The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-11


Valiant, the anarchist who threw the
bomb in the chamber of deputies,
began today. The court house was
surrounded by guards Nobody was
allowed to pass unidentified. The
court was thronged The opening
proceedings were purely formal. A
report is circulated that a bomb with
burning fuse was found outside the
court.
After the prisoner had admitted, in
reply to the questions of the public
prosecutor, that he had been several
times in prison for theft, the prisoner
exclaimed, fiercely:
1.-THE unjust conditions of society
were responsible for what you are
pleased to term robberies."
valiant said he conceived the idea
of blowing up the chamber of deputies
while living at Choisyle Roi He adj
mitted he obtained the money with
which he purchased the materials for
making the bomb from the results of
theft. Later on he reluctantly adj
mitted he received 20 francs from Mad
anne Paul Reclues, the wife of young
engineer and nephew of the distin-
guished French geographical writer,
Jacques Elyze Recluse. Valiant, how
ever, insisted that Madame Recluse
gave him the money as an act of char
ity and not as a subscription to the
cause of anarchy or in any way to
further the ends which he had in view.
valiant said he regretted that the
bomb did not have the effect he de-
sired. and explained this was owing
to the fact that one Of his neighbors
in the gallery accidentally knocked his
arm while he was in the act of throw
ing the loaded missile at the depu-
ties.
At this point the presiding judge
turned to him and said:
st suppose you wanted to hit CASH
mer Perier, premier?"
NO replied Valiant, 81 did not
aim at any one in particular; but I
wanted to kill some ministers-all min
listers are the same to me-
He continued: TT is true, I hit some
of the spectators, but / only intended
to hit deputies or ministers, and 1
would rather see three or four minis
tiers or deputies killed than have one
spectator injured"
The judge tried to interrupt the
prisoner, but valiant succeeded in adj
ding:
81 am not waging war against the
pdople, but against society, and l
aimed directly at these parasite depu-
ties ;.
The. jury retired at 5:35 p. m, and
were absent twenty-five minutes Upon
their return it was announced they
found the prisoner guilty without ex-
tenuating circumstances
Upon hearing the foreman's answer
to the judges question asking him if
the jury had agreed on a verdict,
Valiant sprang to his feet and shout
led
TT is death-I thank you for it,
The presiding judge then announced
the sentence of DEATH and valiant,
upon hearing the words which con-
demned him to the guilotine shouted
"Vive La Anarchie.'
At the close of the public prosecu-
/ tors interrogatory, valiant rose and
said:
"You sire have the habit of presid-
| ing in this court. L am not accustomed
to appearing here, and you will ex-
cuSe me if / MAKE one remark. On
returning from America, / thought
could be satisfied with the established
libraries to prepare brains for the
revolution. l thought to make a good
living this way, but my master would
not give me more than twenty francs
a week I spoke to him of my wife
and child, and he replied, What is
/ that to me" That sum was not
enough to keep me and mine from
dying of hunger Then 1 felt I must
not delay to make my revolution N.Y.
self and I took my bomb to the cham
Der of deputies in order to expound
my theoretical ideas. AS 1 am not an
orator, have written my declaration.
May l read it?'
Vaillants address occupies almost a
column in the newspapers and is writ
ten with considerable ability. Vail
liant will probably be the first person
guillotined within the prison walls, for
M. Reinoch has taken charge of the
bill passed by the Senate and just
been returned to the chamber, against
the publicity of executions.
Valiant refused to sign an appeal to
the court against the sentence.