The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-14
TO AVENGE VALIANT.
BRETON GIVES A REASON FOR
THE BOMB OUTRAGE.
Insolent and Defiant Toward the Ex-
aiming Judge VIII Give No
True Account of Himself,
CABINET AID NEWSPAPERS DISCUSS
ANARoHIsT DEMONSTRATIONS
Tho Wrecked Cafe the Center of In.srss. 10
All Paris None ofths Wounded Likely
50 Die Of Their ialuriss


Parts February ls-Breton. the anarca-
Isl waiter who threw bomb into Tho
cafe situated beneath the Hotel Terminus.
behaves win the most cynical efrronteqy.
When asked Il he had ever been or APP
peared IN the police court, che prlsoner
anoetangly remarked; 1T Is not my Gus
tom 70 frequent such places" In answer
10 further questions. Breton said that lie
had fired hts revolver AT the pel.ee he
cause In chasing after him 0f,er he had
thrown The bomb they drew their swords
against him The prisoner was here tn
terruptcd by one OF the policemen. who
exclaimed. YOU fired ct us whea we
were tho persons proteolins you from
being torn to pieces by the people"
10 This Breton replied: "rhat proves
that the people arc wretcaed lot. In
any case, whether die now or two
months later does not matter straw to
me"
Tfe prisoner then resumed HIS COARSE.
chanins tone and seemed 10 glory in tho
notorety ne had earned by his desperate
conduct OF last night.
more people were injured by Bretons
bomb and that i've people ware wounded
by the revolver shots which he fired while
being pursued by or yragBling with Tho
police.
The bomb ~ said 10 have been in the
form ot snrlinc box and 20 have been
allied with nails. pieces OF horseshoes and
scraps Of copper
When questioned In regard TO his crime.
Breton said among other thingsi
81 am an anarchist The sonaer tie
bourgooise burst up the beror'
After the explosion the police arrested
a man who was found eryins 70 conceal
himself about the 81 l4aaare 0liroaa
station and who refuaed 20 give his name.
He IL believed 50 BIZ an anarchist aud
may possibly turn out 70 be an acecmpllce
OF Breton. The latter was once 9 water
in .he cafe Into which no threw the bomb.
hnt arpl been DISCHARGED. during fhe
course OF his vapOrings after nrfeat Ire
ton Uniformed the doctor Who was hfessng
the wound inflicted upQn him by O SABRE
ih the hpnda OF one or tie pollcemtn,
that ms hatred Of the proprietor Of the
cafe Nyas but a minor con. Iteration IN
causing MIN to throw the bonn. and that
Ma main object Was to avenge Vailllni.
l3reior said that there were othsrs who
would follow his example, aud that che
object or MS associates WAS to destroy
bourgeoise society,
Breton who speaks English and French
nuently, declined 10 reveal hi4 identity.
but Is said 60 be in all probability a ma
tive or the ISLAND of Jersey,
Among the Injured persons On the cafe
,yus a. Beck urchiject OF the chamber
Of deputies, who "a wounded IN ihe turns
und legs. und q tnnn nu'ned Van iieer,
who has eight bullet wounds minis lex.
Another man named Michel rs wounded
by pieces OF the shell. Crowds. of people
are visiting rho neigfborhood OF the cafe
today and tic police 1ave their hunds
nm in keeping hack she curious, The In
terror Of the cafe res Tnbles pace hwept
by cyclone and a. tile center OF attr9c-
lion 10 pauslaug today.
~ the cnNlnel council today the Breton
bomb Outrage was discussed aud aticn-
lion wus also drawn 70 manifestations
luune the !aat few days mt Yaillnnts
grave. The cabinet decided TO forbid such
as he carving Of fedi-
lous emblena 10 any cemetery.
an the newspapers comment nj length
ipon The latest bomb outrage ana demand
MAJ tho royornanent adopt most rigorous
measures TO prevent such occurrences.
The journal deB Ddbats Gays that the
,resi MT laws are evidently not snhcisnt to
leai with tho anarchists, and Estanetts
nays thai Ahe ttne has come 70 definitely
,ruanlze "a system o. social defense.
Premier ChatTuia-Pef'ier visited tho
Wounded IN the hospital tliis afternoon.
md was much pleased 10 hear that none
II them are likely 90 succumb.
ESaminihg Judge Meyer caused Breton
o be brouirtt 20 MS office this morning.
ME preoner at nfst was defiant, and re-
He'd lnsoleutly TO qucsicns put 20 him.
after, however, ne modified his attitude.
md finally Admitted thar he gave false
lnme. etc, 10 The protest. o. police and
o fhe public prosecutor Yesterday eyen-
ng
Mir. girard director of the Parts la
oratory, after mixing an examination OF
he fragments OF tho bomb thrown ny
,reton, says that the missile was mgue
NJ of small round canned meat box
made IN England. where u y
uspeoted The bomb itself was made. The
liter according 70 NJ, Glrnrd, contained
% grains OF chlorate Of potassium and
Icrlc aeid. arranged ia manner sim
ar 10 that OF the bomb thrown by Vail
mt INTO the chamber Of deputies
During the course Of his examination