The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-15
BOMB ENrl,osioS IN PARIS.
Relieved to Have Brou tho Work of An
urChists-Subo,y Killed,

nrchists-Sobody Killed.
PARIS. Jan. IA bomb explosion
occurred about midnight in front OF Gj
Rue Monccau and Is believed to have
been tho work OF anarchists. Nobo dy
was killed, but considerable damage
was done in tho vicinity. The bomb Is
described as being OF tho reversible sort,
chiefly charged with dynamite, packed
in gunpowder and concealed in III Eng.
lish tin cracker box, strengthened by n
thick band OF aluminium. In other 70.
spects tho bomb Is snid to have been
charged aud prcparAl in a manner sim.
liar to tho ono used BY Vailan. in tho
chamber OF deputies.
The police have no clue to the culprit,
although some policemen on duty in
adl acent streets saw man running
away short time previous to the OK.
plosion. In spite OF this fact tho police.
men seem to have made little or no et-
fort to stop the man. who got away
safely. The police maintain tho usual
reticence, making 1t probably more dit.
iiculs TO trace the matter. It appears,
however, that porter oil duty at No.
Us Rue Monceau, just before midnight
was informed by passerby, that sus-
picious.looking parcel had been placed
on tho window edge OF tho ground
floor. The porter went TO the spot and
seizing the parcel hurled it into the
middle Of the street. A terrific eSplo-
sion followed and showers OF shot werc
hurled in all directions, breaking all
the windows 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 Nos. 65 and 6S Rue
Monceau. Tho latter house was for
merly the residence OF Prince Victor
Napoleon and it's front was considerably
damaged.
The explosion caused strong force
OF police to gather from all sides, and
the Rue Monccau was soon tho centre
OF attraction for crowds OF people. But
order was soon restored and tho inhab-
itants re-entered their homes. The ex-
plosion threw several largo paving
stones into the middle OF the roadway,
blew tho corners oil the pavement, and
strcwed the street with broken glass.
Holes were made in the stonework OF
several houses.
: The porter, 1t appears. was warned
by valet who was returning home and
who noticed the parcel on the window
ledge. In an interview the vaot is
quoted ~ saying that when lie saw the
tin box on tho window lodge he hur-
riedly entered the house and informed
the porter that there was m extraordi-
nary parcel on the window. The porter
fastened out into the street, took the
box and threw it a. far as he could.
The two men then entered the house
and closed the door. 4 momont later
there was a tremendous report, as loud
as II cannon had been fired in the
street. Neither OF the men noticed a
fuse attached TO tho box. The police
express the opinion that the explosion
was directed against VI. Athalin, tho
magistrate who conducted the inquiries
into the outrages committed by Rava.
chol and other anarchists. who lives in
the Rue Nerzelay, facing the scene OF
tho explosion.
The chief OF tho municipal laboratory
examined the scene OF the explosion,
and it is said that ne is inclined to
think the explosion was moro in the
nature OF dangerous joke than m
anarchist outrage. lie is reported to
have ascerlained that tho bomb con-
tanned no projcctiles, and that it was
apparently only charged with gun,
powder. The windows broken arc also
said TO have been broken by conclusion
Of the mir and by fragments OF the box,
and not by shot or bullets. The mn.
chine, 1t ia added. was made to explode
on contact with the ground.