The Portland daily press., 1894-01-11
VIVE L'ANARCHIE.
The Cry Of Valiant When He Heard
the Death Sentence.
QUICK WORK in THE TRIAL OF
THE BOMB THROWER.

Some of His Remarkable Testimony-He
Filled His Bomb With Nails in Order
to Injure Great Many People Instead
| of Killing Few-The Court Guarded
by Small lArmy of Police and Detec-
tives.
!" Paris, January 10.-The trial of Au-
guste Valiant, the anarchist, who threw
the bomb in the Chamb of Deputies on
| December 8, last, opened before Presi-
ding Judge Gaze and jury in the AS
size court today. Policemen in couples
and threes were stationed every ten yards
| around the immense block occupied by
| the Palace of Justice, in which the court
sits. Every door of the palace was shut
and guarded by sentinels with fixed
bayonets. Nobody was admitted unless
he had special card of identity.
The cynosule of all eyes was the
| prisoner, who stood in the dock with an
off Ger ON each side of him. He was en-
tirely self-possessed, and gazed about the
court room as though he gloried in the
he seemed to be seeking the eyes of
somebody, specially scrutinizing the
people who were standing at the back of
the court room.
Exactly at 10 O'Clock Judge Gaze began
to question Valiant as to his name,
age, profession and residence. The
prisoner gave his age as 80 years. He
answered the questions calmly and readi-
| ly.
After this formality had been COM
| piled with, Judge Gaze read the names
of the jglrymen. M. Rothschild's name
was not on the list, despite the assertions
made that he was to be one of the jurors.
Registrar Hovoch then read the acte
d'accusation, which charged Valiant
with premeditated attempt at assassi-
nation, coupled with an endeavor to de
stroy the Chamber of Deputies. The
| acte d'accusation furthermore recited the
details of the event and the evidence
given before the examining magistrate.
| Judge Gaze reviewed the details of the
| manufacture of the bomb, Vaillant's
visit to the Cham Der and his throwing
of the bomb. He said that the people
who had been hurt the most We're not
member of the Chamber of Deputies
but spectators of the proceedings. "That
was not my fault" retorted valiant
1.-THE Deputies are in the highest degree
responsible for the social misery prevail
ing. 1t was they | meant should feel
their responsibility.
In regard to the outrage, the prisoner
explained that he had chosen the Cham
Der of Deputies as the place to throw the
bomb in order not to hurt innocent per-
sons. Unfortunately he did not succeed,
He regretted that he had hurt irrespon-
81 BILE persons. Describ inR the manu-
facture of the bomb Valiant declared
that owing to the dimensions of his ap-
paratus he had the alternative of putting
in large number of small projectiles.
which would wound many persons
slightly or a small number that would
do more effective work. He chose the
former plan SO that the projectiles would
kill few people outright. Judge Gaze
continued his questioning, asking the
prisoner to tell of hisspast life.
Valiant admitted that he had been
condemned five times for petty thefts,
but. he added, mendicity and theft were
the necessary results of the present social
conditions of the poor. Recurring to the
manufacture of the bombs, Valiant said
he decided to put nails into the missiles,
believing that it was more important to
accomplish his purpose to wound many
persons than to kill few. Therefore he
used nails and not bullets.
Judge Caze-Then you put nails into
the bomb in order to wound and not to
kill?
Vaillant-Yes; put nails in because
was able to get most of them into my
small engine. When | was hunting in
America / noticed that nails would make
a great wound, and kill less often than
bullets. The bomb burst directly it was
out of my hand.
During the trial, the prisoner said: II
must insist that it was not T who tried
to pass Archam bault When before the
magistrate, l asked him whether my face
was bleeding or not, and he said my face
was uninjured. Now numerous witnesses
will prove that my face was injured and
my nose half off. I was bleeding profuse-
~" r = ''
Archambault was again placed on the
stand. He persisted in the statement
that the prisoner was the man he
stopped. The idea pevailed in the court
room that the witness was mistaken
Drs. Vivert and Socquet gave testimony
as to the statements Of the wounded and
desert bed the wounds.
M. Lefebre, formerly member of the
chamber and now mayor of St. Ouen.
where Valiant lived at the time Of his
arrest, gave evidence as to the prisoners
industry and general good character
while working with him.
A workman named Charles testified
that Valiant and he worked together
five years. The prisoner was steady and
popular with his fellow workmen.
The foreman OF the pocketbook factory
OF Choisy-le-Roi where Valiant has
been employed, said that if all the work
men were like Valiant. the prosperity Of
the factory would be doubled.
The only anarchist witness called was
man named Maugin. He told of
Vaillant's separation from his wife, who.
the witness said, was not good woman
The landlord of the house where
Valiant and his wife lived years 400
said the prisoners life was made n,iser-
able by the conduct of the woman.
valiant said: lit is customary ia
represent anarchists as the embodiment
of evil. I, myself. have been subieotea
to this venom. l have been represented
as wickedly deserving my wife, after i'll
treating her, and then accused of an.
propriating Marckand's goods I desired
to show the other side of the picture and
called these witnesses to prove that anar
chists are not necessarily dissinated
ruffians."
Valiant was found guilty and sen.
fenced to death. When sentenca was
passed upon him he shouted: give
I'Anarchie.
Sent to the Law Court.
SacO January 10 The 4.:.1 IL.