The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-02-15
ANOTHER ANARCHIST
Twenty Persons Injuredi in Paris by
an AVenger of Valiant.
The BOmb Exploded In the Middle of II
Cafe Daring the Progress Of
q COacert.

fARIS, req. lz.-EQeOn Breton, 70 |
years old, threw u bomb in the cafe OF
the hotel Terminus at the ST. Lazare
railway station this evening The
bomb exploded in the middle of the
room and wounded twenty persons.
An instrumental concert began in
the cafe, which is on the ground floor
of the hotel, at s O'clock. Shortly be-
fore O'Clock pale, thin young man,
with light, pointed beard, paid for q
drink wnich he had taken at table in
the middle of the room and started to
leave. When near the door, he turned
suddenly, drew bomb from his coat
and threw it toward q group of persons
who had sat next to him. The bomb
struck an electric light fixture, then
fell on . marble table and exploded.
The station was rocked by the shock.
The mirrors, windows and doors were
blown to atoms, The ceiling and floor
we're rent and the walls were cracked
A dense, offensive smoke filled the
cafe for four minutes, ana in the
obscurity
THE BOMB THRowER ESCAPED.
When the smoke cleared away, FIVE
persons we're found severely wounded
and fifteen had slight injuries. The
bomb had been filled with bullets and
rough bits OF iron, which had riddled
the furniture and walls and inflicted
most of the wounds. After leaving
the cafe the bomb thrower started
down the street on run. Three pol.
icemen passed the spot in an omnibus
at the moment and they gave chase to
the miscreant and soon overhauled
him. He drew a revolver and shot
one policemen and woman in the
throng of the street, but other police.
men overpowered the bomb thrower
and then had some difficulty in pro.
tecting him from
THE VENGEANCE OF A MOB.
They succeeded, however, in taking
him to police station. The perfect
of police, NJ. Laurent chief secretary
to M. Dubost, minister OF the interior,
and several other high officials we're
summoned to the station and the
examination of the prisoner was begun,
Police Commissioner Gavrel taking
the evidence.
Meantime the sound of the explCs.
ion, the smoke and the cries of the
wounded had attracted a great crowd
to the Hotel Terminus. Physicians
quickly ATTENDED to the wounded, all
OF whom needed their service
Four or five are probably fatally
wounded, but nobody was killed out
right. Most of the victims were in
jured about the legs and lower part o.
the body.
The prisoner seemed calm a nd CON
t Portable in the police station, the re
9 moval OF his outside coat had revealed
i a collarless flannel shirt and the ger
eral garb of workingman. In hi
Q pockets the police found pair of bras
: knucks, dagger, Swedish knife,
< six chamber revolver and some money
l. At first he refused to talk, telling til
e police that it was their business to fn'
.. out who he was. After giving hi
u name and age, he again became silent
e Eventually he added that he was
t, cabinetmsker and had arrived in Pari
8, from Marseilles this morning.
!. AvENGING vAILLANT's DEATH.
q eyes, I am an anarchist" he e1
claimed, irritably in response I
reiterated questions, land the MOI
of the Bourgeoisic I killed, the bette
<, it would please me-"
q Breton received a cut in the fac
y from the sabre Of the policeman VIII
20 captured him. He told the doctor wh
re dress ed his wound that his main obje'
~ was to avenge Valiant. He said thel
d. were others who would follow h
example. The object of his associate
l,e9 was to destroy the Bourgeoisic sooiet
'll Breton speaks English and Frenc
~ fuently. He declined to reveal b
VI identity, but is probably native of tt
re Island OF Jersey, where the name
Breton is common.