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

waistband and supported by leather belt.
Then he boarded a street car and went to
the chamber of deputies. At ll:15 a. IN. he
took his place in the line outside the cham
Der. He did not have to yield his card of
admission. Inside he was made to remove
his overcoat. He said that he wanted to
throw the bomb into the government
benches and afterward mount the rostrum
and explain his action. One of the nails
hit him on the nose, and the smoke sutfo-
Gated him so that he was unable to speak
On Jan. 10 he was tried and convicted in
the court of assizes, and sentence of death
was passed upon him. When the presid-
ing judge pronounced his doom, Valiant
shouted, "Vive Panarchier'
Previous to the passing of sentence Vail
liant asked permission to address the court
on his mode of life, and this request being
granted he read written speech in u clear
and pleasant voice and tlueht manner. In
the speech he expressed the grievances of
the poor against society.
After his conviction many memorials
and petitions were addressed to President
Carnot, who turned them over to the par
don committee. On Jan. 25 the hearing of
his appeal was heard by the court of cassa-
ton, which decided that there were no
grounds upon which to grant it, and it
then remained for Valiant was in Presi-
dent Carnot, who had it in his power to
pardon or commute the sentence, but Car
not refused to interfere.
Where Valiant Was Confined.
The famous Prison de la RoQuette, where
the condemned anarchist Valiant awaited
the approval of his day of execution, is a
prison for persons sentenced to less than a
years imprisonment and is only tempo
rary place of detention for those undergo
ing longer terms. 1t owes, therefore, its
hard reputation to the fact that within its
walls criminals condemned to death some
times as long as four week await the re-
prieve or confirmation of the sentence.
The prison is situated at the extreme end
of Paris and in one of the poorer districts.
The dismal character of the neigh borhood
is intensified by its dilapidated condition,
by the surrounding wretched novels, by
the shops containing exclusively funeral
monuments, wreaths, etc, and by the vi
cinity of the Pere la Chaise cemetery.
1t is in front of the prison gate ON an
open space between two small squares that
the guillotine is erected on execution morn
ings. Five large granite slabs mark the
exact spot upon which it must stand
The Prison de la Roquette, which was
designed 10y a German, is a three stored
building of massive stone. 1t is surround
ed by two square walls, each about 30 feet
high. A walk - feet wide separates the
prison from the first wall, and another
walk equally wide separates this from the
outer wall. Sentries are on duty day and
night on both of these walks Only the
most reliable prisoners are allowed under
escort to sweep them. Escapes are thus
rendered we'll nigh impossible. In fact
not even an attempt at an escape has ever
been recorded
The prison proper contains two open in
ner courts. The first and the larger of the
two is surrounded by the four walls, with
nothing to relieve their monotony other
than the four rows of equidistant heavily
barred square windows running in
straight line. The uniform of the prison
ers is composed of a gray jacket with brass
buttons, gray trousers, gray skull hat and
clogs