, 1894-01-13

the explosion. They at Last sent for the
Investigating magistrate. The man at hrsf IN
sisted that he was Mqrchal and gave a Par1s
address, but. pressed with questions, ne AZ
/. last confessed that he was valiant. ana that
he had committed the deed. II did II, ne
said. "beoause [ am sick of this bourgeois
society. | went to the Chamber with the
intention OF setting an example w blowing
up the Bureaulthe President and Secretarles).
l was in the public | < allery, and when the
att ntion of everybody was fixed on the
speaker, I drew out he bomb from beneath
my overcoat and threw it in the direction OF
the President. At that momont a lady In the
adjoining gallery made a movement. Her
ann struck mine and altered the direction
of the bomb, which slightly touched the
oalustrade of the gallery. When the panic
ensued, I tried like everybody else TO get
.but the doors were shut
This is Vaillants own statement, but here
is another and more probable verslon:v Y lilane
was seated close to the partition dlyld'ng the
public gallery from the ladies' gallery. iao
partition is about the height of the head @s
person seated by it. To conceal the tact OF
the bombs being thrown from the puolo
gallery valiant raised his arm over the par
%tition, but to avoid strikin G two ladies' seated
close BY the partition, his arm inadvertently
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bomb struck the baiustrade and exploded In
the air. Valiant further states that q few
days ago he bought a small iIOn saucepan. IN
this he placed a tube containing picrlc aolo
and prussiats Of soda separated by oottoD
wadding soaked in sulphuric acid. Whsn
the picric acid penetrated through the
cotton the two hemicals were to mix ana
explode. He told the magistrate that dan
gerous compounds would be found at MS
Paris lodging, and nails similar to those IN
the bomb have been discovered there out
nothing more dangerous. He denies having
had accomplices. o
He il married and has two children but
be deserted his family sometime ago.,
and nothing is known Of their where
abouts. Five or six years ago ne ived
in Paris and took an active part IN Soolalis'
demonstrations he alleges that he IS on
friendly terms with NJ. GneSde and that ne
has spoken at his meetings. He was a jour
, newman fnrriar. but seldom worked, PREFER
ing vagrancy and theft. For this he was
five times imprisoned. In 1887 he went
to Buenos Ayres. He returned six months
ago, aud settled at Choisy-le-Rol, where ne
was employed until a few days age in a mo-
rocco leather works. He paid ST. a week
for a small lodging, where a m and a
emu Son YEATS OUu IN0Q NAh ND' -
landlord describes him as quiet and industri-
Gus. A fortnight ago V~ailIant' asked the
landlords leave to pay his rent monthly
instead Of weekly, stating that he had found
an overseer's situation in Paris and would be
paid monthly He told the woman that he was
going to the Chamber, having had q ticket
eiven him. The woman speaks Of him "a
very kind and intelligent; and says ne
desired the welfare of all. The girl, she
says. is Valllants daughter by his wife
valiant was at ons time manager or pub
Usher OF B6noit Malon's R6vue SOcialiSte.
Hin nose is bruised, end his arms are slightly
eut. As he lies in bed he declaims against
society. he says that lis object was not to
Rill anybody but to insure M. Casiml2-Perier
and $50 or 200 Deputies.
1t is interesting to know the opinion OF the
Socialist and revolutionary journals. The
Socialist watchGord just now seems 70 be-
1T is really VT wins seek to sxterinlnate
Anarchy The Lantern6 calls the Anarchists
Of the Valiant sort wild beasts, who must
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