The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-14
AVENGES VAILLANT'S DEATH
FIFTEEN INJURED BY BOMB IN 4
PARIS RESTAURANT.
The Deadly Agent Exploded by an
Anarchist Named Breton. Who Has
Desperate struggle with the Po-
lice-Attempts at Lynching.

PARIS, Feb IA young man who
acted from motives of revenge exploded
a bomb at o'clock tonight in a cafe
beneath the Terminus hotel. which is
situatej aeposite the -. Lazsrc railroad
station. The place was full Of people at
the time. \ band was playing at the
time 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 something
into the middle of the room. \ terrific
explosion followed. The occupants of the
room were paralyzed with terror. No
one dared to move for some moments.
fearing a repetition of the explosion, but
as none came their courage returned.
Then they inS Sestigatcd into the dam
age done and found that the explosion
had done dreadful work. The cafe was
filed with smoke. and lying on the floor
were a number Of persons wounded and
moaning and bleeding. The bomb had
landed upon a table around which
party had been sitting and this article
Of furniture had been reduced 10 spln-
ters. The persons grouped at this table
suffered the most The injured NUNS
bered fifteen Nearly all of them were
wounded in the legs. Some OF them were
grievously hurt and were removed II
a chemists shop near by where they
In, 1,o ft.a
man responsible for this cowardly act
had not been allowed to escape.
Chasing the Fugitive.
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 fec
ing figure. \ number Of policemen
Joined i'm the chase. The fugitive drew
a revolver and when he saw his pur-
suers We're getting too close, turned and
fred several shots, killing a workman
and wounding a number of persons. one
of the men struck was a policeman, and
his wound is considered fatal.
The man was captured when $50 yards
from the cafe. lie proved To be an Un-
dersized pale-faced and beardleSs man
of thirty years. His name is Leon Bre-
ton. He had been employed in the cafe
as a waiter, but had been discharged
for misconduct Directly after the eX-
plosion the cafe was cleared, the iron
shutters lowered and the place was
closed Intense settlement existed in the
vicinity and an immense crowd gathered
TO discuss the outrage.
The news of the explosion also caused
a scnsation throughout the city. The
minister OF the interior visited the scene
as soon rs he was notified of the occur
renee. All the persons injured are Pa
risians Breton, before the explosion,
had been sitting on the outside of the
cafe and had partalSen of refreshments.
No particular notice was taken of him
as his actions were not such as to at
tract attention. AS he was leaving the
place he threw the bomb, aiming at the
electric light chandelier. The explosion
shattered the plate-glsSs front of the
place DESTROYED one marble-top table and
overturned others and smashed glassware
and plates, their fragments flying in all
directions.
wanted To Lynch Him.
The people. a larger part of whom had
followed Breton from the cafe. were i'm
"a furious mood and seemed inclined TO
lay violent hands upon him. They be
Ieved at the time that the explosion
was the work OF a militant anarchist,
sight Of the revolver restrained them
at first. but finally headed by another
policeman, they rushed forward to Sc
cure him. Breton again attempted TO
use his revolver, but the policeman cut
him over the face with his sabre.
staggering him. He was then arrested.
The mob again demanded that he be
lynched, and they would have carried
out their intention had not a strong
force OF police arrived. The prisoner
was then escorted To the Office of Com
nissary Asagon. on the Rue de Moscou.
Five persons who were passing the
street at the time of the explosion We're
injured by flying fragments of glass.
The inquiry before the commissary
showed that the bomb was constructed
in the form of a sardine box and con-
tanned a cholorate powder and pieces Of
lead the size of cherries.
Wanted 10 Avenge Valiant
Breton admitted to the police that he
was an anarchist. Minister Raynal, the
prefect OF police, and number of de-
tectives remained inside the cafe when
it was closed in order to prepare their
reports. Squads of police are on duty
in the vicinity. The bullet received by
the policeman from Breton's revolver
has been extracted, and 1t is hoped he
will recover.
Breton told the doctor who dressed the
wound he received from the policeman's
saber. that his main object was. to
avenge Valiant His hatred toward the
proprietor of the cafe was but a minor
reason. He said there are others who
will follow his example. the object of his
associates being to destroy the burgeoise
society Breton speaks English and
French fiuently.