Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-05

and a triumph for the Opportunists, who
since the bomb explosion have been de-
handing the enforcement of vigorous
measures and the strictest application of
the law to the anarchists.
There is no doubt that President Carnot
who has been anxious to act i'll strict &C
cordance with the constitution, has been
considerably perpleXed as to what course
he should take in Naillant's case. All the
memorials and petitions sent to him by
sympathizers of Valiant have been re-
ferred by him to the pardon committee at
the ministry of justice.
The fate of Vail At nominally rested
with the president, III in such cases he is
guided by his adviser, the minister of JUS
tice. Despite all the efforts of the revolu-
tionary, socialist and anarchist newspapers
to compel Carnot to assume the RESPONSE
bility, he has refused to do So
Among the most affecting petitions re-
ceived ut the Palais de rElysee was one
which is claimed to have been written by
Sidonie, the daughter of Valiant, to Nine
Carnot beseeching the latter to interfere
Oh behalf of the anarchist. Many persons
doubt the ability of the child to write such
q letter, in which expressions are made
use of that are hardly chilGlike.
The police continue to make arrests of
anarchists, and the searches at the houses
of suspected persons are unremittingly
kept up. but Notwithstanding the vigilance
of the police bombs and Internal machines
continue to be found in the streets and in
houses where they are placed by anarch-
lists, who in nearly every instance escape
detection.
YaIllRnts Crime and History.
Auguste valiant was born at Mezieres,
Department of Ardennes, on Dec. 90, 1861.
He was an illcgitimate son and led row.
ing life. At one time he lived In BuenOs
Ayres and at another in the United States,
where he passed three months teaching
school He was married in the United
States aud by this marriage had a little
girl, whose name is Sidonle He returned
to Paris in 1887.
The bomb throwing in the chamber of
deputies took place on Dec. at 400 p. m.
NJ. Mirman, a socialist whose election had
kbfen disputed, had just descended from
he tribune after a speech in favor of his
aims, and NJ. Dupuy, the speaker, had
Sst uttered the words, Il am about to call
r vote upon the conclusions on the
exth electoral committee" when the ex-
psion occurred.
INSTANTLY the chamber was filled with
loke. Heartrending cries were heard
jim all sides, and Able Lemier, one of
deputies. fell from his bench, hit by
of the pieces of the bomb
the dynamite had struck the floor be-
exploding, number of people would
loubtedly have been killed, but wom-
ssittinS beside Valiant in the public gal
~ jostled his arm as he was in the act of
rowing the bomb, and this caused it to
Fike on the border of the gallery instead
on the floor of the chamber. AS a re-
hlt the persons injured were mostly spec
eRtOrs in the galleries, and nearly all the
deputies escaped unhurt About so per-
ions were severely injured and were trans
ported in an ambulance to a temporary
hospital established in the refreshment
room of the chamber.
At first Valiant, who was among those
seriously wounded, was not suspected as
the criminal.
To the judge valiant told how he made
and threw the bomb. He said that he OBJ
tanned 100 francs from a prosperous mill
tant anarchist for the purpose of arrang-
ing a grand coup. This, after some reflec-
ton, he decided should take place in the
chamber of deputies, and he at once set
about procuring the materials.
How He Made the Bomb.
He purchased the chemicals in small
quantities at various shops, pretending
that he was a dyer and wanted them for
use in his business. 1t took him two
weeks to get material enough for his pur-
pose. The arrangement of the tube w&Ich
was in the bomb he found especially trou-
blssome. 1t was necessary that the middle
of the tube should be narrow. He warmed
the tube over a candle, and when it was
sufficiently heated he twisted 1t so much
that he broke it in the middle. He de-
stroyed IA tubes before he fixed one to his
satisfaction. Then he put the tube in
saucepan first filling one end with Dicric
acid. A cStton plug was in the middle of
the tube and green powder in the other
end. The closed end was surrounded with
powder The rest of the saucepan he filled
with three pounds of nails. The bomb was
finished on Dec 8. and he fastened the
cover on tightly with iron wire
On the day Of the explosion he placed the
bomb on his stomach between his trousers