The record-union., 1894-02-14
THE PARIS BOMB -THR0WER.
ANARCHIST BRETON APPEARS IN
THE POLICE COURT.
Glories in tho Notoriety Achieved
Does Not Care Whether He Dies
Now or Months Later.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

special 10 the EECORD-UNION.
PARIS. Feb. 13.-Leon Breton, the an
archist waiter who threw bomb in the
cafe of the Hotel Terminus last night,
appeared in the Police Court this morn
ing. He carried himself with the utmost
effrontery. When asked if he had ever
appeared in the Police Court before he
replied: ''It is not my custom to frequent
such places" In answer to further ques-
tions he said he fired at the police because
they chased him with drawn swords.
One of the police interrupted him by
saying that the police were trying to save
him from being torn to pieces by the
mob when he fired.
That proves" retorted Breton, ''that
the people are wretched lot. In any
case. whether | die now or two months
later does not matter straw to me.''
The prisoner then assumed coarse,
chatting tone, and seemed to glory in the
notoriety he has achieved.
He wounded twenty or more persons
with the bomb and hit five with revolver
shots. Among the injured are Beck, the
architect of the Chamber of Deputies,
who was wounded in the arms and legs;
Van Heer, who has eight wounds in the
legs. and Michel, who was wounded by
the shell.
Crowds of people to-day surrounded
the cate, the interior of which looks as if
il had been swept Oy a cyclone.
Policeman Poisson, who first attempted
to arrest Breton and who is suffering
from four revolver-shot wounds in
flicted by the anarchist, has been deco
rated with the cross OF the Legion of
Honor.
The other policemen who assisted in
the arrest will receive sums of money.
Girard. Director of the Paris Laboratory,
saws the missile was made out of small
round cannedmeat box. evidently made
in England - The bomb contained 200
grams OF chlorate of potassium and pic
ric acid, arranged in manner similar to
the bomb thrown by Valiant.
During the examination of the prisoner
NJ. Meyer suspected the accuracy of the
prisoners statements and said: 81 be-
lieve you are lying" Breton glanced
angrily at the Judge when the latter made
this remark, and gave second and then
a third name; but the Judge still insisted
that he did not believe him. and ordered
the police to inquire into the prisoners
antecedentS.
Breton then became very violent, and
when Meyer asked him his motive for
committing the crime Breton replied: Il
did it simply to give warning to the
Bourgeois Government, which is so cal
lous to the poor. You have captured me,
but others will come who will succeed
better than l."
After being subjected to an examina
tion of two hours Breton was returned to
Massas Prison. Chief Inspector of Police
Monllier expresses the belief that Breton
had just arrived from London. When
examined his body was found scrupu
lously clean. This and other details show
that he was in comfortable circumstances,
and not mere carpenter. as he pretends
to be. His linen is marked ga. NJ" The
police expect to establish his identity.
THREATS OF FURTHER DESTRUCTION.s
LoNDoN, Feb. 13-A villainous anarch-
ist leaflet, printed in London in French,
is being freely circulated. The leafiet an
nounces that its authors threaten to de-
stroy the bourgeois. unless their demands
are conceded and implores their comrades
to execute justice upon the bourgeois, their
enemies, of all ages and both sexes. An
other leafiet, aimed against society in
England, is printed in English, and urges
the desrability of setting fire to London
in hundred places, TO monopolize the
attention of the police while the anarch-
lists loot the city.