The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-08
VALIANT GUILLOTINED.
he DIEs GAMELY AS BECOMES A TRUE
ANARCHIST.
Extraordinary Precaution to Prevent Bomb
Throwing, but ne Disturbances Of any
Kind 0ccurred-If Anarchists Wit
messed the Execution They
Kept Quiet

PARIS, Feb, 5.-August Valiant, the
anarchist, who on December 9th, last
threw bomb into the chamber of
deputies, was executed at half past
seven o'clock this morning. His last
words were: "Death to society; long
live anarchy" The execution of Vail.
liant was decided surprise to the peo-
pie of this city who have for a
week past been haunting the
neighborhood of Place de la
Roquette in anticipation of wit
Messing Vaillant's execution. AS
late as Saturday afternoon it WAS re-
ported that Premier Casimer-P -Perier
and M. Dupuy, president of the cham
Der of deputies, favored comm utation
of the anarchists sentence, and it was
said that even if he was executed he
would not be decapitated until the
middle of this week. but late last even
ing the news spread throug hout Paris
in some mysterious manner that Vail
liant was to be executed, and people
soon afterwards began gathering about
the neighborhood of the prison and
watched the workmen erecting barri-
cades across all the streets leading to
the square from which the people
were driven by the police.
The night was pitch dark when the
work of erecting the guillotine was
commenced. The lower classes sent
representatives who appeared to be in
sympathy with the man about to be
executed, and were loud in their bias
phemies and threats of what would
happen in the near future if
the present condition of affairs
continued. Shortly before o'clock a
detachment of Garde Republicaine ar
rived upon the spot and the center of
the Place de la Roquette was cleared.
Later a squadron Of mounted Gardes
Republicaine arrived.
The arrival of the military caused
the crowd to increase and there was a
rush OF men and women up Rue la
Roquette which caused the police to
make determined counter movement
sweeping the crowd backward until
order was completely restored. By
this time fully 1900 policemen of va
rious descriptions and Gardes Republi-
caine were on the spot and everything
was ready for the arrival of the guillo-
tine. This familiar death machine ar
rived in two large vans at about $3.50
o'clock this morning, accompanied by
Monster de Paris, Cd. Diebler), the
public executioner, dressed in a frock
coat and high hat M. Diebler super
intended every little detail of the
work of his several assistants who
piece by piece and in deep silence only
broken by sounds of the heavy mallets
which they used slowly erected the
platform so familiar to the general
public.
When the guillotine was standing
complete and ready for its deadly work |
on its well.marked spot in the centre
{ the Place, the executioner, lantern
in hand, carefully examined every |
part of the machine, including the
wick basket nearly full of sawdust |
which was to receive the head |
of the anarchist. While the work |
erecting the guillotine was in pro-
gress Diebler informed the police Off
GERS in charge of the place that there
seemed to be less space than usual in
the squares, but the officers informed |
the evecutioner that the crowd was
kept at the usual distance, to which
Diebler replied "Well, never mind; a
bomb might be thrown from the bar
riers" The police, however, after con
sultation, determined to take the exc
cutioner's hint and the barriers at diff
ferent streets and about the various