Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-13
EXPLODED BOMB PARIS.
Fifteen Persons lljursd by tie Ou,-
TassOaS Yillainy.
Tho nomb Ihrower captured Amer
m IScitiBs Chnsr.-A Police
man Morinuy Wounded.


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PARIS, Feb. IA young man, act
ing from motives Of revenge, exploded
a bomb At o O'clock tonight Ia a cafe
beneath the Terminus hotel, opposite
the st. Lszare railroad station. Inc
place was fuil Of people at the time.
A man who mad dlncd In tbs cafe
was seen 10 raise his arm md throw
tomrthing into tho middle Of lie room.
a ,-rrlflc exp losiUn followed. The cafe
was iilleI with smoke, aud lying on the
n1Uf were numbtr Ui persons wound.
o.. The bomb hal landed uu1u table,
around which a party hal beeu sitting.
gho persons grouped nt this table su-
feteu tse noel. The iUlrft numbered
iiiIeeu. y .sfiy Ill were wounded in
the legs.
Muautimo the man responsible for the
c0wardly act na4 not been allowed 10
escape. Ass1on A. he had thrown tho
bomb he ran out oi tue place aud
dsftud away. rhr alarm was given ana
auumbct VI policemen Joined In the
chntr.
The fugitive drew a revolver and
fifod several shots, killing q w0mau
aud v0uuding a number Of pufs1ns.
One mau struck was policeman aud
the wound IN considered fatal.
Tho man was captured whom 100
yards from thg cniC. HIS name 10
Leon Breton. He had beuu employed
In the cafe ~ a walter, but had been
discharged Tor misconduct.
Too nows OF the explosion caused a
sensation throughout the city. The
minister Of the Interior visited the
scene na soon ~ notified Of the occur.
renee.
Breton, before the explosion, had been
sitting on the outside Of the cafe and
had partnken ,0i rofreahments. AZ lac
was leaving tho place no threw tho
bomb, aiming at tbs electric light
chandelier. The explosion shattered
the plate glass front " the place, dos.
tfOyed Que marble top tgble, over.
turned others aud smashed tue glass.
ware and plates.
DRETos's CAPTURE.
Breton, on leaving the cafe, rushed
towards tue Rue dc Rome. A police.
man sittiug on tho top OF an omnibus
Jaw Breton, Jumped 10 thu ground and
policeman Rnd fred shOt Vt him.
Tho policeman grabbed him aud hJth
fell. While ON tile ground Breton ngud
another shot ut the policeman anu
struck woman WHO was passing. The
woman lell 10 tho ground m1rtally
wounded.
Tue policeman had been badly
wounded by Bruiou's lfst shot nud
was unable 10 hold on 10 the prisoner.
Tho latter, still brandlahing his rovol.
yor, rvgAined niH ieot and was likely ~
do further mischief. Headed by an.
olhot policeman, tbs crowd rushed for
ward ~ secure him. Breton again Mt.
tempted 10 use hla revolver, hut tbs pO-
lComAn cut min over the face with his
baber, staggering him. lie was then
arrested. The mob demanded that he
| DO lynchud aud would have carried out
their Intentions had not n strong force
Of police arrived. Five persons passing
the street ut the time OF the explosion
were Injured by this dying fragments
Of glass. The inquiry before the com.
mi-sary showed that the bomb was
constructed from Hatdine box ami
contained ohlofato powder anu pieces
OF lead the elzB Of cherries.
Breton admitted that ho was an an-
aruhist. lie toll tho doctor who
dressed the wound that he received
/ from tue policeman's sabsr that his
main object was TO ayonge Valiant
aud others who viii follow his example.
Breton later was subjected 10 au sx-
animation by the minister Of the In.
terror, miuisler Of Justioe, chief OF
detectives aud others. lie denied he
was the author VI the crime, adding
| insOlentiy, 81 am an anarchist. The
sooner the bouTgeolse are burst mp tue
better, but l know nothing. did not
enter tho cafe. You can suppose
/ arrived hero from Pekiu Or from Mar
settles, "a you please"
Notwithstanding his statements that
he was not In the cafe, Breton was
| was identified by woman who was
| injured by tbs explosion, who said IL
seemed TO her there Were two Others
| with him.
In the waiting hall OF the 81. Lazare
station the police arrested wOunded
man trying 10 conceal himself. lie
refused TO give his name. 10 IL be-
lievod that he belongs 10 tue anarchist
group Of Noully, Of which the police
believe Breton Is member. The
authorities think II probable that the
crime was committed by Breton while
Ia company with acc0mplices.
The sufferers from tho explosion aud
BretOn's revolver shots number
lwenly.eight. An inquiry was be.
gun by the miLibtgr aud magistrates
aud continued til l;l5 O'Clock this
morning.
Tho Duty ON wheat.