The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-14
BOMB FIEND In COURT
Anarchist Breton Ugly, Defiant,
Proud Of His Crime.
HIS MISSILE WAS FROM ENGLAND
ls 8syflss the Bsus9eeasis INST Or
press tAs Peer -His Asssssassss
Being Locked Iats.

PARfs. Feb. n-Leon Breton, the an
srchist Who threw bomb In the cafe Of
the Hotel Terminus last night. appeared
In police court this morning. He carried
himself with tho utmost sffrontery. When
asked II he had ever appeared In police
court before he replied: .it 10 not my
custom 70 frequent such piaces" In
answer to further questions he said he
fired q the police because they chased him
with drawn swoEds. One Of the police In
tsrrupted BY saying that the police were
trying 10 save him from being torn 20
pieces By mob when he fired That
proves" rstorted Breton, s'that the peo-
pie are o wsstchsd LOT. In any case.
whether / die now or two months later
does not matter . straw TO me" The
prisonsr thsn assumed . coarse, chafiing
tone and seemed to glory In the notoriety
be had achieved.
During the examination Of the prisoner
d. Meyer suspected the accuracy Of tho
prisoners statements and said: II believe
you are lying" Breton glanced augriiy
ut the Judge when the latter made that re-
mark, and gave q second and third name,
but the Judge still insisted that he did not
believe hin, and ordered the police 10 In
quire into the prisoners antecedents.
Breton then became very violent. and
when Meyer asked him his motive FOR
committing the crime. Breton replied: II
did Il simply 30 give warning 10 the bour-
geoisie government which Is so calious TO
the poor. You have captured me, but
others will come who will succeed better
than l." After being subjected to exam
ination for two hours Breton was return ed
60 Mazas prison. Chief inspector of Police
Noniier expresses the belief that Breton
had just arrived from London. When ex-
amined his body was found scrupulousiy
clean. This and other details show that
he was In comfortable circumstances and
not q mere carpenter, a. he pretends to be.
His linen 10 marked "A. NJ" The police
expect to establish his identity.
Girnrd, director of the Paris laboratory.
says the missile was made out Of a small
round canncd-meat box. evidently made
In England. The bomb contained 200
grammes Of chiorate OF potassium and
picric acid, arranged in a manner similar
to the bomb thrown by Valiant.
Breton wounded twenty or more with
the bomb and hit five with revolver shots.
Among the injured are Beck. architect Of
the chamber Of deputies. wounded in the
arms and legs; Van Heer, eight wounds In
the legs, and Michel, wounded by the
shell. Crowds surround the cafe. the In
terror Of which looks as II swept by
cyclone. Policeman Poisson, who first at
tempted TO arrest Breton. is suffering from
four revolver shots inflicted by the anarch-
ist He has been decorated with the cross
Of the Legion Of Honor. Other policemen
who assisted In the arrest will receive
sEms Of money.
LONDON, Feb. ia villainous anarch-
ist ieaAet, printed In London IN French, Is
being freely circulated. The leafiet an
nounces that its authors threaten to de-
stroy the bourgeoisie unless their demands
are conceded. and implore their comrades TO
execute justice upon their boufgeo,sie enc
Mics, Of all ages and both sexes. Another
ieafiet, aimed against society In England,
II printed In English and urges the desIr-
ability Of setting fire to London In hun
dred places. TO monopoIixs the attention
OF the police while the anarchists loot the
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