The morning news., 1894-05-21
HENRY ON THE CUILLOTINE.
Courage, Long Live Anarchy" His
Farewell Shout.

N1clouS4y into the Basket With the
Writhing Body-The Blood From the
Trunk Spurts Into the Air Like
Water From Fountain.
Paris, May 81, a. m.-Emile Henry,
who on Feb. 12, threw a bomb in the cafe
of the Hotel Terminus, was executed at
4;lO o'clock this morning At midnight
the Place de La Roquette was virtually
deserted. Two policemen on either side
walked their beats, and a groom with a
relay horse for the omnibus from Cha
rome to the Place d'Italie, was passing
the prison. Three or four persons stood
opposite the prison gate Two of
them, evidently American bicyclists,
were examining the five markstonas,
where the guillotine was to be erected.
Only one sentinel stood in front of the
prison, but just beyond the small door
behind him line of soldiers was drawn
up along the inside prison walls. At the
Place Voltaire, a two minutes walk from
the prison, a strong force of police
had been drawn up ready to respond
instantly to the first call. The
precautions were so exceptionally COM
plete that even the anarchists must have
been convinced of the folly of plotting to
rescue the prisoner Rumors of such
plot had been in circulation for two days
and had influenced the government to
take unusual steps in anticipation of an
attack
The boulevards were almost empty at
1870 o'clock A few stragglers and a
dozen cabs were the only evidences of
life. Paris was asleep.
THE SQUARE FULL OF MILITARY.
Shortly before O'Clock persons in the
Place de la Roquette could hear the dis
tant tread of the Republican Guards as
they came to occupy the square. Led by
drum corps, the Guards marched 900
strong into the open space and took such
positions that they blocked egress and in
gress through Rue Gerber, the Rue de la
Vicquerie, the Rue Servan, the Rue
Merlin and the Rue de la Folie Regnault.
In the lines thus dispersed about the
square were also mounted guards and
several companies of infantry
At 2o'clock the police cleared most of
the square and more infantry and cavalry
marched in. The total force, aside from
the Republican Guards, then numbered
fully a thousand.
Chaplain Valadter, M Deibler, the
headsman, and his assistants came little
later.
A few minutes before 3 O'Clock the stars
disappea red rapidly
Among those who were allowed TO enter
the hollow square to see the execution
were NJ. Clemenceau, the great radical;
Mauric Barras, the novelist; M. Ducret,
ex-editor of the Cocarde Max; M. Lebaudy
and Madame Yver, reporter for PIN
transigeant, the first woman ever allowed
within the reserved space.
At 3:l0 O'Clock fifteen mounted police
men formed a picquet d'eXecution, facing
the guillotine The lights around the
square had been extinguished Outside
the barriers the usual motley crowd gath
cred rapidly. Men and women came up
by the hundreds, laughing, chatting and
singing Within the reserved space the
reporters yawned, smoked ana passed
jokes concerning the execution.
THE PRISONER LED OUT.
AT 4:O7 o'clock the little door of the
prison creaked on its rusty hinges and the
fifteen policemen of the picquet d'cxecu-
tion barred their swords. Every face was
turned toward the big gateway and every
eye was strained to catch the first
glimpse of the prisoner The iron doors
swung slowly apart. Chaplain Naladier
walked in front. Henry was corded
more tightly than is usual, and over his
shoulder was close black jacket. He
was CHASTITY white, but walked with
firm step. AS he approached the plat
form he shouted: Courage, comrades;
long live anarchy but his voice was not
as loud as Vailliant's. EXecutioner Die
bler's assistants whipped of his jacket.
AS they pushed him against the
plank, he shouted again Courage,
long live anarchy" His neck did
not fit the lunette properly as he fell and
Nj. Diebler gave him a little tug forward
The click of the knife was heard the next
moment, and Henry's head dropped to the
ground. The blood from the trunk
spurted high as the body reyolved into
the basket. Deibler himself picked up
the head from the sawdust and threw it
viciously into the basket with the body.
sAwDUsT THROWN OVER THE BoDY.
Sawdust was thrown over the body and
head and they We're showed into the van,
which was driven off less hastily than
after Vaillant's execution. M, Leygonie,
the police commissary for the
Roquette district, who went to
Henry's cell, gave to the correspon-
dent this account of the last scene
there: THE procurer of the republic,
Nj. Lepline, M. Goron, the prison COVER
nor, and / entered the cell. The COVER
nor said: Henry have courage the day
has come Unlike Valiant, he did not
utter word for minute. Then he
asked to see the chaplain in husky tones.
He offered no resistance"
The reporters considered the tightness
of the pinions extraordinary and as prob
ably the result of some struggle.
THREE ARRESTS.
Among the crowd there were three ar
rests. One sallow, starved looking fellow
was heard to say as the knife fell Long
live Henry" Two others gave express
sion to somewhat similar sentiments. At
the police station one of them gave this
extraordinary explanation: "My father
died on the scaffold, and ri
thought / had the right to voice
my sympathios." !" The tightness of Hen
ry's pinions were the snblect of general
remark. Between Henrys two shouts
for anarchy. he could be heard protesting
weakly that he was bound too tightly
and was not even allowed freedom Of
limb to walk properly.
AN APPEAL TO CARNoT.
M. Hornbostel, Henry's lawyer, had q
long audience with President Carnot
Yesterday. He begged earnestly for a
RESPITE for the condemned anarchist, but
he was not ablc to make a strong case.
He realized that he was pleading a lost
cause. Nevertheless he tried to work upon
the presidents feelings by referring
TO the centennial celebration of the Ecole
Tolvtechnique, to which Henry all but
cbtSSnoa admission and asking that the