Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-11
The Paris Police Have Captured the
BOmb-ThrOWer.
HAS MADE A FULL CONFESSION.
He is an Anarchist and His Name
is Marchal-He Was Among
the Injured-He Gloried in His
Dastardly Crime How the
Fiend Was Discovered-Clever
Detective Work.

great excitement following the explo-
sion of a bomb In the Chamber Of Dep
uties, the authorities have announced
that they have the bomb-thrower in
custody. The miscreant Is named
Marchal. de is an anarchist and has
made full confession.
News to the effect that the bomb
thrower was in the hands OF the police
was circulated at noon to-day, but the
report was not confirmed until the off,
cial announcement was made this eve
ming, and now Paris will sleep easier
and await the developments tomorrow.
Marchal, it appears, was among the In
iured persons taken TO the Hotel Dieu.
the large hospital on the north side of
the Place du Parvis Notre Dame. Mar
chal soon fell under the suspicion OF the
authorities, aud, pressed by the project
of police, he decided to make a full con-
fession and did so, glorying In his das-
tardly crime.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE ANARCHIST
FIEND
was made In the following manner:
Among the persons questioned by the
police yesterday evening was a man
whose nose was almost blown of by
the explosion of the bomb In the Cham-
Der of Deputies yesterday afternoon.
The suspect gave the name OF valiant,
and said that he lived at Choisy de Roi.
This man, who was attended by the
physicians summoned to the refresh
ment room of 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 it was noticed that he
gave the name of Marchal when his
"pedigree" was taken upon entering the
Hotel Deu. This was reported to the
authorities and confirmed the sus-
picions entertained regarding the
wounded man and several detectives
we're Immediately started with instruc-
tions to spend the night in establishing
the identity OF valiant or Marchal,
and to furnish complete report OF the
man and his surroundings, This was
done; the detectives worked quickly
and cleverly on the case, and by morn
ing the prefect OF police was In posses
sion of several police reports concern
ing the suspect, which, upon being
ioined together and condensed, made IL
clear to the authorities. that the man In
the Hotel Deu, with his nose almost
blown of, was
A DANGEROUS ANARCHIST
named Valiant, who was born at
Mezieree, a strongly fortified town OF
about 5000 population in the depart
ment OF Ardennes. Since 1884 Valiant
has been identified with the extremist
branch OF the Socialists and with the
regular Anarchist groups. He made
himself prominent by the incendiary
nature OF his speeches and by his bitter
denunciations Of the Bourgeoisie, and
eventually became member OF the
committee of the revolutionary Social
ist group of the Eighteenth arondisse-
ment Of Paris.
Early in the day NJ. Lepine, the Pre-
feet of Police, the public prosecutor
and the examining magistrate visited
the Hotel Dieu AID had long inter-
view with valiant, who at first protest.
ed his innocence and was quite indig-
nant, apparently, at the nature OF the
questions put to him by the different Of
fcials.
Finally the public prosecutor said to
the subject: "Your name is valiant
and not Marchal, as you claimed when
you came to the hospital"
After a moment Of hesitation the
suspected man admitted his identity
and confessed that be had thrown the
bomb, which, in exploding, wounded
nearly hundred people in the Cham
Der of Deputies yesterday afternoon.
When questioned as to his reasons for
attempting to take the lives OF so many
people, Valiant replied defantly: 81
wished to deal a thoroughly dramatic
blow at the institutions Of the country,
and wished to cause a great sensation.
| endeavored to aim the bomb at M.
Dupuy (the President Of the Chamber
OF Depnties)."
"I glory in the act and l only regret
that nv hand swerved and that the
bomb did not explode near the mark"
There was so much bitter hatred in
the Anarchists tone as he delivered his
defiance and gloried in his crime that
even the public prosecutor started and
seemed to grow pale.
VALIANT IN APPEARANCE
is a big blonde man, with heavy mus
tache and a hardened expression OF
countenance, which seemed TO light up
with a strange fire as he described with
much gusto and in great detail how the
bomb was used.
The officials charged with the inVes-
tigasion of the explosion have ascer-
tanned that valiant has been decidedly
mysterious in his movements recently
and that he was out a great deal ana
rarely spoke to the people in the hotel.
valiant continues 10 pretend to be ut
terly Indifferent as to the consequences
OF his crime, and speaks as though It
did not concern him in the slightest.
valiant said that the bomb be used
was a little iron saucepan which be
bought at a bazaar near the Hotel Vile
recentIv. The bomb saucepan, when
loaded, contained, he said, "a number
OF nails which you found on tue door OF
the Chamber. Inside the saucepan was
a tube with 3 compressed centre. In
the tube we're prussIc acid and prussiate
Of soda these being separated at the
noint near where the tube was COM
nressed by small ball Of cotton satur-
ated with sulphurie acid, which at q
given moment wonld be consumed By
the sulphuric acid, thus allowing the
acids to mix ard canse an explosion"
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