Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-11
HIS LIFE FOR THE CAUSE
Finding of the Court in the Case Of the Paris
Bomb-Thrower.
AUGUs1E VALIANT QUICKLY SENTENCED
when the Trial Opened Report Was cir
culated that n Bomb had Been Found
Outside the Court Room-Extraordi-
nary Measures of PrecautIon.

PARIS, Jan. l0.-The trial OF Auguste
valiant, the anarchls: who on December
last threw the bomb which exploded iu the
Chamber of Deputies, was neld today.
Just previous to the trial a report was
circulated that a bomb with burned fuse
was found outside the court. The Palace Of
Justice, in which the trial took
place, was surrounded by guards and
nobody was allowed to pass through
their ranks unless presenting pass, and not
until thelridentity had been esta ablished. The
court was thronged with people when Vail
liant was brought in AT noon, closely guarded
by policemen. The opening proceedings
were of purely formal nature.
AT the conclusion Of the proceedings to-
dav valiant was sentenced TO death.
After the prisoner had admitted, in reply
to the questions of the public prosecutor,
that he had been in prison several times
for theft. he exclaimed fiercely that the un.
just conditions Of society were responsible
for what you please 10 term robberieS.''
Stole to Get Funds to Make the Bomb.
Replying TO other questions by the presid-
ing Judge, valiant said that he conceived the
idea of blowing up the Cham0e of Deputies
while he was living at Choissy lie Roi ana
admitted that he obtained the money with
which he purchased the materials for max
ing Lis bomb from The results of theft.
Later on the prisoner reluctantly 1d-
mitted that he had received 90 francs from
Nine Paul Reclus, the wife of n young
engineer ana nephew of the distinguished
French geographical writer, Nj. Jacques re
Elysec Reclus. valiant insste that
Nine. Reclus gave him the money as an
act of charity. and not as a subscription to
the cause Of anarchy or to any way further
the euds Of which he, the prisoner had IN
view.
Later on. when questioned regarding the
actual explosion of the bomb, valiant said
that he regretted that the bomb did not
have the effect he desired, and explained
that this was owing to the fact that one of
his neigh bors in the gallery in the Chamber
accidentally knocked his arm while he was
in the act of throwing the loaded missile.
At this point of the examination the pre-
siding Judge turned 10 the prisoner and said
II suppose you wanted to hit NJ. CaSlmlr-
Perier, the premier!'
Wanted to Kill Some OF the Ministers.
mo, did not aim at any one in particu-
lar, but | wanted TO kill some of the minis
ters All the ministers are the same TO me-
Before another question could be put to
him, valiant continued: 1T is true | hit
some OF the spectators, but | only intended
to hurt the deputies and the ministers, and l
would rather three or four deputies had
been killed than one spectator had been in
jured."
The Judge tried TO interrupt the pris-
oner, but valiant succeeded iu adding: Il
am not waglng war against the people. but
against society, and | aim directly at the
parasite deputies.
Tho jury retired at 5 80 p. m. and were alb
sent for twenty-five minutes Upon their re-
turn it was announced that they found the
prisoner guilty without extenuating cir
cumstancesn
Upon hearing the foreman's answer to the
judges question, asking him if the jury had
agreed upon a verdict, Vaillan. sprang to
his feet and shouted: 1T is death! Death
thank you for it,"
The court then retired to deliberate upon
the finding of the jury and agreed upon the
sentence. Upon the return of the court the
presiding Judge announced the sentence of
death, and valiant, upon hearing the words
which condemned him to the guillotine,
shouted: "Vive lanarchie."
The session OF the court was closed soon
afterwards without any further incident.