the terrible disaster.
y jeweler named Pencar, who had mar
Vicious escape from death in the theater,
returned home to find his house had been
entered and robbed of $1,000.
The catastrophe has caused n profound
sensation throughout Spain. The author
tiles of Barcelona are censured for per-
hitting the preparation of frequent out
RACES by anarchists or other lawless per
sohs. The queen regent is much upset
over this fresh calamity. coming So soon
after the Santander disaster Seven adj
ditional anarchists werearrested last night.
Panic Followed the Explosion.
The theater is fine building, situated
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Contra, where are located the most fire.
quented clubs, cafes. shops and hotels.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the report of an eN-
plosion was heard by the people in the
street \ large crowd Immediately fiocked
to the doors of the theater and was met
by the people rushing from the building
These latter people were in state of great
panic, and in the crush to escape from the
house women and children and also many
men were knocked down and trampled
upon, while others were severely injured
in the crush
The police vainly endeavored to restore
order and 70 facilitate eSTess from the the
alter. Inside the house the explosion caused
a momenic-v Stupor. Then the audience,
terrified by the volume Of smoke rising
from the center of the sails, rose and made
a wild rush for the doors The actor :.5
the members of the orchestra at the same
time stampeded to the back Of the stage,
and an Understandable scene of confusion
prevailed. The entreaty of few men
who retained their presence Of mind to the
people TO 20 out quietly was altogether in
effectual. The project, the mayor and 9th
ers in authority who were in the theater
assisted the people in getting out of the
building and tried to calm their fears.
Many persons, however. resisted their
efforts, and continued to shout and cry for
members of their families from whom they
had become separated. In the first con
fusion the screams of the women were as
distressing rs were the cries of the wound
cd. Many doctors were in the theater, and
they proceeded to attend the wounded as
fast as they could be carried out into the
hall, where the dead, dying and injured
were laid out on stretchers. The worst
cases among the injured were taken to the
hospitals as fast as possible