Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-09-15

list, In 1891, for attacking two police ON
cers. 1t was aftcrward shown that this
was one Of o series Of outrages planned by
tho anarchists against magistrates and
other officers Of tho government who had
taken part In bringing anarchists to jus
tice The chief instigatcr Of these crimes
was discovered to be one Francois Clau-
dius Konigstein. known as Ravachol,
man who had been concerned In other
crimes before.
The house Of the public prosecutor, M.
Bulot, In the Rue Clichy, was the scene Of
dynamite explosion ON March " which
was aimed against NJ. Bulot's life, but he
escaped unframed. Seven other persons
were injured. however, and the house Itself
was wrecked
On March 90 there was an explosion I'm
the building Of the Credit Lyonnaise, one
OF the largest banking houses In Paris.
| Two persons were injured. An explosion
occurred ON March 10 In the Lohau bar
racks In Paris, occupied by the Republican
guard It was due TO dynamite cartridge
placed In the messroom- Fortunately none
Of the guards was killed.
| Ravachol, who was subsequently tried,
sentenced to death and guiilotined, was
arrested by the police on March 30 In the
cafe OF NJ. Very. On April 90 this cafe was
blown up by Q terrific explosion Of dyna-
mite. Ten persons were seriously injured.
M. Very had bcen In receipt Of threatening
letters from anarchists since Ravaohol was
arrested there, In which he was warned
that he and his establishments were
marked for destruction.
The most alarming OF the recent at
tempfs Of the Paris anarchists WINS the
throwing Of the bomb In the chamber Of
II -. H. H.. No.
Q, 1893. This was tho work Of Auguste
Valiant. The usual number Of deputies
| was present, and public business was I'M
der consideration, when Valiant. who oc-
cupied scat In tho gallery, threw . bomb
upon the ioor Of the house, which explod-
ed with q terrific report No one was
killed, but large number Of the deputies
and several OF the spectators In the gallery
were injured. more or less seriously, by
| flying fragments of the bomb. Great dam
age was also done 90 the chamber itself.
| Valiant was arrested and confessed his
crime, saying that his object was the death
OF NJ Dupuy. He was tried, sentenced %
death and was guillotined few weeks
later.
Twerty-four persons were wounded on
| Feb. ~, this year, by o bomb explosion In
the cafe Of tho Hotel Terminus, NJ the 50
Laxarc railroad station. Paris. Tho cafe
/ was well filed whom, about O'Clock In
| the evening, Q young man came IN, drank
| glass Of vino at . table, then rose, and
taking from his pocket q bomb threw n
| toward . group Of people at q neighborine
| table. The bomb had been filled with bull
| icfs and bits OF iron. and the scattering oi
these caused most Of the wounds. In thu
dense smoke with which the room was
filled for three or four minutes after ths
explosion the bomb thrower made his 90
cape TO the street. Thrce policemen sAv
him running and pursued him, command
ing him to stop. His reply was 10 hal
and to fire i've shots ~ them, one buile
striking Policeman Poisson, infiicting
J mortal wound. Tho ether two policemen
with the assistance OF waiter, succcedc,
In graphing with and overpowering tn
bomb thrower. At tho station the fellow
who nc FIRST called himself Leon Breton
but whose name was soon ascertained I
be Emile Henry, said, Yes, ] am an an
archisf, and tho more Of the bourgeois
killed the better ie would please me"
Incited by Henry's crime, the polio
] throughout France made raids In Febrr
airy ON tho dwellings Of anarchists, man
Of whom wec arrested. Henry was place
ON trial In the Seine assixas ON April
and was convicted and sentenced 20 eeat
, the next night He showed much bravad
. . and made many fiippant Interruptions |
the course Of the trial He was guiils
, tined early ON the morning Of May q
The night before his lawyer had q Ion
audience with President Carnot. frol
whom he vainiy sought to obtain . rospii
for the young anarchist.
/ Or the evening Of April 4. this year.
, bomb was exploded ON wIdowsiii OF u
: Restaurant Foyot In Paris. Ono end |
HE restaurant was partly wrecked, an
ilree persons wcrc serionsly injured.