The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-13
THREW A BOMB
Anarchy Once More
Rampant.
PARIS IN A TURMOIL.
Done by a Waiter Out
of a Job.
HE WAS AN ANARCHIST.
And So He Very Boldly Pro-
claimed Himself.
MOST INsOLENT TO THE POLICE.
Two Persons Killed and Is Others
Injured by the Explosion in
HE WAS AN ANARCHIST.
And So He Very Boldly Pro-
claimed Himself.
MOST INsOLENr TO THE POLICE.
Two Persons Killed and Is Others
Injured by the Explosion in
Cafe.

PARIS, Feb. ia young man acting
from motives of revenge exploded bomb
at 9 O'Clock tonight in the cafe beneath
the Terminus Hotel. opposite the Saint
Lazare railroad station. The place was
full of people at the time.
The man. who had dined in the cafe,
was seen to raise his arm and throw some
thing into the middle of the room. 4
terrific explosion followed. The cafe was
filled with smoke and lying on the floor
were number of persons wounded. the
bomb had landed upon table around
which a party had been sitting. The per-
sons gr uped at this table suffered most
The injured numbered fifteen, nearly all
wounded 10 the legs.
In the meantime the man responsible
for the cOwardly act had not been allowed
to escape. AS soon as he had thrown the
bomb he ran out of the place and darted
away. An alarm was given. and num-
Der of policemen joined in the chase. The
fugitive drew a revolver and fired several
shots. killing a workmen and wounding a
number of persons. One of the men struck
was policeman. and the wound is con-
sidered fatal.
The man was captured when 80 yards
He had been employed in the cafe as a
waiter. but had been discharged for mis-
conduct.
The news Of the explosion caused sem
satiou throughout the city. The Minister
of the Interior visited the scene as soon as
he was notified of the occurrence.
Breton, before the explosion, had been
sitting on the outside of the cafe and had
partaken of refreshments. As he was leav-
ing the place he threw the bomb, aiming
at the electric light chandelier. The eX-
plosion shattered the plate-glass front of
the place. destroyed one mar ble-top table.
overturned others and smashed glassware
and plates.
Breton. On leaving the cafe, rushed
toward the Rue de Rome. a policeman
sitting on top of an omnibus saw Breton,
and jumped to the ground and seized him.
Breton turned on the policeman and fred
a shot at him; the policeman grabbed
him, and both fell, and while they were
on the ground Breton fired another shot at
the policeman, which struck woman who
was passing. The woman fell to the
ground mortally wounded.
The policeman was badly wounded by
Breton's first shot, and was unable to hold
on to his prisoner. and the latter, still
blandshing his revolver. reganed his
feet and seemed likely to do further mis-
chief. Headed by another policeman, the
crowd rushed forward to secure him.
Breton again attempted to use his re-
volver, but the policeman cut him over the
face with saber, staggering him. He was
then arrested. The mob demanded that
he be lynched. and would have carried out
its intention had not strong force of DO
lice arrived.
Five persons passing in the street at the
time OF the explosion were injured by fly
ing fragments of glass.
The inquiry before the Commssary
showed that the bomb was constructed in
the form of a sardine-box, and contained
chlorate powder and pieces of lead of the
size of cherries. Breton admitted that he
was an anarchist. He told the doctor who
dressed the wound that he received IL
from the policeman's saber; that his main
object was TO avenge Valiant, and others
will follow his example.
Breton, later, was subjected 10 an exam
nation by the Minister of tho Interior, the
Minister OF Justice, the chief of detectives
and others. He denied that he was the
author of the crime, adding insolently:
II am an anarchist The sooner the
Bourgeois burst up the better. But I
know nothing. l did not enter the cafe.
You can suppose l arrived here from
Picking or Marseilles, as you please"
Notwithstanding his statements that be
was not in the cafe, Breton was identified
by woman who was injured BY the ex-
plosion. and who said that it seemed to
her that there were two others with him.
In the waiting hall of st. LaZare railroad
station the police arrested wounded man
who was trying to conceal himself. He
refused to give his name, but it is believed
that he belongs to the anarchist group of
Neuilly. Of which the police believe
Breton member. The authorities think
it probable that the crime was committed
by Breton while in the company of accom-
plices. The sufferers from the explosion
and from Breton's revolyer-shots number
twenty-eight.
The inquiry began by the Ministers and
magistrates was continued until LIS
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