The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-13
VALLANT'S AVENGER.
Brutal and Oowardly Act of a Paris
=t.#M Anarchist.
THREW A BoMBIN A CROWDED CAFE

luhI w n DUN ID IN a UhUW Dbl UAt d,
Fifteen People Injured by the Force OF
the Explosion Then the Misoreant Shot
at His Pursuers. KILLING Two and Wound
ing Several Others.
PARIS, Feb. ia Young man, who
acted from motives of revenge, exploded a
bomb OF O'Clock last night in a cafe be-
meath the Terminus hotel which is stu
ated opposite the ST. Lazare railroad sta
ton. The cafe was full of people at the
time, band was playing and those present
were enjoying the contentment which fol-
lows the consumption Of good dinner.
All this was changed in second. A man
who had dined in the cafe was seen to raise
his arm aud throw something into the
middle of the room. A terrific explosion
followed, and the occupants OF the room
were paralyzed with terror. No one dared
TO move for some moments, fearing a repi-
tition Of the explosion, but as none came
their courage returned.
Then they Investigated the dreadful
work that had been done. Lying on The
floor were numbers of persons, wounded,
moaning and bleeding The bomb had
landed upon table, around which party
had been sitting, and this article of furni-
ture had been reduced 10 splinters. The
persons grouped ut this table suffered the
most. The injured numbered fifteen.
Nearly all of them We're wounded in the
legs Some, grievously hurt, were removed
to chemists shop near by, where they
were cared for
In the meantime the man responsible
for this cowardly act ran out of the place.
and darted away. The alarm was given
by persons outside who heard the explos-
ION, and chase was mt once given to the
fleeing figure, Il number of policemen
joining in. The fugitive drew u revolver
when he saw that his pursuerS were getting
too close, and turning fired several Shots
killing workman and a woman who was
passing and wounding number of per-
sons, among whom was policeman. " hose
wound may prove fatal.
The man was captured when $50 wards
from the cafe. lie proved to be an under
sized, pale faced and beardlcss man of 30
years, named Leon Breton. lie had been
employed in the cafe Us n waiter, aud had
recently been dismissed for misconduct
lie admits that he is an anarchist.
Among the persons injured by the cx-
plosion was NJ. Beck. the architect of the
chamber of deputies. He was wounded in
the legs and arms. A man named Van
Heer received eight bullets in his leg. He
is i'll a precarious condition. Another of
the wounded is man named Michel A
piece of The shell OF the bomb struck him
Ill the arm and mad" a deep wound The
sufferers from he explosion and from Bre-
tons revolver shots number twcuty-four
Breton, before the explosion, had been
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ing Of refreshucnt. No particular nelice
was taken of him, rs his actions were not
such as to attract attention. AS he was
leaving The place he threw the bomb, aim
ing at the electric Light chandelier The
explosion shivered the plate glass front of
the place. destroyed one marble top table.
overturned others, aud the smashed fray
ments of glass and crockery flew in all di-
rectious.
Breton then rushed toward the Rue de
Rome A policeman who was sitting ON
the top OF nn omnibus jumped to the
ground and ran him down II few yards up
the Rue lie Rome. Breton turned ON the
oitlcer, revolver in han |. and fired shot
at him. The policeman seized him and
both fell. While on the ground Breton
fired another shot mt his captor and struck
a woman who was passing. She fell 10 he
ground MORALLY wounded.
The policeman, badly wounded by Bre
tons first shot, MAS unable to hold his
prisoner, and the latter. still braudishiuR
his revolver. rcgaincd his feet. The sur
rounding crowd, Il lurge part of whom fol
lowed Breton from the cafe, were ~.
by the sight of the revolver, but
finally, headed by another policeman, they
rushed forward to secure him. The sec
oDd policeman slashcG him over the face
with his saber, causing him to stagger
and he was then arrested. The mob would
have lynched the miscreant had not a
strong force of police opportuurly ar
rived
Breton told the doctor who dressed the
wound which he received from the police
mans -aber that his main object was to
avenge valiant. His hatred of the pro-
prictor of the cafe was but u minor CON
sideration. He said there were others who
would follow his example. His object and
the object of his associates was to destroy ,
the Bourgeois society. Breton speak. /
English and French fluently. He declines
to reveal his identity, hut is probably u |
native of the Island of Jersey. where the |
lame of Breton is common
Today Breton was subjected toan exam
nation by Minister of the interior Rnynal. I
Minister of Justice Dubost. Chief of De
iectives Coron and others. lie denied that
ne was the author of the crime, adding in
Il am an anarchist. The sooner
he bourgeois bursts up the better but /
snow nothing. did not enter the cafe
on can suppose that arrived here from
Pekin or Marseilles ms you please Not |
his statement that he was
lot in the cafe Breton was fully identified |
by woman wha was injured by the ex- ,
,losion, who said that it seemed to her
hat there was two others with him.
An Infant Traveller Coming East.
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