Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-24
ANARCHISTS EXECUTED.
BombthroWers Put to Death at
Paris and Barcelona.
Emile Henry's Head Severed ny the Gull.
Iotine--A Motley Paris Mob wItnesse.
the CHASTITY Sight.

Emile Henry's Head Severed by the Gull
Iotiue-.A Motley Paris Mob Witnesses
the CHASTITY Sight.
PARIS, May 2i.-The relentless gull
lotine ended the life, at 40 o'clock this
morning, of Emile Henry, the young
Anarchist, whose bomb carried death to
three persons in the Terminus Hotel
Cafe on February 18th. The same
reckless bravado that characterized
Henry's conduct at the trial persisted
to the last.
There was great gathering OF the
riffraff of the city to see the execution,
which is accounted among Parisians
spectacle to gloat over. A heavy force
OF soldiers and police guarded the streets
and encompassed the instrument Of
death. A similarly strong escort at
tended the condemned man from the
prison to the block.
Scarcely a minute elapsed between
the time when the pale but undaunted
Henry stood living being at the foot
Of the guillotne and his head rolled off
in the basket. In that interval he had
been put in position, with his neck on
the block, there was click that echoed
through the breathless square, flash as
bA2I hhALN ACoSClhEl hRbl llb prey anu
all was over. Another Anarchist had
met the doom that seemed to him
deathless honor.
HESRY's LIFE AND CRIME.
Joseph Emile Henry was born near
Barcelona, Spain, of French parents, 81
years ago. His father, as a member uf
the Commune, had been condemned to
death and fed to Spain. After his death
the family returned TO Paris. Emile
was studious and obtained degree in
high grade schools. He was for some
time employed IN commercial houses,
but tor the past two years had been de-
voted to the Anarchist cause, living alter
nately in Paris and London.
He associated with the most violent
Anarchists of the Rayachol. Valiant
type. They were his ideals. Vaillant's
bomb Outrage in the French Chamber
be regarded as heroism and his death by
the guillotine he pronounced martyr
dom. The crime which led to his ar
rest, trial and conviction was, in fact,
due largely to his desire to avenge Vail.
liant.
Henry made his bomb, oncased it in a
tin, shaped like a sardinc box, and on
the evening Of February 18th left home
with it in his pocket to find we'll
crowded restaurant Ia which to explode
il. He entered several restaurants which
were half-fllled with diners, but was not
satisfied with the possibilities of slaugh-
ter in them.
HURLED HIS DEADLY BOMB
At about o'clock he entered the cafe
of the Hotel Terminus, at tho st. Lazare
station. 1t was crowded. Henry drank
glass of beer and rose to leave Just as
the orchestra began TO play. One of the
waters saw him take the bomb out of
his pocket just as he reached the door,
and throw it into the middle Of the safe.
The Internal machine first struck one
of the electric lights, and then, falling
on marble table, exploded, injuring 10,
three fatally. The waiter rushed after
Henry into the street. Henry. finding
himself pursued, drew his revolver and
fired at the policemen and others who
were chasing him. One policeman re.
ceived bullet in the chest and another
man was wounded, but Henry was
seized and taken 70 the police station,
where he gave the name of Louis
Breton.
CLAIMED ANOTHER CRIME.
Henry made full confession, and
claimed the full responsibility also for the
explosion in the Rue des Bons Enfants
November 9Th, 1892, by which six men
lost their lives. When tried he.eagerly
sought to prove that be alone Lad com.
mitted both crimes, and declined Il
countenancc his counsel's plea of in.
sanity. His trial began at the Seine
Assizes April 9th. On the following
day the jury found him guilty, and
he was sentenced to death. When The
sentence was pronounced Henry laughed
aloud and shouted; courage, comrades
Long live anarchy"