Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-01-16
BOMB SCARE IN PARIS.
Porter Throws a Tin Box Into
the Street, Causing a Ter
rifle Explosion.

t'arls. Jan. IA bomb explosion oc-
CURED at about midnight in front of
90 Rue Monceau and is believed to have
been the work of Anarchists Nobody
was killed, but considerable damage was
done in the vicinity The bomb is de-
scrlbed as being of the reversible sort,
chiefly charged with dynamite, packed
IN ,gunpoWder and concealed in an Eng
llsh tin cracker box strengthened by q
thick band of aluminium In other re-
spects the bomb is said to have been
charged and prepared in manner similar
to the one used by Valiant i'll the cham
Der of deputies
The police at present have no clue to
the culprit, although some policemen on
duty IN adjacent streets saw man run
ing swiftly away short time previous
to the explosion. In spite of this fact
and although the morning was SO young,
the policemen seem to have made little or
no effort to stop the running man, who
got away safely. The police are main
tanning the usual reticence as to the
facts IN the case, thus making it proba bly,
more difficult to trace the matter to it's
foundation. 1t appears however, that
a porter on duty at 65 Rue Monceau,
just before midnight, was informed by
passer-by. that a suspicious looking
parcel had been placed on the window
ledge on the ground floor The porter
in alarm rushed to the spot and, seiz-
the middle of the street. A terrific explos-
ion followed and showers Of shot were
hurled in all directions, breaking all win
dows in the vicinity, although they were
protected by strong wooden shutters.
Following the explosion there was a
panic in the neighborhOod, particularly
among the people residing in the imme-
diate vicinity of 60 and SO Rue Monceau.
The latter house was formerly the resi-
dence of Prince Victor Napoleon, and
its front was considerably damaged.
The explosion caused strong force of
ponce to gather from all Sides and the
hue Monceau was soon the center of
attraction for large crowds of people.
But order was soon restored, the inhab-
ltants. treasured by the police. re-entered
their homes, and by / 30 a. m only the
police guard and a number of newspaper
men remained about the spot.
The explosion of the bomb threw sever
Al large paving stones into the middle of
the roadway blew the corners off the
pavement and strewCd the street with
broken glass. In addition holes were
made IN the stonework of several of the
houses, The porter, it appears, was
warned by valet who was returning
home and who noticed the parcel on the
window ledge. In an interview published
in the Matin this morning, the valet is
quoted as saving that when he saw the
tin box on the window ledge he hUrriedly
entered the mouse ana informed the porter
that there was an extraordinary parcel on
the window. The porter FASTENED out
into the street, took the box and threw
it as far as he could. The two men then
entered the house and closed the door A
moment later there was a tremendous re-
port as loud as a cannon. Neither of the
men noticed fuse attached to the bomb
The police express the opinion that the
explosion was directed against NJ Aha
lin. the magistrate. who conducted the in
quiries in the outrages committed by Raw
achOl and other anarchists, who lives in
the Rue Verzelay, facing the scene of the
explosion.
During the morning the chief of the
municipal laboratory was engaged in ex-
aiming the scene of the explosion and
it is said that he is inclined to think
that the explosion was more in the ma
ture of dangerous joke than an an
archist outrage. He is reported to have
ascertained that the bomb contained no
projectiles and that it was apparently
only charged with gunpowder. The win
dows broken are also said to have been
broken by the conclusion of the air and
by fragments of the box and not by shot
or bullets. The machine, it is added, was
made to explode on contact with the
ground