The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-28
ANARCHIST ON TRIAL
Emile Henry Charged with the
Cafe Terminus Outrage.
Remarkable Exhibition of InsOlence-
Tits with the Judge-AnOther
Earthquake in Greece.

PARIS. April 27.-The trial of Emile Hen
ry the Anarchist, who, on Feb. u, threw
a bomb into the cafe ben cath the Hotel
Terminus, was begun to-day in the Assize
Court of the Department of the Seine. The
court room was crowded, and among the
spectators were several women. The great
est precautions were taken by the police in
order to prevent bomb outrage. the out
side of the Palace of Justice and the cor
ridors Of the building being crowded with
| police. The prosecution will call fifty wit
| nesses, but the number retained by the de-
Tense is only eleven. Henrys counsel Will
| plead insanity, but the prisoner himself Is
| opposed to that plea Like others OF ms
| class, Henry is quite vain. He requested his
| mother TO provide him with new suit of
| black clothes, two shirts, pair of boots
| and a new hat for use at the trial.
When Judge Potter took his seat Nenry
| was escorted into the dock by five soldiers
| Replying to the questions of the Judge
| Henry gave his name in firm voice and,
| later, the usher read the indictment charg-
ing him, not only with the cafe Terminus
| outrage but also with the explosion in the
| Rue Des Bons-Enfants. Replying to a
| question from the Judge, Henry sa-id tIs2t he
| selected the Cafe Terminus in which 10 ex-
| bourgeois than any of the other cafes,
| which he had found comparatively empty.
Several of the witnesses called were still
suffering from the wounds inflicted upon
| them at the time of the explosion, a num-
| Der of them being very lame as they
S'f Henri replied to the Judges questions
| coolly and impudently. He admitted that
he tried to escape but only h In order tho to
| next day. The prisoner admitted that he
| chewed the bullets with which he loaded
wounds possible Cintinuing, Henri said:
II aimed the bomb at the center of the
| cafe. where the orchestra was playing, but
| l threw IL too high.
| Judge Potter here remarked: However,
| you killed one person and wounded twenty
| others"
only injured seventeen
In any case" the Judge continued,
| Certainly replied Henri without hest
tation; certainly did"
| You took great care in manufacturing
| Judge valiant declared that If he
meant to kill he would have put bullets
and not nails in. his bomb. You put 10
Precisely" was the prisoners calm re-
| ply: Il wanted to kill and not to wound"
The judge asked Henri If he aware
| that his stock of explosives had been re-
moved from his lodgings in Villa
Faucheux during the night time by I'M
Yes answered Henri. 'I had three
and half kilos of picric acid in my lodg-
which | would have used if had not been
1.-The removal of these explosives" re-
completes"
mot at ALL" cried the prisoner quickly.
oh Judge Potter said, in establishment,
apparently placing no faith in the prisoner
opinion upon this subject. They have seen
the vainglorious cynicism with which you
The prisoner here nterposed excaiming.
h9tly: 1T is cynicism 1t is conviction L
admit that l wanted to Kill some bour-
geois and tried to kill my pursuers."
| And desired TO DESTROY n huiIdino %
In reply to this question Henri said con-
temptuously: II don't care a snap for a
building. 1 struck at the bourgeois
You mean that you deliberately tried to
XII innocent persons" suggested Judge
,n No" exclaimed Henri; mo bourgeois is
At the request of the Judge the prisoner
described the bomb outrage of the Rue
Des Bons- Enfants. He said that the Car
mau Mining Company had oppressed the
miners, and he added: Il acted as a Judge
toward the company: 1 filled a saucepan
with n,, twenty mt dynamite cartridges and a
offices. l knew that if it did not explode
there il would be taken away by the po-
lice to some police depot, and 1 calcu-
lated that, as they equally my enemies,
number of them would be killed. instead
| of the people of the mining company for
| whom / originally intended it."
on the prisoner refusing, later, to relate
| Ortiz, the judge warned him against main
tanning silence which caused Henri to ex-
claim, contemptuously: Pooh. pooh! am
| certain of being condemned to death
whether l remain silent or whether L do
not"
The Judge then resumed saying: "You
are silent because you do not wish to adj
NIT that your white hand. stained
with blood, took money from thief"
| This caused the prisoner to retort inso-
lently: IF my hands are stained with
blood so is your red robe. Then, in addi-
ton TO the fact that l am not compelled
1 n 10 a1r
am proud of what 1 have done"
unfortunately" said the judge, you
Rn5R the hoa to Of e5 5ps M S0d the
| upon the prisoner remarked: "All right
''Sit down." cried the judge sternly. and
the court caused by Henris insolence.
When the session was resumed, waiter
Of the Cafe Agelo, who was wounded in
the leg. testified TO seeing Henri throw the
bomb. The other witnesses included po'
iceman Poisson VINO r WAS SERIOUSLY hi sly t In
prisoner. When other wounded witnesses
appeared Henri turned his back upon the
judge and affected 10 utterly disregard the
proceedings. Thereupon Judge Potter re-
preached the prisoner with his callousness
were poor working people. Henri replied
What can / do? | wanted 20 strike az the
bourgeois and am SATISFIED that ibid dld so
BILE" pointing his finger at the judge, II
is you" This caused another sensation II
NJ. Girard of the Municipal Laboratory
explained the composition OF the bomb used
at the Cafe Terminus and several doctors
described the wounds inflicted upon the
persons who were injured b. the explosion
The rest of the evidence dealt with the eX
plosion i'm the Rue Des BOns-Enfants and
did not disclose any facts which have mo-
been contained in these dispatches The
trial was adjourned until tomorrow.
Policy of Hawaiian Royaiists.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 27.-Associatet
Press advices from Honolulu up TO ADri
II state that two thousand royalists me
Monday evening. April 9. and adopted reso
lutions condemning the manner in which
the provisional government has provided
for the election OF delegates TO the constitu
tional convention and calling on all the
! compatriots and sympathizers TO refuse e
take the oath of allegiance 10 the pro
vsional government necessary 10 rende
them eligible voters. The resolutions AIS
commit the rovalsts TO policy of an