The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-14

PARIS, Feb. l3.-l.0on Breton, tho An.
archist waiter who threw u bomb into Il
cafe situated beneath tho Hotel Ter.
minus, opposite tho St. Iaaaro railroad
station, last night, behaves with tho
J most cynical oTrontry. When asked ii
hehad ever before appeared in police
court, tho prisoner areeringIy rc-
marked: at is not my custom to fro.
quont such places"
In answer TO further questions, Breton
said that ho had fired his revolver at
the police because in chasing him after
no had thrown tho bomb they drew
their swords against him. Tho prisoner
was here interrupted by ono OF the po-
licomon, who exclaimed: "You fired at
us when VIC were tho persons protecting
you from being torn TO pieces by tho
people" 10 this Breton replied :"Ihat
proves that tho people are wrotchod
lot. In any case, whether die now or
two months later does not matter 4
straw TO me"
Tho prisoner then resumed coarse,
chatting tone and seemed 20 glory in
tho notoriety which he .lad earned by
his desperate conduct OF last night.
II is now estimated that twenty or
moro people were injured by Breton's
bomb and that livo people wcro wound.
cd by the revolver shots which he fired
3 while being pursued By or struggling
i with the police. The cafe was filled
with people and band was playing
when Breton suddenly arose from ono
Of tho tables on the outside and threw
bomb at tho electric chandelier, which
it shattered, destroyed 4 marble top
table, overturned others, smashed the
plato glass windows. glassware and
everything within its sphere, and
wounded about twenty people. After
throwing tho bomb Breton ran away,
but was chased by n policeman, who
attempted to arrest him, and q struggle
followed. Breton fired his revolver
right and loft. Other policemen were
attracted to the spot, and tho anarchist
was arrested and conveyed TO tho near
est police depot, the crowd in the moan
while clamoring for his death by
lynchng.
The bomb is said to have been in the
III III u u oHLAIhC IVA akA'L w hANC DESlA
filled with nails. pieces Of hovse shoe
and scraps OF copper.
When questioned as to his crime,
5FB.eton said among other things: II
am an anarchist, the sooner the
Z. bourgeois burst up the better"
After the explosion the police ar
rested man who was found trying to
conceal himself about the St. Llzare
railroad stotion, and who refused to
give hjs name lilo is beloved to DO IN
anarchist and may possibly turn out to
be an accomplcc OF Breton. The latter
was once waiter in tho cafe into
which he threw the bomb, but he had
been discharged.
During the course OF yaporings after
arrest Breton informed the doctor who
was dressing q wound inflicted upon
him by II sabre in the hands OF one OF
the jolicemcn that his hatred OF tho
pr prietor OF the cafe was but minor
y .nsideration in causing him to throw
the bomb and that his main object was
to avenge Valiant. Breton also said
that there was others who would follow
his example and that the objcc: Of his
associates is to destroy tho bourgeois
I society.
Breton who speaks English and
Frcnch luently declines TO reveal his
identity, but no is said to be in all pro-
liability native Of the island Of Jersey.
Among tho injured persons in the
cafe was NJ. Beck, architect OF the cham.
Der OF deputies, who is wounded in tho
arms and legs, and man named Van
lleer, who has eight bullet wounds in
his leg. Another man named Michel
is wounded by pieces OF shell. Crowds
OF people arc visiting the neighborhood
of the cafe to-day and tho police have
their hands full in keeping back the
curious. The interior OF the cafe re-
: sembles Il place swept by cyclone and
is the centre OF attraction to Parisians
to-day.
Policeman Poisson, tho officer who
first attempted to arrest Breton, the
bomb thrower, and who is suffering
from four revolver shot wounds infliCt-
with the cross OF the legion of honor.
The other policemen who assisted in
the arrest OF the desperate anarchist
Will receive as reward for their bray
cry sums OF money.
At cabinet council to-day the Breton
bomb, outrage was discussed, and ntten-
ton was also drawn to the manifesto
tons during tho last few days n! Vail
lants grave.
The cabinet decided to forbid such
manifestations as the carrying OF sedi-
tlous cmb!cms to any cemetery. All
the newspapers comment at length upon
tho latest bomb outrage, and demand
that the government adopt tho most
rigorous measures to prevent such oc.
curronccS.