Connecticut western news., 1894-02-15
ONE MORE BOMB.
PARIS AGAIN SHOCKED BY A DINA
 MITE OUTRAGE.
A Dischargsd Waiter and an Anarohist Caused an Explosion In Crowded Cafe, With Fearful Result.-saId He Did It to Avsnre Valiant.

to AvsnEe Valiant
 PARIS, Feb Is-A young man who act fi from motives of revenge exploded a bomb at o'clock last evening in a cafe beneath the Terminus hotel, which is sit- nated opposite the St. Lazare railroad sta lion. The cafe was full of people at the lime.
 A man who had dined in the cafe was seen 10 raise his arm and throw some thing into the middle of the room. A ter rife explosion followed. and the occupants of the room were parslyzed with terror. The air WAS filled with smoke, and lying on the floor were numbers of persons wounded, moaning and bleeding.
 The bomb had landed upon a table, around which a party had been sitting, and this article of furniture had been re duced to splinters. The persons grouped at this table suffered the most. The in iured numbered 15. Nearly all of them were wounded in the legs. Some of them were grievously hurt and were removed to chemists shop near by, where they were cared for.
 Desperate Struggle to Escape
 In the meantime the man responsible for this cowardly act had not been allowed to 1 escape. As soon as he had thrown the l bomb he ran out of the place and darted away.
 The alarm was given hy persons outside who had heard the noise of he explosion, and a chase was at once given the fleeing | figure. A number of policemen joined in | the chase. The fugitive drew a revolver when he saw that his pursuers were get | ting too close and turned and fired several l shots, killing woman and wounding s number of persons One of the men struck was policeman, and his wound Is consid- | cred fatal.
 The man was captured when l5o yards | from the cafe. He proved to be an under sized, pale faced and besrdless man of 30 years. His name is Leon Breton. He had been employed In the cafe as a waiter, but had been dismissed for misconduct. Di- rectly after the explosion the cafe was cleared. The iron shutters were lowered, and then the place was closed. Intense | excitement existed in the vicinity, and an immense crowd gathered to discuss the l outrage. The news of the explosion alss caused sensation throughout the city. | Crowd Wanted to Lynch Him- | The people, a large part of whom had | followed Breton from the cafe, were in a | furious mood and seemed inclined to lay hands on him. They believed at the time that the explosion was the work of a mili- tant anarchist, and they clamored for his l lynching. The sight of the revolver re- strained them at first, but finally, headed by another policeman. they rushed forward | to secure him. Breton again attempted to use his revolver, but the policeman cut him over the face with his saber, stagger- | ing him. He was then arrested The mob | again demanded that he be lynched, and | they would have then probably carried out their intentions had not & strong force of police arrived. The prisoner was then es- corted to the office of Commissary Arsgon on the Rue de Moscow.
 Five persons who were passing in the street at the time of the explosion were in. | jured by flying fragments of glass. The inquiry before the commissary showed that the bomb was constructed in the form oi e ssrdine box and contained a chlorats powder and pieces of lead the size of cher ries Breton admitted to the police that he was anarchist.
 To AvcnGs Valiant
 Breton told the doctor who dressed the wound which he received from the police mans saber that his main object was to avenge Valiant. His hatred of the proprier tor of the cafe was but a minor considera. tiou. He said there were others who would follow his example. His object and the object of his associates was to destroy the bourgeois society.
 Breton was later subjected to an exam. ination by Minister of the Interior Raynsl Minister of Justice Dubost, Chief of De tectives Goron and others. He denied that he was the author of the crime, adding in solently: "I am an anarchist. The sooner | the bourgeois burst up the better, but know nothing. 1 did not enter the cafe IL | F--.
 Peking or from Marseilles as you please. .
 The sufferers from the explosion and from Breton's revolver shots number 24 The inquiry begun by the ministers and magistrates continued until 1:15 o'clock | this morning