New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-11
THE BOMB-THROWER TO DIE.
TAILLANT SOON CONVICTED.
,o1rND Guilty OF ATTEMPTED ASSAS-
SINATION AND CONDEMNED 10
DEATH.

STILL SEEMING TO GLORY IN HIS DEED NE
SHOUTS .vIvE LANARcHIE"' WHEN
SENTENCE Is PRoNoUNcED-THE
PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.
Paris. Jan 1O.-Auguste valiant, the An
archist who threw a bomb in the Chamber OF
Deputies on December O. by the explosion of
which eighty persons were injured. was con-
victed and sentenced to death to-day. When
the sentence was pronounced Valiant shouted
give rAnarchie"'
The trial took pace before Judge Gaze and
,ury in the Assize Court. Policemen We're sta
TONED every ten yards around the immense block
occuped by the Palace Of Justice in which the
,ourt sits. Every door Of the palace guarded
by sentinels with fixed bayonets. No one was ad-
mitted without a special card Of Identity
The prisoner stood in the dock with officer
On each side Of him. Like Ravachol he was en-
trely self-posscssed and gazed about the court
room as though he gloried in the interest he was
creating. He wore dark blue overcoat with an
astrstkhan collar. His complexion was saOw
The ends Of his brown mustache were twisted. his
beard was pointed. and his whiskers were cut
short He is slightly bald. lie was accused Of
premeditate1 attempt al assassination and an en-
deavor to destroy the Chamber Of Deputies.
Judge Gaze reviewed the details Of the manu-
Chamber. and the throwing Of the bomb. He
said that the people who had been hurt most
severely were not members of the Chamber of
Deputies but spectators of the proceedings.
THAT was not my fault" retorted valiant.
"The Deputies are in the highest degree re-
sponsible for the social misery prevailing. l
meant that they should feel their responsible
ity."
Speaking Of the manufacture of bombs, Vail
liant said he decided To put nails into the mis-
sile believing that it was more important to
accomplish his purpose to wound many persons
than to kill a few. Therefore. he used nails
and not bullets.
Judge Caz6-Then you put nails into the bomb
In order to wound and not kill?
Vaillant-Yes; ] pat nails in because l was
able 10 get most of them into my small engine
When I was hunting in America noticed that
nails would make graver wound and XII less
often than bullets. The bomb burst almost
directly it was out Of my hands.
Judge Caze-Were you not afraid that you
would be hurt?
Vaillant-The bomb was quite as likely TO ex-
plode in my room as in the Chamber OF
The prisoner asked permission to address the
court on his mode Of life. This being granted.
he said that he had endeavored TO lead an
honest existence. Employers had proiited by
his poverty TO pay starvation wages 10 him.
Finally without money or work he determined,
instead Of famishing submissively. 10 voice the
feeling of revolt that was fOmenung discontent
everywhere among the poor. lie read written
Anarchist speech, in which he expressed the
grievances Of the poor against society, but made
no reference to bombs
At o'clock NJ. Bertrand. the Public Prosecutor.
began his address 10 the jury. He described
what he saw in the Chamber Of Deputies an hour
after the explosion occurred. The Chamber ap-
peared like a battlefield. Women in fainting fits
were lying on stretchers with blood streaming
from frightful wounds The fac. that there
were no fatalities was due TO the direct inter
vention of Providence Vanity the desire for
notoriety and the wish TO pose as a martyr were
Vaiants chief features and the motives for his
act. In his perO-at!On he said: II demand the
capital penalty for Valiant. l repeat IT, Every
body has done his duty. Jurymen. do yours"
NJ Laborie after recess began his address in
favor of the prisoner. His first point was that
the bomb had killed nobody. valiant. he de-
clared was not a monster OF criminal vanity.
He simply wanted to remind the Deputies OF the
miserable poor whose claims the Legislature
eternally shelves. IT, he asked. YOU strike
valiant with the death penalty, what shall you
say to the gendarme valiant his father, who.
when appealed 10 to contribute 70 the bringing
up of his child. refused TO recognize the infant?
Should he 20 unpunished? Is ne entirely ire
sponsible? n. Bertrand has asked you not
fear 10 render tust verdict DO not be intimi-
dated by the suggestion that unless Valiant shall
be executed society Is doomed. II the effect Of
Valants bomb be that twelve men sitting as a
Jury shall render a verdict which is an adoption
Of the precept Love one another instead OF
verdict meaning that the rich and the poor
classes shall tear one another 10 pieces. then
good greater than harm Will have been done"
. The jury deliberated only twenty-five minutes
snd returned a verdict Of Gully without extenu-
ating circumstance Judge Gaze then pro-
nollnced sentence OF death upon the prisoner
When the jury went out betting was even on
the guillotine life servitude or twenty years
imprisonment. There was great difference Of
opinion as 70 the jury's determination TO deal
with valiant as dangerous criminal: When
the verdict was announced 1t was cheered loudly,
and the remark that the Jurylnen rad done their
duty was heard on every side. No one could mis-
take the feeling Of relief both inside and out
side Of the Palace OF Justice when the result OF
the trial became known The verdict was a sign
that the jurors could not be frightened by anony-
nous threats of vengeance.
Baron ROthsch6. who was among the jurors
originally selected 70 try valiant, did not serve
because VI. Laborie objected 70 him.
After the trial metal box in the form OF an
Internal machine was found in the Palace Of
Justice. 1t was filed with sawduSt.