Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
A Bomb Thrown Into Paris Cafe--A
Number of Persons Injured.

PARIS, Feb. IA. "A young man who
acted from motives of revenge exploded
bomb at o'clock Monday night in a
cafe beneath the Terminus hotel, which
is situated opposite the ST. Lazare rail
road station The place was full of
people ut the time. band was play
ing and those present were enjoying
the contentment which follows the con-
sumption of good dinner. All this
was changed in a second.
man who had dined in the cafe was
seen to raise his arm and throw some-
thing into the middle of the room. A
terrific explosion followed. The occu-
pants of the room were paralyZed with
terror. No one dared to move for some
moments, fearing repetition of the
explosion, but as none came their
courage returned.
Then they Investigated and found
that the explosion had done dreadful
work. The cafe was filled with smoke.
and lying on the floor were numbers
of persons wounded and moaning
and bleeding. The bomb had landed
upon table around which party
had been sitting, and this article
VI ldu Dttu EcuuCGll W Spllu-
ters. The persons grouped at this table
suffered the most The injured num-
bered fifteen. Nearly all of them were
wounded in the legs. Some of them
were grievously hurt and were removed
to a chemists shop near by where they
| were cared for
In the meantime the man responsible
| for this cowardly act had not been al
! lowed to escape. AS soon as he had
; thrown the bomb he ran out of the
place and darted away. The alarm was
given by persons outside who had
heard the noise of the explosion, and
chase was at once given to the fleeing
figure. A number of policemen joined
in the chase.
The fugitive drew revolver when
he saw his pursuers were getting too
close and turned and fred several
shots, killing workman and wound
ing a number of persons. One of the
men struck was policeman and his
wound is considered fatal. The man
! was captured when $50 yards from the
cafe He proved to be an understood,
! pale-faced and beardless man of 30
years. His name is Leon Breton. He
had been employed in the cafe as a
waiter. but had been discharged for
| misconduct.
Breton, on leaving the cafe, rushed
| toward the Rue de Rome. blue
omnibus, which plies between the rail-
road station and the Place St Michael,
was passing the cafe as Breton ran out.
A policeman was sitting on the top
! nf tho omnibus
ton. He jumped to the ground
and followed him and ran him
to earth few yards up the Rue
de Rome, at a spot opposite the Sacossa
restaurant. Breton turned on the po-
liceman, revolver in hand, and fired a
shot at him. The policeman grabbed
him and both fell While on the
ground Breton fred another shot at the
policeman and struck woman who
was passing. The woman fell to the
ground mortally wounded.
In the meantime crowd had col
lected, attracted by the shots. The
policeman who had grabbed Breton
had been badly wounded by Bretons
first shot and was unable to hold on to
his prisoner and the latter, still brand.
ishing his revolver, regained his feet
and was likely to do further mischief.
The people, larger part of whom had
followed Breton from the cafe, were
in fury and seemed inclined to lay
violent hands upon him. They believed
at that time that the explosion was the
work of a militant anarchist, and they
clamored for his lynching.
The sight of the revolver restrained
them at first, but finally, headed by
another policeman, they rushed for
ward to secure him. Breton again at
tempted TO use his revolver, but the
policeman cut him over the face with
his sabre, staggering him. He was
then arrested.
Five persons who were passing or
the street at the time of the explosion
were injured by flying fragments O.
glass. The inquiry before the comis
sary showed that the bomb was con
structed in the form of sardine boz
and contained a chlorate powder anc
pieces of lead of the size of cherries.
Breton told the doctor who dressed
: the wound which he received from tn,
: policeman's saber that his main objec
was to avenge Valiant. His hatred
: toward the proprietor of the cafe was
but minor reason. He said that there
are others who will follow his exam
: ple the object of his associates beinl
to destroy the Bourgeo Use society.
Breton speaks English and Frencl
fluently. He declines to reveal his iden
tity, but is probably native of tn,
island of Jersey, where the name Breton
> + =
rious persons showed that several peo
pie who had received wounds hat
slipped away without making any com
plant to the police. In the waiting
hall of the st. Lazare railway station
the police arrested a wounded maj
who was trying to conceal himself
He refused to give his name. From hi
Suspicious attitude and his evasive an
swers to questions it is believed that HI
belongs to an anarchist group of Neuillv