The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-12
GOT AN ANARCHIST CHIEF.
Spanish Police Succeed in Capturing sat
vsdor Fraach After q Long Chase.

Spanish Police Succeed In Capturing 6at-
vsdor Fraaoh After q Long Chase.
MADRID, Jan. 4.-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 I'M
observed, and a 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-
LIST to surrender, at the same time cover
ing him with their pistols. Franch,
though taken by surprise, drew a 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
o 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 fred into his side pene-
trated his chest, but the leaden missile
came out 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 mar 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, for French, watching
his opportunity, suddenly
Drew a Tiny Phial of Poison
from a secret pocket, and before the
police could prevent him he had placed
it to his lips. This motion was noticed
by the police who were searching him
and they succeeded in knocking the
bottle of poison from his mouth. When
taken before the magistrate the be-
havior 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.
Expressing Fiendish Regret
that more people were not killed and
that he was not able to carry out furthe,
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
nation before the magistrate, he wa
placed in the doctors hands, and almost
Immediately reduced to a state of insen
sibility, in order that efforts might b,
made to safe his life in the interests O,
justice. The examination of the doctors
showed that his wounds were more dan
gerous than at first supposed, though il
is believed that the physicians will sue
coed in saving his life.
As oon as Franch is able to be moved
he will be conveyed under a strong es
cort to Barcelona where his trial vii
take place upon several charges, first O
which will be completely, already con
fessed, in the Lyceo theatre outrage.