Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-20
ALL PARIS STARTLED
Explosion of a Bomb in the Rue st.
Jacques.
ANOTHER FOUND, BUT Was HARMLESS
Several Persons Very Badly In
jured.
GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS

GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS
PARIS, Feb. 2O.-The city of Paris has
been startled by aEcther bomb explosion,
and following closely upon the outrage at
the Hotel Terminus this new evidence OF
anarchist activity causes considerable eX-
element.
A nan of suspicious appearance recently
hired furnished room in a small tenement
or hotel of modest description situated at
No. 81 Rue st. Jacques.
So far as can be ascertained the suspi-
cious-looking tenant disappeared on or
about Monday, and as he did not return
last night the wife of the proprietor of the
hotel, Nine. Calabresi, knocked at the door
and finally threatened to break down the
door unless it was opened
Nine. Calabresi, however, delayed carry
ing out her intention to enter the apartment
until l3O this morning, when she again
tried to open the door, this time employing
iorce While engaged in this task the land
lady became aware that something had
caught In the top of the door, and upon
closer examination she found that 1t was to
all appearances bomb or an Internal ma
chine
Nine. Calabresi ran away from the door
IN alarm and called her husband, who, after
making an inspection of the supposed bomb
called policeman. who promptly. but I'M
wisely, put his shoulder to the door and
burst 1t open. This caused the bomb, shaped
ike sardine box of the largest size, to
ran TO the hoor, where it exploded, infiict-
ing terrible injuries upon Nine Gala bresi
who was wounded in the abdomen, slightly
WoundIng her husband, fracturing the leg
Oh NJ lsmaei, commission agent, who had
Deen attracted to the scene after the ar
rival OF the policeman, and also wounding
accOmDaniAd
So soon as the policeman recovered from
tne shock which he sustained by the ex-
piosion, he sent for assistance, and Nine
Calaoresi her husband, NJ. and Nine Is
nael and others who were wounded, were
taken to the Hotel Dieu, a famous hos
pital of Paris.
Nine Calabresi. who was most grievously
wounded, was shrieking with pain as she
was peing conveyed to the hospital, caus-
ing great excitement in the neighborhood
where the explosion took place; the first
had been killed
An uncle Of Nine. Calabresi was wounded
severely by bullet from the bomb which
passed almost through his body. making
nve people. more or less, severely wounded
by the explosion.
The Police Reticent.
The police as usual are maintaining
great secrecy In regard to this latest bomb
outrage, and No. 20 Rue ST. Jacques was
this morning In the hands of the police
VINO were making a thorough investigation
According to one theory, the bomb was
placed where 1T was found by an anarchist
iooseri VINO mad personal grudge against
NJ. and Nine. Calabresi. and who was aware
that they would force open his door so
soon as they became convinced that he had
disappeared, or that something was wrong
inside the apartment
Inc explosion caused great damage in the
tenement, blowing out the windows crash
partitions "a dnip thar
injury of similar nature
rms afternon there was a renewal Of the
excitement caused by the finding of another
bomb. This time there was no explosion
The second bomb was found in the Hotel
de L'Esperance on the Rue du Faubourg
st. Martin, at IL 30 am, and was similar
in shape and make to the one which ex-
ploded early this morning. The bomb Of
Hotel de l. Esperance was found in a man.
ner similar to that of the house on Rue st.
JACQUES this morning. The last bomb was
safely taken to the municipal laboratory,
where it will be examined.
The police are of the opinion that the
bomb which exploded this morning in the
Rue ST. Jacques and the bomb found later
In the Hotel de L'Esperance were placed
there by the same person, but it is difficult
to understand the motive, as both those
hotels are small tenement-like places fire.
Quented almost entirely by workmen and 1t
is not thought likely that anarchists would
attempt to injure this class Of people.
The more reasonable supposition is that
the two bombs left in the two houses were
either placed there by some crank or else
they were experimental affairs which were
being tested by one or more anarchists
The Police Were Informed.
Additional investigation into the bomb
scares shows that the project of police re-
ceived a letter signed "Ravally," which an
nounced that a bomb had been placed In
the Hotel de L'Esperance.
Upon receipt of the letter, according to
the story the police were dispatched to the
house mentioned ana succeeded III HhuihS
the bomb referred to.
The secretary of the municipal laboratory
was sent for to supervise the transportation
of the bomb to the laboratory, but the latest
news from the house is that the secretary
and police officers were afraid to touch the
bomb and were celebrating as to the best
means to take it, in order 10 remove II
without causing an explosion. Some were
in favor of soaking the bomb in a bucket
of water; but nobody appeared ready to
volunteer to put II into the water. Others
advised playing water upon 1t from hose;
but this plan was not adopted, as 1t was
feared that 1t would cause the pohp 10
move and thus explode.
1t is asserted that "Ravally'' was the
name given by the susplclous-1ook1ng lh1l-
yidual who rented the room in the Rue st.
Jacques where the explosion TOOK place ms
morning.
According to another account "Ravaily"
wrote to the police commissary, Dresch,
who arrested "Ravachol," the executed an
archist saying that he, "Ravally." intent
ed to commit suicide at the Hotel de l. Es-
perance and the writer is supposed to have
intended that the bomb should explode
when the commissary opened the door, hut
still according to the version of the affair.
the bomb fell to the floor when the door
was opened and failed to explode.
Another Attempted Outrage Reported.
PARIS, Feb 20.-1t Is now reported that
an attempt had been made also to blow up
the buildings of the ministry of foreign at
fairs on the Quai ID O-say. The police, 1t is
sa i'd have in their possession iron tube
1i, u.aS found WING al The eni rance