Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-13
ANOTHER RoMn rHRowKR.

He Entered the Cafe of . Paris Hotel
 and Bought a Drink, and as He Wal
 Leaving He Drew . Bomb From His
 Pocket and Threw is Toward . l Number of Persons, Several of
 Whom Were Injured-He Was CaP-
 tured and Declared That He Was an
 Anarchist.
 PARIS, Feb. 12-Edeon Breton, twenty
 three years old, threw bomb In the cafe
 of the Hotel Terminus, at the St. LsIare railway station this evening. The bomb exploded in the middle of the room and
 wounded twenty persons.
 An instrumental concert began In the cafe, which is on the ground floor of the hotel, at 8 o'clock. Shortly before 9 o'clock pale, thin young man with . light, pointed beard paid for drink, which he had taken from 6 table in the middle of | the room, and started to leave. When near the door he turned suddenly, drew a bomb from his coat and threw 1t toward c group of persons who had sat next to him. Tte bomb struck an electric light fixture, then fell on marble table and exploded. The great hotel and station were rocked by the shock. The mirrors, windows and door were blown to atoms. The ceiling and floor were rent and the walls were cracked. A dense, offensive smoke filled the cafe for four minutes aod in the ob- scurity the bomb thrower escaped. When the smoke cleared away Ave persons were found injured severely, and fifteen had slight injuries. The bomb had been filled with bullets and rough bits of iron, which had riddled the furniture and walls and inflicted most of the wounds.
 After leaving the bomb thrower started down the street on 6 run. Three police men had just passed In an omnibus when the explosion occurred. They jumped to the street the moment they saw the fugitive. The young man turned on them aa they Policeman Poisson fell badly wounded In the side. Policemen Lenoir and Bigot, however, continued the pursuit and with the help of Policeman Barber and waiter ovsrpowered and arrested the bomb throw CT. They took him to police station In the Rue de Moscow where, after some he's itation, he gave his name and age.
 The prefest of police, N. Laurent, chief secretary to NJ. Dub ss, minister of the in- terior, and several other high officials were summoned to the station and the ex- animation of the prisoner was begun, Police Commisssry Gavrel taking the evil dence. Meantime the sound of the ex plosion, the smoke and the cries of the wounded had attracted great crowd to the Hotel Terminus. Three doctors has tened to the scene and dressed the wounds of the ipj jured, some of whom had been carried to rooms in the hotel, others to the drug stores in the neighborhood.
 At II o'clock only su incomplete list of | injured could bs had as follows: M. Borde, | both legs pierced by bullets and pieces of | iron; Mime. Ls Blanc of 24 Rue d'Amster- | dam, shinbone fractured; Mime Ls Blsnc'e | brother, ear split and body bruised; Un- | identified man wounded in the intestines | by flying piece of marble; Messrs Dame, | Vsnhest, Poquet, Roubert, Raymond and | Lsustun, cut or torn by fragments of mar | ble or glass.
 A press correspondent was admitted to | the Rue de Moscow police office shortly af- | ter the arrest. Breton sat hand cuffed be- | tween two policemen. He showed the ef | fects of his hssty flight aud tussle with l the police. Other wise he looked calm and | comfortable. The removal of his outside | coat had revealed collsrless flannel | shirt and the Sc neral gsrb of 6 working man. In his pockets the police found a pair of brsss knuckles, dagger, 6 Swedish | knife and @ six chsmbered revolver. After | giving his name and age he became silent. Eventually he added that he WAS e cabinet maker and had arrived in Paris from Mar eeilles this morning.
 "Yes, am an anal chist.' he exclaimed irately in response to reiterated q uestions, land the more of Bourgeoisie l killed the bstter it would please me"