Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-02-15
THREW A BOMB IN A CAFE.
It Exploded Among a Crowd and
Hurt 40 People.

Tho Thrower Shot Policeman Who As
sisted to Arrest Him, and Confessed TO
Being nm Anarchist--FiYe of the Victims
Seriously Injured.
PARIS, Feb. ia bomb was thrown
in the cafe Of the Hotel Terminus, at the
st. Lazare 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 s o'clock. Shortly before 0
o'clock pale, thin young man, with
light pointed beard, paid for a drink,
which he had taken at table in the
middle of the room, and started to leave.
When near the door he turned suddenly,
drew bomb from his coat and threw it
toward group OF persons who had sat
next to him.
The bomb struck an electric light fix
ture, then fell on marble table and ex-
pladed. The ceiling and floor were rent
and the walls We're cracked. A dense,
offensive smoke filled the cafe for four
minutes, and In the obscurity the bomb.
thrower escaped. When the smoke
cleared away five persons were found
severely wounded and 10 had slight in.
juries. 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 cafe the bomb.
thrower started down the street on a
run. Three policemen had Just passed
in an omnibus when the explosion oc.
Cured. They were going ON duty and
jumped to the street the moment they
saw the fugitive. The young man turned
on them as they called to him to stop
and fired five shots. Policeman Poisson
fell, badly wounded in the side. Police
man Lenoir and Bigot, however, con.
tinued the pursuit, and with the help of
Policeman Barbcs and waiter named
Tlssier overpowered and arrested the
bomb-thrower.
They took him to the police station in
the Rue de Moscow, where, after some
hesitation, he gave his name as Leon
Breton, and age % years. The project
OF police, M. Laurent, chief secretary to
M. Dubost, minister of the interior, and
several other high officials were sum.
moned to the station aud the examine
ton of the prisoner was begun. Police
Commissary Gavrel taking the evidence.
Breton looked calm and comfortable.
In his pockets the police had found a
pair of brass knuckles, a dagger, a
Swedish knife, n six-chambered re.
volver, a gold half Louis, two franc
pieces, eleven sous and small silver
locket, containing lock of brown hair
tied with ribbon. After giving his
name and age he added that he was a
cabinet-maker and had arrived in Paris
from Marseilles this morning.
Eyes, l am an Anarchist" he ex-
claimed, irately, in response to reiterated
questions, land the more of the bour-
geoisie l killed the better it would please
me-"
THREW BREAD AT THE JUDGE.
An Anarchist named Boisson, one of
the many arrested during the recent
police raids on Anarchist haunts, was
placed on trial to-day and convicted of
having explosives in his possession.
The judge sentenced him to four months
imprisonment. Boisson stood in a de.
fiant attitude while sentence was being
pronounced upon him. AS the Judge
concluded the prisoner, who had a large
piece OF bread in his hand, drew back
his arm and threw the bread at the
judge. The missile struck the Judge on
the nose. AS Boisson threw the bread
he shouted, addressing his remarks to
the court and the court attendants /;
"You are a crowd of pigs. We will
blow you all up. Long live anarchy I"
The act of the prisoner created great
excitement in the court, many OF those
present thinking the piece of bread was
u bomb