The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-03
MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, WEDNEsDAY. JANUARY 3 1894
cor AN ANARCHIST CHIEF.

Spanish P9iice Succeed I'm Capturing Sat-
vador Framch After Long Chase.
MADRID. Jan. 3.-The police have
been looking for Salvador Franch. an
anarchist leader, ever since the Lyceo
theatre bomb throwing. He was finally
located in a respectable house at Sara
gossa, and the house was completely
surrounded by police in citizens cloth
ing. Slowly but surely the net was
closed, the police entered the house un-
observed, and number of the most dar-
ing of the officers suddenly burst in the
door OF the room occupied by Franch,
and. revolver in hand, dashed into the
apartment and called upon the anarch-
ist to surrender, at the same time cover
ing him with their pistols. Franch.
though taken by surprise, drew pistol
and was upon the point of killing the
leader of the police when he rapidly
changed his mind, and turning the pis-
tol towards his own right side, he
Shot Himself Beneath the Arm.
This movement, however, had been
noticed by the police and they grappled
with him in time to prevent the an
archist from killing himself, though the
bullet which he fired into his side pene-
trated his chest. bat the leaden missile
came ont again three inches from the
spot where it entered his chest.
A terrible struggle between the police
men and the anarchist followed. two
officers of the number being covered
with blood by The time they were able
to reduce the desperate man to anything
like subsection. When this was done
the police began to search their captive,
believing him to be too weak from loss
of blood TO make any further effort to
take his life. In this. however, they
were mistaken, tor French. watching
has opportunity, suddenly
Drew Tiny Phial OF Poison
from secret pocket, and before the
police could prevent him he had placed
it to his lips. This motion was noticed
by the police who We're searching him
and they succeeded in knocking the
bottle OF poison from his mouth. When
taken before the magistrate the be-
hayior OF the prisoner was desperately
violent. He struggled with his captors
and continued his anarchist threats and
curses and loudly avowed his completely
in the Lyceo theatre outrage.
i Expressing Fiendisli Regret
that more people were not killed and
that he was not able to carry out further
and more bloody outrages. This seemed
to be the prisoners only regret, as he
cursed and swore, claiming that the ex
listing state of society must be de
stroyed even if the people had to wade
| In blood in order to do SO.
After the prisoners preliminary exam
ination before the magistrate, he was
placed in the doctors hands, and almost
immediately reduced to state of insen
! sibility, in order that efforts might bt
| made to safe bis life in the interests oil
| justice. The examination OF the doctors
| showed that his wounds We're more dan
| gerous than at first supposed. though il
i believed that the physicians will sue
coed in saving his life
AS soon as Franch is able to be moved
he will be conveyed under Ia strong es
cort to Barcelona where his trial will
take place upon several charges, first o1
which will be completely, already con
fessed. in the Lyceo theatre outrage.