New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
pOMB IN A PARIS HOTEL.
rWENTY PERSONS WOUNDED.
THE ANARCHIST WHO THREW THE hA-
pLosIvE CAPTURED IN THE STREET
BY POLICEMEN.
one OF THE OFFICERS SHOT BY HIM.

,,,r HOTEL TERMINUS IN THE CAFE OF WHICH
THE OUTRAGE WAS COMMITTED ROCKED
nv THE ExPIosIoN-THE MIscREANT
GIVES HIS NAME AS EDEoN BRE-
TON. AGED TwENTYTHREE-
ExuLTING IN THE HOPE
THAT HE KILLED SOME
OF THE BouR-
GEoIsIE.
earts Feb 12-Edeon Breton. twenty-three
,aars old threw a bomb In the care OF the Ho'ei
terminus at the ST. Lazare railway s'auon'
this evening The bomb exploded IN 'he "iooie
:, ,ha room, and wounded twenty persons
A ,,strumental concert began In the cafe.
u.N,ch g. On the ground floor of the hotel, at s
o,r,ock A little before 9 o'clock pale thin
Ing man. with light. pointed beard. paid for
drink which he had taken at table IN the
r,,sale ~ the room. and started to go out. When
- the door he turned suddenly, drew bomb
,ro,, his coat and threw :: toward group Oh
,s-sons who had sat next TO him. The pomo
- q, electric light fixture. then fell on a
marble table and exploded
Tho great hotel and station were rocked py the
shock The mirrors. windows ana door were
biovn 10 atoms The ceiling and floor were rent
and the walls were cracked. A dense onehs''e
-, suoa tho cafe for four minutes. and IN
the obscurity the bomb-thrower escapeu. ""e"
the smoke cleared away. it was 1ouho Una. "'e
na-sons were severely wounded ana 'hat ni.eei'
"a sugb, injuries. The bomb had been hiieo
,,,b bullets and rough bits of iron. whicn ma nas
riddled the furniture ana "aiS anu
r,os, Of the wounds
AS,er leaving the cafe. the bomb-thrower
started down the street on run Ihree ponSe :
had just passed TN IN an yere uo going on duty,
ena iumped TO the street the moment they sam
the fugitive The young man turned on 'ne,,' ZEN
as they called to him TO , s,oP bsay ANU wounded in
the side Policemen Lenoir and Bigot, however.
continued the pursuit and, with the ,Sp Tyl,,a, -
Policeman Barbes and waiter haineu re ,hrouer
overpowered and arrested the oomo- o-tnloWe, W.
Thev took him to the police station In the rue rue
de Noscou. where he gave his name anu ase'
The Prefect Of Police. NJ. Laurent Chlei Seo,. IA
,srv IN NJ Dubost Minister Of the Interior ana
several other high officials were summoned 10
the station and the examination OF the prisoner
was begun. Police Commissary GaVrei 'aAihs
the evidence. s,..oa
The United Press correspondent was admitted
70 the Rue de Moscou Police once soon ai.ei
the arrest Breton sat handcuned ps'~een We ."
policemen lie showed the effects OF MS nas.s
flight and the tussle with the police. otheI-
wise he looked calm and comfortable; me re-
,,o,,al of his outside coat had revealed a collar
les flannel shirt and the general garb OF a
workingman In his pockets the police had
found a pair Of brass knuckles, dagger,
Swedish knife. n six-chambered revolver, so'u
talf-louis two franc pieces. eleven sous and a
small silver iocket containing a lock OF brown
hair tied with ribbon. AZ nfst ne re,useu ~.so -
talk telling the police that N was their business
10 fnd out who he was. After giving his name
and age, he again became silent rihai,s ne
added that he was cabinet .s,s "rn,ng am,
yes | am an Anarchist he exclaimed irately
IN response TO reiterated questions, ana tne
more Of the bourgeoisie | killed the pet'er II
mo
Meantime the sound Of the explosion, the
smoke and the cries os the wounded had at
Drs Serene. Bouffe and Thysun oHered ,sln tnela
services They obtained bandages and drugs
from nearby apothecary and dressed sS ,ann sne
wounds Of the injured some or whofn hau pesn'
carried 10 rooms in the hotel, others 10 the
drug stores in the neghborhood
AT II O'Clock only an incomplete list OF the m
horde both legs pierced by bullets and pieces OF
iron; Nine. lie Blanc. Of No. "a kue dAmster-
dam shnbone fractured; Nine. lie bIanc
brother. ear split and body bruises; unioehtineu ~
man wounded in the intestines by a nying piece
Of marble: Messrs. Dame. vanheet. Poquet Fou-
bert. Raymond and Laustan, cut or torn os
fragments OF marble or glass. j.,
rhe fragments Of the bomb indicate that II
was a tin box. perhaps, sardine box. Ihe eA-
plosive contained cho1tic powder, p-o.os, a.-
An eyewitness OF the capture or breton ue, u,
scrihed II as follows "As Policeman Poisson ieii
P-eron stumbled, but he saved himself. ana al
most Instantly fired again at the crowd OF pur-
sners behind the other policeman. A woman
sank dangerously wounded. to the pavement:
Breton continued 10 flourish his revolver after ne
had enntied It. policeman struck nim IN 'hs
80 Violently with the fiat Of his sabre. ana
Rreton fell but only to rise and struggle hercely
when the policeman laid hands on him. III was
only with difficulty that the ponce pie'eH'eu '"e
crowd from lynching him.
The police say that four persons VINO a were
passing the Hotel Terminus when the eHpioslUn s.'
occurred were severely injured. one OF the lour
may die before morning
HIT THE JUDGE WITH a BIT OF BREAD.
.....1-rr-r, ANARCHIST CArSES EXCITEMENT