Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-13

PARIS, February 10. "A young man
who acted from motives of revenge ex-
pIoded a bomb at o'clock tonight in q
cafe beneath the Terminus hotel, which
is situated opposite the St. Lazarre rail
road station. The cafe was full of peo-
pie at the time. band was playing, and
those present were enjoying the content
which follows the consumption of a
good dinner. All this was changed in a
second.
A man who had dined in the cafe was
seen to raise his arm and throw some
thing into the middle Of the room. A
terrific explosion followed. The occu-
pants of the room were paralyzed with
terror. No one dared to move for some
moments fearing repetition of the ex-
plosion, but as none came their courage
returned. Then they investigated the
damage done and they found that the
explosion has done dreadful work. The
cafe was filled with smoke and lying
on the floor were numbers of persons
wounded and moaning and bleeding
The bomb had landed upon table
around which party had been sitting,
and this article Of furniture had been
reduced to spllnters. The persons
grouped at this table suffered the most
The Injured numbered fifteen. Nearly
- 81 od In tho lnno
Some of them were grievOusly hurt and
were removed to a chemists shop near
by, whore they were cared for.
In the meantime the man responsible
for this cowRrdly act had not been al
lowed 10 escape. q As soon as he had
thrown the bomb he ran out of the
place and darted away. The alarm
was given by persons outside who
heard the noise OF the explosion
and chase was at once given
to the fleeing figure, a number of police
men joining in the chase. The fugitive
drew d revolver when he saw his pur-
suers were getting too close and turned
and fired several shots, killing q work.
man and wounding a number of persons.
One OF the men struck was policeman
and mis- wound is considered fatal.
The man was captured when $50
yards from the cafe. He proved to be
an understood, palefa and beard
less man of 80 years. His name is Leon
Breton. He had been employed in the
cafe as waiter, but had been dis
charged for misconduct
Directly after the explosion the cafe
I - 10 4
and the place closed. Intense excite
ment existed In the vicinity, and an i'm
mense crowd gathered to discuss the
outrage.
All the persons Injured are Parislans.
Breton before the explosion had been
sitting on the outside Of the cafe and
had partaken OF refreshment. No par
ticular notice was taken of him, as his
actions were not such as TO attract at
tenIon. AS he was leaving the place he
threw the bomb, aiming at the electric
! light chandelier. The explosion shat
tered the plate glass front of the place,
destroyed one marble top table and
overturned others, and smashed glass
ware and plates, their fragments flying
in all directions.
Breton, on leaving the Cafe, rushed
towards the Rue de Rome. A blue ON
nibus, which runs between the railroad
station and the Place st. Michel, was
passing the Cafe as Breton ran out. A
policeman was sitting on the top of
the omnibus and saw Breton. He
Jumped 90 the ground and followed,
and ran him 10 earth few yards up the
Ru De Rome, at a spot opposite the
ScoSsa restaurant. Breton turned on
the policeman, grabbed MIN aud he fell.
While on the ground Breton fred an
other shot at the policeman, which struck
a woman passing by. The woman fell
TO the ground mortslly wounded. BE
was then arrested. Breton admitted TO
the police that be was an Anarchist.
BE told the doctor who dressed the
wound which be received from the po-
{ liceman's sabre that his main
object was to avenge Vail
liant. His hatred toward the
proprietor OF the cafe was but a minor
reason. lie said that there are others
who will follow his example, the object
OF his associates being TO destroy the
Burgoise society. Breton speaks En-
glish aud French fuently.
In the waiting hall of the St. Lazarre
railroad station the police arrested a
wounded man who was trying TO con-
/ ceaI himself. He refused to give his
name. From his suspicious attitude
and evasive answers 10 questions,
/ Il is believed that be belongs
TO an Anarchist group OF Neuil-
IL, OF which the police believe
/ Breton to be a member. The suthori-
ties think II possible that the crime was
committed by Breton while in the COM
pany Of accompllces.
The sufferers from the explosion and
/ from Breton's revolver shots number
%. The inquiry began by the ministers
and magistrates continued until lis
o'clock this morning.