The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-28
DEMON HENRI.
= Trial for His Crimes Before
q Paris Court.
~eeuses TO PLEAD INSANITY.
- shs Anarchist Sought to Stay the
pssrgeoisis In the Esst.arants-
His Deadly ssucepan.

pms. April 1.-THE trial of Emil Henri,
=. snsrchist. gno on February IL threw q
- iato the Cafe Terminus, began to-
/ -, the court room being crowded. Great
s-esutions were taken By the police to
s,vers bomb throw Maitre Horn.
ssS..sss ss,d Henri's defense would he in
..asty. Henri Is opposed to the plea, and
.~.;nss bis counsei's advise and his
roshSr's entreaties has prepared defense
81 hin acts, which he wilt read TO the
,oart The indictment charges him not
eniy sish the Cafe Terminus outrage, but
el,o with the explosion In the Rue des
len Enfsnts. The following 10 . summary
q &C: Of accusation:
The prisoner was born In Spain, and in
.0ru pany with his father sought refuge
tbeys after the events o. 1871. Father and
"a returned to France in is32, after the
snnsssy, and young Henry was well edu-
xaied. but he became affiliated with the
anarchists, and on May IL. 1892, following
.fhs FIRST anarchist attempts. he was ar
srssed. but subsequently liberated. His
supioyer dismissed him on account Of
Ah taking part in the anarchist
sropaeanda, and after his departure
documents relating To the manufacture Of
erpsosiyes, etc. were found IN his desk.
HEAR then turned his attention TO Jour
xsiism. and was for q time attached to the
staff Of IN anarchist paper. On November
D. 1882, an object vas found in the Offices
d the Casmaux Mining Company which
appeared like cast iron saucepan, the
cover being fastened on securely. 1t
vss gwen into the hands of the COM
pssary of police. and as it was
hing carried away exploded. killing
! sso policemen and wrecking the
room. The bomb had been wrapped in a
eopy Of Lt Temps. in which was an article
| waiting to the arrest of two anarchists,
Emil Henri and his brother Fortune. In
ssssigsiion showed that the latter was not
b Carmaux on November s, when the
bomb exploded, and therefore suspicion
sstnraIly fastened itself upon Emil Henri,
sho disappeared Immediately aiterward
ead sought refuge in England.
On December 20. 1888, Henri hired
[a room in the Rue dcs En-
yinges under the name Of Louis Du
Bots. There he procured the necessary
shemiesis to manufacture an explosive
bomb, and also purchased saucepan,
Bsshss w thc ohc Whith haa taASc1 tnc
death Of three men in the Rue des
Bon Enfants. In this pan he placed
the explosives and surrounded them
BY I'D bullets. and q smaller and
center cylinder OF zinc containing the
chemical which was To cause the explo-
sion. The pruning consisted of a dyna-
mite cartridge having q cap OF illuminate
Of mercury, to which was attached a fuse
calculated to burn fifteen seconds. On
February " of the present year Henri lef.
bis room after having notified the porter
that he would not return for several days
sad went away carrying his bomb. like
valiant. attached to the beft of his trousers
and conceaied by his overcast Henri
~. armed with a revolver, the bullets of
which he had previously chewed In order
ths. they might do the most harm, wounds
inascted by chewed bullets being consid-
cred almost certainly fatal. He also car
red dagger with poisoned point.
Armed in this manner Henri went toward
the Avenue de ropera and glanced
into the Restaurant Bignon and
then went TO the Cafe American.
Not finding these places as full of wealthy
boxing people as he expected he went TO
The Cafe de la Paix. but even that cstab-
lshment was not full enough Of his pros
peeiive victims, so he continued on his
way until he arrived at the Cafe Terminus,
Situated beneath the hotel of that name.
II was about $50 O'Clock when he
reached thls spot and found II TO be well
hlied with people, who were crowded
grounded A platform upon which an or
thsstra was playing. Henri entered and
took seat ut small table near the door,
paid for glass of beer. drank il. called for
second glass and then for a cigar. He was
waiting for the crowd To become larger At
soeloek Henri took the lighted cigar from
bis mouth and applied IL To the fuse at
taehed to the bomb which he had con-
eeaied upon his person. He then arose.
walked tosard the door and. suddenly
safnlug around. threw the bomb in the
direction of the orchestra
The bomb struck sn electric light chan
desler and Tell to the ground. throSing out
athiek, black smoke. A tew seconds later
the bomb exploded with duh defamation,
tore deep hole IN the flooring and more
O. less severely wounded fifteen p4ople.
Henri fled. seeking TO divert sus-
'icson from himself by crying
Asf' lie was pursued. however. aud at the
safner of the RGe du Iiayre and Rue Italia
Vas oyerhau.ed by man named Etienie
Henri drew his revolver and tred straight,
y hs!ente's breast. The bullet happily
( hFueS large button and did not wound
TIE man. bIt the shock caused him 10 fall
snselcss la the ground. Henri shot a
haEaeT named Maurice and policeman
hamei Poisson before he was overcome.
"heh the police searched his room they
ieand papers and incrlm ating material
aad been destroyed after his arrest. show
/ ING THAT he had accompiice$. Replying to
aqaesiloh from the Judge. Henri said he
se'eeied the Naie Terminus To explode his
eome because 1t WAS more full of burgeois
'aan any other cafe. Several witnesses
called @ere stia suffering from wounds re-
viewed IN the explosion.
TIE Hungarian civil Marriage Btit.
bvnA fFsyH. Apri! 1.-THE committee
q he Hungarian house al msgnstes has
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