The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-05
VALIANT GTILLOTTNED
The French Anarchist Pays the
Penalty Of His Crime,
MET HIS DEATH WITH BRAvADO.

MET HIS DEATH WITH BRAVADO
Extraordinary Precautions Taken by the
Police to Prevent Riot-Brier story
Of the Crime for which the Babid
Bomb Tbrower was Decapitated.
PARIS. Feb. august valiant. the
| anarchist sentenced to death for throwing
! d dynamite bomb in the chamber of dep
| utics, me. his death by the guilIuttup at z
| O'Clock this morning All the streets
| admitting the plaise la Eoquette were
| cleared by the police at 3 o'clock this
! morning, and the immense crowds that
! had gathered were pushed into the side
streets The police force ON duty was uu-
| precedeuted in the history of Paris
Directly after the crowds had been
! driven back four companies of the Garte4
! Bcpublicaines and squad of mounted
police formed around the square, while
! wOrkmen erected barricades at all streets
! leading thereto.
The cafes aud wine shops were all
crowded with the lowest class Of citizens
who loudly commented upon the injustice
! of sending valiant to the guiilorue. us
! he had killed nobody An ugly rush Of
men and women up the Rue de Ia RO
! quette took place at Z o'clock but was
| stopped 10y the police and troops The
! wooden scatrold upon which valiant was
! executed arrived at 4 10 a. m, and was at
once put n place
! valiant walked to His doom unninch
| ingly his remarkable bravado exciting
! the admiration of even the prison officials
| As his head was being placed on the fatal
block he shouted i'm a loud voice "Nive
| lanarchier A second later the eXecu-
tioner touched a spring, the glittering
knife fell from its fastening, and Vail.
| lant'S head fell into the basket placed TO
to receive it,
Auguste valiant was born at MeZieres,
department of Ardennes. Dec 20, 1861
| He was AN illegtimate son and led a 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, and by this marriage had
a little girl whose name is Sidouie He
returned to Paris in 1887, entered into in
innate relations with another womaE
| named Marchal and went TO live i'm the
Montmarte district, where i'm the rare in
tervals during which he worked he Sc
cured employment in leather manufaC-
tory as a workman on poCkethOoks
An industrious life, however, had very
little attraction for him, aud he preferred
to be a vagabond and thief. No less than
five times he was convicted Of petty
crimes He first called himself social
revolutionist, but socialism was too mild
to suit his views, so he abandoned it to be
come an avowed anarchist. He became
active as preacher of anarchist propa.
ganda while still retaining his member
ship in one of the socialist groups His
mother lives at St. Ouen, near Paris, with
an aged anarchist
For q short time previous to his com
mission Of the crime for which he was
executed he acted as manager III the of.
flee of an anarchist periodical
The bomb throwing in the chamber of
deputies took place on Dec @ at % p m.
NJ Mirman. a socialist. whose election had
been disputed, had just descended from
the tribune after a speech M favor of his
claims. and NJ. Dupuy, the speaker had
Just uttered the words II am about to
call for vote upon thecOnclusions on the
the sixth electoral committee, when the
explosion occurred.
,, Instantly the chamber was filed with
smoke Hcartrendiug cries were heard
from all sides, and Abhp Lemier, one Of
the deputies fell from his bench, hit 10y
one of the pieces of the homb If the dy
Mantle had struck the floor before cNplod.
ing number ot people would uudoubt-
edly have been killed. but a woman sit
ting beside valiant in the public gallery
iostled his arm as he was i'm the act OF
throwing the bomb, and this caused it Ia
strike ON the border of the gallery instead
OF on the floor of the chamber. As "a re-
suit the persons injured were mostly spec
tators in the galleries. and nearly all the
deputies escaped injury About fifty per.
sons were severely injured and were
transported in amhulances to temper.
airy hospital established in the refresh.
ment room of the chamber.
At first valiant, who was among those
seriously wounded, was not suspected as
the criminal He had gained admittanct
into the public gallery He was one of the
first to attempt to escape from the cham
ber. He had been wounded in the nose
and right leg, Hatless and bleeding pro
fusely from his wounds he smashed with
his cane a window panel of one of the
doors in a furious passion but was driven
back by a soldier who leveled his bayonet
at him valiant then went into the re
freshment room, where his wounds were
bandaged
ing until one of the stenographers of the
chamber called the attention of the com
missary of police to his demeanor Ques
toned by the commssary valiant said
that he was NJ. Marchal, living in Choissy
Roi, and that he was anxious to gel
home He was taken to the depot of th,
prefecture of police, while detectives wer,
sent to his home. They found that his
right name was valiant The crimina
was then transferred to the Hospta
Hotel Dieu, where shortly afterwards h,
voluntarily acknowledged his crime. Tn,
scenes attending his trial are matters o.
recent history
Valiant was of high stature, dark com
pleNion and wore a heavy mustache, hii
features were coarse and hard and hi
whole appearance repellant His fore
head was wide, his eyes large round ant
expressive and his ears large and flap
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