The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-11
GOING TO THE CUILLOTINE.
Valiant Tried, Convicted and Sen
fenced in a DaY.

Paris, Jan. 1O,-Auguste Valiant, the
anarchist who threw the bomb in the
Chamber Of Deputies on Dec 8, last, was
tried before President Judge Gaze, and a
jury in the assize court to-day, convicted
and sentenced to death
Policemen, in couples and threes, were
stationed every ten yards around the i'm
mense block occupied by the palace of
Justice, in which the court sits. Every
door of the palace was shut, and guarded
by sentinels with fixed bayonets. No
body was admitted unless they had a
special card of identity.
VALIANT DEFIANT.
The cynosure of all eyes was the priso-
ner, who stood in the dock with an officer
on each side Of him. He was, like Rava-
chol, entirely self-possessed and gazed
about the court room as though he glor1ed
In the interest he was creating. Through
out the day he never lost his attitude of
defiance and self justification.
Baron Rothschild was not a member of
the jury, contrary to public expectation.
THE THROWING OF THE BOMB.
In reviewing the details of the bomb
throwing, Judge Gaze said the people who
had been hurt the most were not mem
bers Of the Chamber of Deputies, but
spectators of the proceedings.
THAT was not my fault" retorted
valiant. THE deputies are in the high
est degree responsible for the socia!
misery prevailing. 1t was them l meant
should feel the responsibility
HIS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
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escape during the confusion following the
explosion, valiant told the story that a
sentinel had stopped him at the door by
threatening to pierce him with his bayo-
net if he advanced a step. The prisoner
declared energetically that he did not
wish to flee, and, even if he had, it would
have been utterly impossible for him to
have done so, because he was wounded in
the leg. He gave the lie to witnesses
against him, and held steadily TO his pose
of martyr in the cause of humanity
The only regret he had was that he had
been obliged to iniure irresponsible per-
sons in his crusade.
HE DESCRIBES HIS BOMB.
Describing the manufacture of the
bomb, Valiant declared that owing to the
of his apparatus he had the
of putting in a large number
of small projectiles, which would wound
many persons slightly; or small number
that would do more effective work. He
chose the former plan so that the projec-
tiles would kill few people outright. Vail
liant admitted that he had been con-
demned five times for petty thefts, but he
added that mendicancy and theft were the
result of the present social con-
dition of the poor.
HIS STORY OF HIS LIFE.
hn .ufn 20 oA
dress the court on his mode of life. This
being granted, he said that he had en-
deavored to lead an honest existence
had profted by his poverty to
pay him starvation wages. Finally, with
out money or work, he determined instead
Of furnishing submissively to voice the
feeling of revolt that was fomenting dis
content everywhere among the people
He read written anarchist
hand ever since the opening of the court.
In this speech he expressed the .griev-
ances of the poor against society, but
made no reference to bombs. He was
fluent and declamatory and read his
speech in a clear and pleasant voice as he
leaned over the rail of the dock. There
was nothing in the testimony of the wit
nesses that is not known to the public.
vAILLANT's AMOUR.
valiant was emphatic in his denial of
the statement that he had Marchand's
property as well as his wife, evidently
the former charge to be a dis
honorable one. He said he desired TO
clear himself of this reproach.
Judge Gaze read extracts from the pris-
oner's declarations to the effect that he
had become convinced, by studying philo-
works including those of Herbert
Spencer, that anarchism was the logical
of the oppression of the poor by
modern society
In regard to the outrage, the prisoner
explained that he had chosen the Cham
ber of Deputies as the place to throw the
bomb in order not to hurt innocent per-
sons. Unfortunately he did not succeed.
THE DEATH SENTENCE DEMANDED.
Two short recesses were taken, one at
the conclusion Of the hearing of the wit
nesses and another at the conclusion of
the address of the public prosecutor, M.
Bertrand. The latter closed by demand
ing the capital penalty.
Vaillant's advocate, M. LabOri, made no
defense of the anarchist theories. Vail
liant, he said, had given him absolute
liberty as to the line of defense to be fol-
lowed. His first point was that the bomb
had killed nobody. valiant, ne declared,
was not monster of criminal vanity. He
simply wan LeQ TO Teulluu Jne deputies OF
the miserable poor, whose claims the
legislature eternally shelves. He could
not forget that crime, which is
closely allied TO the universal
social movement, is increasing daily.
He appealed to the sympathies Of the
Jury in behalf OF valiant, who was an
illegitimate child, abandoned in infancy
by his mother, and grew up to become
mendicant and vagabond, not from vi
cious inclnations, but from force of cir
FINDING THE VERDICT.
The fury retired at :35 p. m, and were
absent for about twenty-five minutes.
They returned verdict Of "guilty with
)ut extenuating circumstance" Upon
hearing the foreman's answer 10 the
Judges question, asking him If
The jury had agreed upon
, verdict, Valiant sprang to
MS feet and shouted, "It is DEATH
thank you for it," The court then retired
10 deliberate upon the finding of the jury
and to decide upon the sentence Upon
the return Of the court the presiding
Judge announced the sentence Of death
and valiant shouted "Vive 'Anarchie."
The session Of the court was closed soon
afterward without any further incident
valiant refused 10 sign an application
FOR an appeal.
Appointed to Clerkshlp.
Washington, Jan. 9.-Secretary Car