The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-25
HENRY AND HIS CRIME
THE LATEST PARIS ANARCHIST is
CHIEF OF THEM ALL.
A Man of Intellect and Education
but Whose Mind Was 0vershad-
owed with Social BroOding. i,
New York Herald.

New York Herald
Emile Henry, who was guillotned in front
of the Roquette prison in Paris, was the
son of colonel of the commune. His father.
when the Versailles troops entered Paris.
managed 10 escape to Spain, where his wife
gave birth to two sons. One of these was
the prisoner. who. when his parents. in 1882,
were allowed to return TO Paris by am
nesty, was sent to a good school. He pre-
sented himself a candidate for the Ecole
PolytechniQue, but failed to pass the sec
ond part of the examina ton, he entered
the employment of an engineer, who took
him to Venice. There he remained three
months and then returned to Paris where
he obtained a situation at % francs a
month. According to his own account he
soon became a jealous propagation of An
archist doctrines. was arrested and lost his
place.
That was in 1882, and between that period
and the date Of the Cafe Terminus ex-
plosion Henry spent some time in London.
On Dec. 20 he hired a room in Paris in the
name of Louis Dubois and began to ma
nipulate picric acid. When his bomb was
ready he left his lodgings, carrying with
him the explosive, a revolver loaded with
jagged bullets and poisoned dagger.
On the evening oe Feb. IL he looked into
Bignon's restaurant on the Avenue de
POpera, into the Cafe American and the
Cafe de la Paix. on the boulevards, but
not seeing a sufficient number of people in
these establishments he went on TO the
Cafe Terminus. He found the place full of
people. who were listening to a concert.
After drinking two glasses of beer he APP
piled a lighted cigar to the fuse of the
bomb. then flung the explosive toward the
orchestra. In a few seconds the bomb
burst and Henry rushed out of the cafe.
pursued by two walters.
A policeman who was on duty in the Rue
Saint Lazare and a railway porter Joined
in the pursuit. and Henry was caught at
the corner of the Rue de Havre and the Rue
dIsly. He fired at the policeman and
wounded him severely, but was finally
brought to bay.
The explosion caused the death of one
person and serious injury to several others
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
After the usual investigation and exam
nation before judge Construction. Henry
was committed for trial, and on April q
| was brought before the Cour d Assises of
| the Seine and jury. The following de-
| scription of the prisoner as he appeared
| on the opening of his trial was given at
| the time in the European edition of the
| Herald:
>'Henry, short, slight and fair. stepped
calmly into the dock, apparently uncon-
| scious of the sensation caused by his en-
| trance. His determined face. to which a
peculiar sternness is given by his high fore
| head, firm, straight nose and short, thin
upper lip. the cruel expression Of which is
| scarcely concealed by his budding mus
| tache, betrayed no signs of emotion as
| his keen eye glanced round the court and
rested for a moment table on which
were displayed the pieces conviction. He
| listened with a bored expression, varied
| from time to time by a cynical smile 70
calling over of the list of witnesses, and
| then braced himself up for an encounter
of wits with the presiding judge.
| Those who are familiar with French Grim
inal procedure will remember that a trial
| opens with an examination or the prisoner
| by the presiding judge. whose duty 1t is TO
| secure. if possible, a confession of the
| crime or to lead the accused into damaging
admissions contradictions Judge Pot
tier found no trouble with Henry, who
| avowed all that he had done with no little
| self-glorifica ton. II chose the Terminus,
| he said, because it is a cafe frequented
| bv BOURGEOIS. l had at first intended to
| throw the bomb somewhere else, but there
| were not enough people at Bignon's. in the
| Rue de la Paix, so went on 10 the Ter
| minus"
After describing how he waited until the
! place became full, because he wanted to
/ make as many victims as possible" he adj
| mitted that he had attempted 10 escape
| after throwing the bomb, adding, Il ex-
pected to get away through the cross
easily enough. Next day 1'should have be-
! gun again.
lie expressed regret at not having made 2
! more desperate resistance when arrested
| and explained his possession of the poisoned
| dagger by saying that he had prepared Il
| wear previously in order to stab pre-
tended Anarchist who had turned informel
| and sent a com-ade TO prison. Henry dc
| not hesitate TO admit that he meant to Xii
| and not merely to wound, and that he mac
| prepared his bomb with that object in view
you admit that you wished to kill tn,
customers at the Cafe terminus, E,iehne
| Maurice and the policeman Poisson?
Il meant to kill all who opposed my es
cape" 49,, ,,us,
II don't care snap for the building"
Very good; but you intended to STRIKE
| innocent peopleg
| DIES BONS-ENFANTS EXPLOSION.
One portion of the Indictment accuses
Henry of being the author of the explosion
in November, 1893, in the police station %
the Rue des Bons- Enfants. The bomb wa
placed outside the offices of the Carmau,
| Mines Company on the Avenue de POpera
Thence il was removed by a messense
named Garin, who gave il to Fomorin AM
Reaux, two policemen, ana the three per
sons went together TO the local commits
sary's Office in the Rue des Bons-Enfants
The bomb. when placed on a table immedi
ately exploded. and FIVE persons in all los
their lives. on the day or the explosion
in the morning from his place of employ
ment Two days after he went TO London
The prisoner also confessed that he wa
guilty of this outrage.
| The examination closed with the following
dialogue between the judge and the pris
oner:
where did you live from 1892 TO 1897
J 1T is not my business 10 tell you
| Beware how you remain silent"
Its all one TO me. / know that i shal
| be sentenced TO death. Besides, 4 need no
answer you. You are not JUICE d'instrue
, ton"
You are accused, and it is my duty t
! question YOU"
81 do not recognize your justice l al
| glad of what l have DONE"
You do not recognize justice. Unfortu
| nately for you you in its hands,
II know it.
The trial was full OF striking incidents
One witness. a doctor. who had know
Henry's father and who expressed the opE
ion that the prisoner was crazy insane, wa
interrupted as follows:
Il am not crazy. / thank you for comm
TO try 10 save my head. But my head doe
not need TO be saved. / am perfectly sane
You spoke OF typhoid fever. but l carrie
of all my school successes after my III
ness. which proves that my brain was nC
affected. You say that my father died {