The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-05

the form of interment the body was dellv-
cred to the medical faculty for the purpose
of dissection.
While the body was being taken to the
cemetery the assistants of the eXecutioner
took down the gullotine, and, with mops and
buckets of water, cleaned the fiagstones OF
all traces of blood. Their work finished,
they fingered for a time listening to the re
marks of the crowd. The courage of Val
liant was highly lauded. One woman was
heard to say "Poor little Sidonie," referring
to Vaillant's daughter, who had unavalllng-
" appealed to President Carnot to pardon
her father.
A pallor, more or less pronounced was
observable on the countSnances OF all VINO
witnessed the execution. The silence that
prevailed during Vaillant's walk from the
prison door to the guillotine was very re-
markable, but this was probably due to the
fact that the spectators were Respectable
working people and not the riff-raff that
usually assemblies to witness the putting OF
fellow being to death
vAILLANT's CRIME.
The crime for which Valiant today paid
the penalty with his life was committed IN
the Chamber of Deputies on December y
last. At about four o'clock in the afternoon
of that day, while the Chamber was discus
sing an election case Valiant, who was SIT
ting in one of the galleries set apart for the
use of spectators, threw bomb toward the
floor of the House. The bomb exploded just
as it left the miscreant's hand,
and he was among the number IN
jured About fifty persons were hurt by
the explosion. Deputy Able 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 Laclunais
was also seriously wounded. A majority of
the injured were occupants Of the galleries.
The CONSERVATION that followed the explosion
NAV be better imagined than described. A
wild rush was made by the visitors to get out
of the Chamber, but the gendarmes, who are
always ON duty in the lobbles, caused the
doors to be shut and allowed no one to leave
the building. 1t was due to this coofhead-
edness that the arrest of Valiant was made.
THE ARREST.
As he attempted to leave the building he
was detained by a gendarme, who thought
he was displaying too much anxiety to get
away. His arrest followed. He was taken
to the Hotel Dieu, where his wounds were
treated After time he made full confes-
sion of his crime. He said that he went to
the Chamber with the intention of throwing
his Internal machine on the Presidents
table He waited more than an hour for
favorable opportunity, and then, thinking 1T
had at last arrived, he rose and hurled the
bomb into the body of the House. At that
moment a woman sitting in front of him, re-
senting his leaning over her, pushed back,
and thus prevented him from throwing the
bomb exactlg as he had intended. The ma
chine struck the edge of the gallery and at
once exploded.
On the afternoon of January 16 Valiant
was arraigned; tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to death.
COMPUTATION OF SENTENCE REFUSED.
Eighty Deputies appealed to President
C,arnot for the communication of the death
sentence. The appeal was sent by the Presi-
dent to the Pardons Committee who reported
on it adversely Vaillant's lawyer asked the
Court of Cessation to grant new trial, but,
on January 25, the Court denied the request
Many efforts were made to induce Valiant
to appeal to the President, but he refused to
do SO.