The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-05

toward the floor of the house. The
bomb exploded just as il left the mis-
creant's hand, and he was among the
number injured. About so persons were
hurt by the explosion. Deputy Abbe
Lemire was the worst injured Of all those
struck by the flying nails with which
the bomb had been loaded, and for some
time it was thought that he would die
The Count de Lanjunais was also serious
lY wounded. A majority of the
injured were occupants of the gal
leries. The CONSERVATION that filed
the chamber after the explosion
may be better imagined than de-
scribed, A wild rush was made
by the visitors to get out of the chamber.
but the gendarmes, who are always on
duty in the lobbies, caused the doors TO
be shut and allowed no one to leave the
building. Ii was due to this cool headed
ness that the arrest of valiant was mades
THE ARREST.
AS he attempted to leave the building he
was detained by gendarme, who thought
he was displaying too much anxiety to
get away. His arrest followed He was
taken 70 the Hotel Dieu where his
wounds were treated. After time he
made full confession of his crime. He
said that he went to the chamber with
machine on the presidents table
He waited more than an hour
ford favora orable'opportunity, and then
thinking it had at last arrived, he rose
and hurled the bomb into the body of the
House At that moment woman sitting
in front of him, reseuting his leaning
over her, pushed back and thus pre-
vented him from throwing the
bomb exactly as he had intended. The
machine struck the edge of the gallery
and at once exploded.
On the afternoon of Jan 10 Valiant
was arraigned, tried, convicted and SEN
fenced TO death Eighty deputies ap-
pealed to President Carnot for commuta-
tion of the death sentence. The appeal
was sent by the president to the pardons
committee, who reported on it adversely.
Vaillant's lawyer asked the court of cas-
sation to grant new trial, but on jan. 25
the court denied the request. Many of
forts were made to induce valiant TO APP
peal to the president, but he refused to
do so.
1000 GUARDS ON DUTY.
Paris, Feb. 5, a. m.-Republican
guards continued to march into the square
until more than 1000 Of them had been
disposed between and around the two
prisons so as to cut off exit through the
rue Merlin. the Rue de La Folie Reg
nault, in which is the barn containing the
guillotine, the Rue Gerber, the Rue de la
Roquette, leading to the cemetery of Pere
la Chaise on the south, the Rue dc la
Vacquerie, and the Rue Servan.
ARRIVAL OF THE ExEoUT1oNER.
M. Deibler, the execationer, appeared
In frock coat and high hat at 3:20
o'clock. He was on foot. A few minutes
later the two familiar vans were run into
the square. They brought the guillotine
and M. Diebler's son. son-in-law and two
other assistants. ~. Deibler went to one
van and by the light Of a lantern ex-
amined the knife and ropes as they
were brought out. He evidently keeps
the apparatus scrupulously clean, for the
blade glistened bright, even in the night.
The construction of the guillotine pro-
ceeded rapidly and silently, but for the
occasional thud Of piece of wood falling
into place. The on-loolzers talked in
whispers. The lamps were still lighted
at o'clock, but the inky blackness Of the
night had began tc fade.
THE CROWD DwINDLEs.
At 3:45 o'clock the crowd outside the
prisons was not very large, many had
gone away. The guards were stationed
so as to hide all view OF the square.
Walking about in the inclosure were
thirty journalists and officials. Servian's
bar and tobacco shop, where the turkeys
do their drinking, was open and crowded.
Many of the customers were the
newspaper men, who had reported many
executions before, and seemed to be in
the best of spirits. Some of them were
cracking jokes and making numerous
guesses at what kind of reprisals the an
archists might resort to. The Cour
Bevoie murder was another subject Of
gossip, and several men said that the as
sassins. who had been arrested, were two
men and woman, belonging to one Of
the hordes of outcasts who infested the
Partisan suburbs.
TO DIE AT O'CLOCK.
London, Feb. 5, 5 a. ma dispatch
from Paris to the Chronicle says that the
execution of Valiant will take place at z
o'clock this morning. All the streets
abutting the Place de Ia Roquette have
been cleared by the police and the immense
crowd has been pushed into side streets
The police force on duty is unpre-
cedented.