Evening journal., 1894-02-13
BOMB STARTLED PARIS.
An Anarchist Exploded One In
q Crowded Cafe.
SAYS He IS vAILLANTs AvENGBR.

was When the Miscreant Fired y. ith a
Revolver at Ills Pursuers.
PARIS Feb l8.-A young man who set
ed from motives Of revenge exploded a
/ bomb at 9 o'clock last evening iu q cafe
beneath the Terminus hotel which is sit
uated opposite the ST. Ia7atc railroad sta
ton The cafe was full of people Ht the
time
a man who had dined in the cafe was
seen 10 raise his arm and throw some
thing into the middle Of the room. A ter
rife explosion followed, and the occupants
Of the room were paralyzed with terror
The air was filed with smoke and lying
on the floor were numbers Of persons
wounded, moaning and bleeding.
The bomb had landed upon table.
around which a party had been sitting
and this article OF furniture had been re
duced 70 splinters. The persons grouped
at this table suffered the most The in.
jured numbered 10. Nearly all OF them
were wounded in the legs Some of them
were grievously hurt and were removed 20
a CHEMISTS shop near by, where they were
cared for.
Desperate Struggle to Escape.
ln the meantime the man responsible for
this cowardly act had not been allowed to
escape. As soon as he had thrown the
bomb he ran out Of the place aud darted
away.
The alarm was given by persons outside
who had heard the noise OF the explosion,
and chase was at once given the fleeing
figure. A number of policemen joined in
the chase. The fugitive drew revolver
when he saw that his pursuers were get
ting too close and turned and fired several
shots, killing woman and wounding
number Of persons. One of the men struck
was policeman, and his wound is consid.
cred fatal
The man WAS captured when 80 yards
from the cafe He proved 20 be an under
sized, pale faced and beardess man Of 80
years. His name is Leon Breton. lie had
been employed la the cafe as "a waiter. hut
had been dismissed FOR misconduct Di-
rectly after the explosion the cafe was
cleared The iron shutters were lowered,
and then the place was closed. Intense
excitement existed in the viciuity, and au
immense crowd gathered TO discuss the
outrage The news of the explosion also
caused q sensation throurhout the city.
Before the explosion Breton had been
sitting on the outside of the cuie aud had
partaken of refreshment. No particular
notice was taken of him. as his actions
were not such rs to attract attention.
As be was leaving the place he threw tho
bomb, aiming at the electric light chande
lier. The explosion shivered the plate
glass front OF the place, destroyed one mar.
bic top table, overturned others and smash
cd glassware and plates. their fragment,
flying in all directions.
On leaving the cafe Breton rushed TO.
wnrd the Rne de Rome a blue omnibus
which plies between the railroad station
and the Place St Michel was passing the
cafe rs Breton ran out. A policeman was
sitting on the top of the omnibus and saw
Breton. He jumped to the ground, fol.
lowed him and ran him to earth a few
yards up the Rue de Rome at a spot oppo
site the Scossa restaurant
Crowd Wanted 60 Lynch Him.
Breton turned on the policeman, revolver
in hand. and fired a shot at him. The DO.
liceman grabbed him, aud both fell While
on the ground Breton fired another shot at
the policeman and struck a woman who
was passing. The woman fell to the ground
morially wounded In the meantime a
crowd had collected attracted 10y the shots.
The policeman who had grabbed Breton
had been badly wounded by Breton's first
shot and was unable to hold on to his pris.
Ouer, aud the latter, still brandishing his
to do further mischief
The people a large part Of whom had
followed Breton from the cafe. were in a
furious mood and seemed inclined TO las
hands on him. They believed at the time
chat the explosion was the work of mill
tant anarchist, and they clamored for his
lynching. The sight Of the revolver re-
strained them at first, but finally, headed
10y another policeman, they rushed forward
90 secure him. Breton again attempted to
use his revolver but the policeman cut
him over the face with his saber, stagger
ing him. He was then arrested The mob
again demanded that he be lynched. and
they would have then probably carried out
their intentions had not strong force of
police arrived. The prisoner was then es-
corted to the office OF Commissary Aragon
on the Rue de Moscow.
Five persons who were passing in the
street al the time of the explosion were in
iured by flying fragments Of glass. The
inquiry before the commissary showed that
the bomb was constructed in the form OF
sardine box and contained q chlorate
powder and pieces of lead the size of chpr-
ries. 70 ton admitted to the police that
he was an anarchist
To Avenge valiant.
Breton told the doctor who dressed the
, wound which he received from the police
, mans saber that his main object was to
avenge valiant His hatred of the proprie-
tor oi the cafe was but minor cousidera-
tion. He said there were others who would
follow his example His object and the
x object OF his associates was TO destroy the
70 bourgeois society
s Breton was later subjected To an exam.
D ination by Minister of che Interior Ravnal
Minister OF Justice Dubost. Chief of De
a tectives Goron aud Others. Hedehied ihat
. he was the author of the crime. addinr I'M
< soleutly: 81 am an anarchist The sooner
Q the bourgeois burst up the better. brr 1
n know nothing. I did not enter the cafe.
You can suppose that arrived here from,
d | Pedug OF from Marseilles as you please %
e Notwithstanding his statements that lac
r was not ia the cafe, Breton was fully iden.
. titled by woman who was injured by the
explosion, who said thnt 1t seemed 10 her
4 that there were two Others with him.
r In the waiting hall Of the st. Lszare rail.
b road station the police arrested q wounded
e man who WAS trying to conceal himself