New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-17
LIGHTLY ANARCHISTS CA UGHT
SUCCESSFUL POLICE RAID on THE AU-
TONOMIE CLUB IN LONDON
MOST OF THE PRISONERS GERMANS AND Bo-
DIN. WHO WAS BLOWN Up At GREEN


HEMlANs-THE CAREER OF MARTIAL BoUR-
DIN. WHO WAS BLOWN Up At GREEN
WICH-TIIE NARROWING IN ENG
LAND OF FOREIGN ANARCHISTS
night made raid the Autonomie Club. in
Grafton-st.. Tottenham Court Road The club is
composed of Anarchists. The police took possess
sion Of the house without opposition. and de-
tanned all the inmates. The raid was managed
50 quietly that neither the pedestrians In the
street nor the nearest neighbors knew what was
happening. and the members arriving late
walked unsuspectingly into the Of the
policemen waiting to arrest them. The members
who were arrested as they entered the front door
were astonished and indignant. but only one Of
them. Frenchman. resisted the police. lie
struggled savagey. clawing and biting right ana
left and cheering for Anarchy when finally
pinned against the wall.
The total number of prisoners was about eighty
The majority OF them We're Germans and Bohe-
mians All were examined carefully and then
ordered to show their passports. Few Of them
could do this.
At about midnight all the prisoners were Mber-
ated The main object Of the police IN arrestng
them was to examine them. Important Informal
The police have learned further details con-
corning Martial Bourdin. the Anarchist who
killed last night by the explosion in Greenwich
Park Of certain materials which he was carry
ing presumably for an unlawful purpose. Bour-
din was born in Tours. France. He lived in
London for six years. where he followed his
trade OF tailor. and then went to the United
States where he remained for three years. also
working a tailor. subsequently he left the
United States and went to Paris, where he re-
SIDED for a time and then returned to Lon
don. II has been pretty we'll established That
he was engaged in an Anarchist conspiracy, but
the police refuse TO give any Information at
present on this point
! The police have searched several buildings near
| the Autonomie Club House. notably Bourdin'spi1-
yate lodgings in Great Titchfeld-st.. and the
rooms Of Jean Pierre Francois. whom the French
| Government considered an accOmphce of RaNa-
] chol and tried to cXtradite They found much
Anarchist literature of the orthodox kind in
both places and few explosives in Bourdih
rooms. ,
In an interview to-day a brother OF Bourdn
! said that he never had an idea that his nrother
{ was an Anarchist He added that his DiotneT
had been out of work recently business In MS
trade being slack. yet ne always appeared 10
/ have money. When he worked he made good
| wages The brother declared that he could con-
/ ceivc Of no reason for Martial Bourdin gong 10
/ Greenwich He had no friends there Frequently
! he had a lot Of papers about him. lie was 4
! taciturn man. and never made any reference 10
! these documents Deebcck. the landlord OF the
| house in which Bourdn lived. says that ms
| tenant apparently led a regular life There was
| nothing about his movements To @ouse sus-
pCion. 1,,, 49,,
| The manager Of the Autonomie cub. when
questioned about Bourdin, said that ne knew inc
| man well. and knew that he had been living III
London off and on for several years lie was Il
! member of the club. His trade was that 81 2
| fashionable tailor's cutter and when NJ worker
he earned fully three guineas weekly lie was
! an educated man Continuing. the manager SAID
that Bourdin had not been seen al the clup LOT
several days The other members hrst heard OF
| his death at 10 o'clock last night: frch' T.
woman had called at the club and announce1
| that he had died suddenly Of heart disease ne
| story vas believed as il was known that Bour-
din had heart disease. ..
| The Ambassadors from France and Germany
! tn-dav sent notes to Lord ROsebery. secretary OF
| state fo- Foreign Affairs. in regard - the mar
boring by England Of foreign Anarchists.