The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-07
Route to the GuiIIotine.
his CRIME AND HISTORY.
Events i'm VaiIIanfs Life Prior 20 His
Greatest Coup.

/ GreateSt coup.
| Auguste valiant was born at 1Iezieres,
| department of Ardennes, on Dec. %,
| 1861. He was an illegidmate son and led
! a rowing life. At one time he lived in
| BuenOs Ayres, and at another in the
! United States. where he passed three
months teaching school. He was married
! in the United States and by this mar
riage had little girl whose name is
| Sidonie. He returned to Paris in 1887,
entered into intimate relations with
another woman named AIarchal and
| went To live in the MOntmartre district,
where. in the rare intervals during which
! ne worked he secured employment in a
! fancy leather mandatory as a work
man on pOcketbooks.
An industrious life. however, had very
! little attraction for him and he preferred
tc be a Vagabond and thief. No less
than five times he was convicted Of pet
L<y crimes. I'd TO 1856 he called himself
a social revolutionist, but socialism was
100 mild To suit his views, 50 he aban-
! d0ncd il &c become an aYOwed anarchist.
He became active as a preacher of
anarchist propaganda while still retain
ing his membership in, one of the So
cialiSt groups His mother lives at st.
Ouen. near Paris, with an aged anarchist.
For a short time previous to his commits
sion of the crime for which he was exc
Cuted. he acted as manager in the Of
fee Of an anarchist periodical
In August. 1898, valiant went 10 live
with his mistress on the second floor OF
Il Rue de Ia Rafinerie. Choissy le Roi,
paying his rent of francs weekly with
regularity and impressing his landlord
as "A sober and industrious workman. At
this time valiant was employed in the
Potingon morocco works.
Two weeks before the throwing OF the
10 Dta
allowed to pay the rent every month,
saying that he had secured employment
as a foreman In Paris at factory where
the hands were only paid by the month.
Shortly after this his habits, which had
been quite regular became noticeably
changed. and he was frequently absent
at night His mistress told the police
that he was so good. intelligent and
kind-hearted man that she could not at
first believe that ne had committed the
crime valiant is also said to have
founded the Choissy le Roi philosophical
The Bomb Throwing.
The bomb-throwing in the chamber Of
deputies took place on Dec. at 400 p. IN.
NJ NIirman. a socialist, whose election
had been disputed. had just descended
from the tribune after speech in favor
of his claims and NJ. Dupuy, the speaker,
had lust uttered the words, Il am about
TO call for a vote upon the conclusions
ON the sixth electoral committee - when
the explosion occurred
Instantly the chamber was filled with
smoke. Heart-rending cries were heard
from one side and Abbe Lemier. one of
the deputies fell from his bench, hit by
one of the pieces of the bomb. If the
dynamite had struck the floor before eN-
ploding a number Of people would un-
doubtedly have been killed. but a woman
sitting beside valiant in the public gal
lerv iOstled his arm as he was in the
act Of throwing the bomb. and this
caused it to strike on the border of the
gallery instead of on the floor of the
chamber As a result the persons in
jured were mostly spectators in the gal
leries, and nearly all the deputies es-
capped injury.
About fifty persons were severely in
| jured and were transported in an am
bulance to a temporary hospital, estab-
lished in the refreshment room Of the
chamber. Other persons who were only
slightly hurt went to their homes as
soon as they had convinced the police
that they had no connection with the
crime. The deputies maintained their
which followed the explosion. The gates
which followed the eplosiOn. The gates
were closed Immediately. one of the dep
uties. NJ Argelis, having gone 10 the
sentinel and given the order "ClOSe the
gate and do not let anyone leave, even
If he should tell you he Is deputy
For hours company of marine in
fantry crossed their bayonets and pre-
vented the struggling crowd Of fright
ened spectators from forcing its way
into the streets.
Not Suspected at First.
At first Valiant, who was among
those seriously wounded, was not sus-
pected as the criminal He had gained
an entrance into the public gallery and
was one of the first to attempt To es-
cape from the chamber. He had been
wounded in the nose and right leg. Hat
less and bleeding prOfusely from his
wounds, he smashed with his cane a
window of one of the doors in furious
passion. but was driven back by a sol
der who leveled his bayonet at him. He
then went into the refreshment rooms.
where his wounds were bandaged by DR..
Miller one of the deputies. valiant
then walked around the building until
one Of the stenographers OF the cham
Der. H. Paulida, called the attention of
the commissary of police to his de-
meanor Questioned by the cOmmissar-y.
Valiant said that he was NJ Marchal
living in Choissey-le-Roi, and that he
was anxious to get home. He was taken
TO the depot of the prefecture of police,
while detectives were sent to his home.
They found that his right name was
valiant. The criminal was then trans