St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-14

lists Is to Destroy the Bour.
geois Society-Twenty People
Injured.
PARIS, Feb. 13.-Leon Breton, the
anarchist waiter who threw bomb into
cafe situated beneath the Hotel
Terminus, opposite the st. Lazare rail
road station. behaves with .the most
cynical effrontery. When asked if he
had ever before appeared in police
court the prisoner sneeringly re-
marked:
Ill is not my custom to frequent such
places"
In answer to further questions Bre-
tone said that he had fired his revolver
at the police because, in chasing him
after he had thrown the bomb, they
drew their swords against him. The
prisoner was here interrupted by one of
the policemen, who exclaimed: "You
fired at us when we were the persons
protecting you from being torn to pieces
by the people"
To this Breton replied: THAT
proves that people are wretched lot.
40 ohI NooS, WhSlACl ulC uOH vi wv
months later does not matter straw to
me-" The prisoner then resumed a
coarse. chatting tone, and seemed to
glory in the notoriety which he had
earned by his desperate conduct of last
night. 1t is now estimated that twenty
or more people were injured by Bre-
tons bomb, and that five people were
wounded by the revolver shots which he
| fired Willie being pursued by. or strug-
| CLING with the police. When questioned
! in regard to his crime, Breton said
among other things: Il am an anar-
| chist. The sooner the bourgeois burst
up, the better"
| After the explosion the police arrested
| man who was found trying to conceal
| himself about the st. Lazare railroad
| station, and who refused to give his
name. He is believed to be all anar-
chist. and may possibly turn out to be
all accomplice of Breton. The latter
was once waiter in the cafe into which
| he threw the bomb, but he had been
| discharged. During the course of his
! Vaporings after arrest, Breton in
/ formed the doctor who was dressing a
wound inflicted upon him by Saber in
the hands of one Of the policemen, that
his hatred of the proprietor of the cafe
was but minor consideration In caus-
ing him to throw the bomb. and that his
main object was to avenge Valiant.
breton also said that there were others
who would follow his example, and that
| the object of his associates is to destroy
| the bourgeois society.
| Breton. who speaks Eaglish and
French fluently, declines to reveal his
! Identity, but is said to be, in all prob
| ability, Il native of the island of Jersey.
| Among the injured persons in the cafe
| was NJ. Beck, architect of the chamber
| OF deputies, who Is wounded in the
| arms and legs, and a man named Van
| Heer, who has eight bullet wounds in
| his leg. Another man named Michel is
| wounded by pieces of shell.
| Crowds of people are visiting the
nelgbbOrhood of the cafe, and the police
| have their hands full in keeping back
the curious. The interior of the cafe
| resembles place swept by cyclone,
and is the center sof attraction to Paris
| ianS today.
| NJ. Girard,r director of the Paris labor
| atory, after making all examination Of
| the scene of the explosion and of the
| fragments of the bomb thrown by
| Breton, says the missile was made out of
! small round
! CANNED METAL BOX,
| evidently made i'll England. where it is
| suspected tie bomb itself was made.
| The latter. according to NJ. Girard, con-
| tanned 200 grammes of chlorate of potaS-
| SUM and picric acid, arranged III a
| manner similar 10 that of the bomb
thrown by Valiant into the chamber of
deputies.
| During the course of the examination
| of the prisoner NJ. Meyer suspected
| the accuracy Of the prisoners state
| ment and said, Il believe you are
, lying" Breton glanced angrily at the
| judge and gave second and then a
| third name; but the judge still
insisted that he didn't believe
! him and ordered the police to in
! quire into the prisoners antecedents.
| Breton then became violent, ahd, when
| NJ. Girard asked him his motive for
| committing the crime, Breton replied:
Il did it simply to give warning to the
| bourgeois government, which is so
| calious to the poor. You have captured
| me, but others will come who will sue
| ceed better than J." After being sub
| jected to examination for two hours,
Breton was returned TO Masas prison.
Policeman Poison, who was seriously
| wounded by Breton when the officer at
| tempted TO arrest MIN after the bomb
explosion, was visited by the Associated
| Press correspondent Ill the hospital
today. He said: when Breton fired
| the
TWO LAST SHOTS
| | was within three PAGES of him. Feel
ing myself hit, possible mortalIy, l
| sprang at the scoundrels throat, sword
| in hand, intending to kill him. We
rolled over in the roadway. and put
the point of my sword to his throat and
was going to run it through,
when the other policemen dashed up
and seized him. Thereupcn tainted"
In an interview with NJ. Houllier, chief
inspector of police, the latter is quoted
as saying that Breton displayed extra
ordinary GOODNESS during his examine
ton. Continuing, he said: II know
him by sight; L have seen him in Paris
or London. 1t is my belief that he just
arrived from. London. This is spastiy
firm, Nv foo fl,nr