The record-union., 1894-01-11
TO Be GUILLOTINED.
Sentence Passed Upon Valiant by
a Paris Court.
THE PRISONER GUILTY WITHOUT EX-
TENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
Admiral Mello, on Board the Warslip
Aqu1daban, Succeeds In Re-enter-
ing the Bay, in Spite of the Active
Lookout Kept for Him by the Bra
lillian Governments Forces at the
Entrance to the Harbor.
Special to the RECORD UNION.

Special to the RECORD-UNIoN.
PARIS, Jan. 10.-The trial of Auguste
Valiant, the anarchist who threw bomb
in the Chamber of Deputies, began to-
day. The courtroom is surrounded by
guards and no one is allowed to pass un
identified. The court is thronged. The
opening giproceedingsswere purely formal.
A report was circulated that a bomb
with burned fuse was found outside the
court.
The court made short work of the trial,
which resulted in condemning the pris-
oner to death.
After the prisoner had admitted in re-
ply 10 questions of the Public Prosecutor
that he had been several times is prison
for theft, the prisoner exclaimed fercely:
''The un just conditions of society were
responsible for what you are pleased to
term robberies."
valiant said he conceived the idea of
blowing up the Chamber of Deputies
while living at Choisy lie Roi. lie adj
mitted he obtained the money with which
he purchased materials for making the
bomb from the results of theft. Later on
he reluctantly admitted he received 20f
from Madame Paul Reclus, wife of the
young engineer and nephew of the dis
JinguiShed French geographical writer,
jacques ElyZe Reclus. Valiant, how
ever, insisted that Nine. Reclus gave him
money as an act of charity, not as sub
scription to the cause of anarchy, or in
any way to further the ENDS which he had
in view.
Valiant said he regretted the bombs
did not have the effect desired, and ex
planned this was owing to the fact that
one of his neighbors in the gallery acci-
dentally knocked his arm while he was
in the act ofthrowing the loaded missile
at the deputies.
turned TO the prisoner and said: 81 sup
poseeyou wanted to hit Cassimir-Pe
the Premier? ?'
NO." replied Valiant, ST did not aim
at anyone in particular, but l wanted to
kill some Ministers. All Ministers are
the same to me-" Valiant continued:
sit is true l hit some of the spectators,
but only intended to hurt Deputies or
Ministers, and l would rather see three
or four Ministers or Deputies killed than
have one spectator injured
The Judge tried to interrupt the pris-
oner, but antsucceeded in adding:
Il am not waging war against the people,
but against society, and l aimed directly
at these parasite Deputies" The jury re-
tlr6u aL 90 L. NJ. anu was dDS0llG twenty
five minutes. Upon their return it was
announced that they had found the pris-
oner guilty without eXtenuating circum-
StanceS.o
Upon hearing the foreman's answer to
the Judges question, asking him if the
jury had agreed on verdict, valiant
sprang to his feet and shouted: SIT is
death; [ thank you for it."
The Presiding Judge then announced
the GaDtancn of death and Valiant nTOu
hearing the words which condemned him
to the guillotine, shouted: "ViVe paXn
Valiant refused to sign an appeal to
the Court Of Cessation against the sen@
tence.
AT the close of the public prosecutors
interrogatory as to whether he had any
thing to say, Valiant rose and said:
You, sire, have a habit of presiding in
this court. [ am not accustomed to ap-
pearing here, and you will excuse me if
make one remark. On returning from
America l thought / could be satisfied
with establishing libraries to prepare
brains for a revolution. I thought to
make good living this way, but my
master would not give me more than
twenty francs a week. spoke to him of
my wife and child, and ne replied: what
is that to me? That sum was not enough
to keep me and mine from dying of hum
ger. Then L felt | must not delay to
make my revolution myself, and I took
my bomb into the Cham Der of Deputies
in order to eXpound my theoretical ideas.
AS | am not an orator, L have written a
declaration. May l read it ?''
Vaillants address occupies almost a
column in a newspaper, and is written
with considerable ability.
Valiant will probably be the first per-
son to be guilotined within prison walls.
for NJ. Reinoch has taken charge of bill
passed by the Senate and just been re-
turned to the Chamber, against the pub
licity of executions