The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-13
IAILLANT'S AVENGER.
Brutal and Oowardly Act of a Paris
Anarchist.
THREW A BOMB IN CROWDED CAFE.

Fifteen People Injured by the Force Of
the xplosion-Then the Miscreant Shot
at His Pursuers, Killing Two and wound
ing Several others.
PARIS, Feb. 13-A young man. who
acted from motives Of revenge, exploded a
bomb OF 8 O'Clock last night in a cafe be-
meath the Terminus hotel, which is stu
ated opposite the st. Lazare railroad sta
ton. The cafe was full Of people at the
time, band was playing and those present
were enjoying I'll, sOntentment which fol-
lows the consumption of a good dinner.
All this was changed in a second. A man
who had dined in the cafe was seen to raise
his arm and throw something into the
middle of the room. A terrific explosion
followed, and the occupants of the room
were paralyzed with terror. No one dared
to move for some moments, fearing IA repi-
tition of til Eplosion, but as none came
their courage returned.
Then they investigated the dreadful
work that had been done Lying on the
floor were numbers of persons, wounded,
moaning and bleeding. The bomb had
landed upon table, around which party
had been sitting, and this article of furni-
ture had been reduced TO splinters. The
persons grouped at this table suffered the
most. The injured numbered fifteen
Nearly all of them were wounded in the
legs. Some grievously hurt, were removed
to chemists shop near by, where they
were cared for.
In the meantime the man responsible
for this cowardly act ran out of the place.
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by persons outside who heard the eXplos-
ion, and chase was at once given to the
fleeing figure, a number of policemen
joining in. The fugitive drew a revolver
when he saw that his pursuers were getting
too close and turning fired several shots,
killing a workman and woman who was
passing and wounding number of per-
sons, among whom was policeman, whose
wound may prove fatal
The man was captured when $50 yards
from the cafe. He proved to be an under
sized, pale faced and beardless man of 30
years named Leon Breton. He had been
employed in the cafe as a waiter, and had
recently been dismissed for misconduct.
He admits that he is an anarchist
Among the persons injured by the ex-
plosion was NJ. Beck, the architect of the
chamber of deputies. He was wounded in
the legs and arms. A man named Van
Heer received eight bullets in his leg He
is in a precarious condition. Another of
the wounded is a man named Michel. A
piece of the shell of the bomb struck him
in the arm and made deep wound. The
sufferers from the explosion and from Bre-
toms revolver shots number twenty-four.
Breton, before the explosion, had been
sitting on the outside of the cafe, partak-
ing of refreshment. No particular notice
was taken of him, as his actions were not
such as to attract attention. As he was
leaving the place ne threw the bomb aim
ing at the electric light chandelier. The
explosion shivered the plate glass front of
the place, destroyed one marble top table,
overturned Others and the smashed frag-
ments of glass and croCkery flew in all di-
rections
Breton then rushed toward the Rue de
Rome. policeman who was sitting on
the top of an omnibus jumped to the
ground and ran him down few yards up
the Rue de Rome. Breton turned on the
officer, revolver in hand, and fired a shot
at him The policeman seized him and
both fell While on the ground Breton
| fired another shot at his captor and struck
a woman who was passing. She fell to the
| ground mortally wounded.
| The policeman, badly wounded by Bre
/ tons first shot, was unable to hold his
prisoner, and the latter, still brandishing
/ his revolver regained his feet The sur
rounding crowd, a large part of whom fol-
lowed Breton from the cafe, were re-
strained by the sight of the revolver, but
finally, headed by another policeman, they
rushed forward TO secure him The sec
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with his saber. causing him to stagger
and he was then arrested The mob would
have lynched the miscreant had not q
strong force of police opportunely ar
rived.
Breton told the doctor who dressed the
wound which he received from the police
mans saber that his main object was tC
avenge Valiant. His hatred of the pro
prietor of the cafe was but a minor con
sideration. He said there were others whC
would follow his example, His object anC
the object of his associates was to destro!
. the Bourgeois society. Breton speak
English and French fiuently. He decline
: to reveal his identity, but is probably
I native of the Island of jersey, where tn
! name of Breton is common.
p Today Breton was subjected to an exam
r ination by Minister of the Interior Raynal
2 Minister of Justice Dubost, Chief Of De
4 tectives Coron and others. He denied tina
he was the author of the crime, adding in
solently: ~ am an anarchist. The soone
the bourgeois bursts up the better, but
S know nothing. l did not enter the cafe
r You can suppose that l arrived here fron
$ peldn or Marseilles as you please" Not
g withstanding his statement that he wa
3. not in the cafe Breton was fully ide1titie
j. by woman who was injured by the e1
II plosion who said that it seemed to he
It that there was two others with him,
3. An Infant Traveller Coming East.
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