New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-15

FELIX FAJRE.
members Of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company OF Boston. who were elected yesterday
honorary members Of the Cercle Militaire.
President Faure. accompanied by Prime Min
lister Meline General lie Mouton de Bosdeffre.
Chief Of staff of the Army and General Tour
nier Chief of the Presidents military house
hold. left the Palace Of the Elysee in an open
carriage and drove to LonCchamps 1t having
been arranged that the President should review
the troops As the carriage passed through the
Porte du Moulin entrance to the parade ground
il was surrounded by troops who were to escort
NJ Faure to the reviewing stand. Before the
vehicle had proceeded far a tall. fair and cor
rectly dressed man of about thrty-hve years OF
age stepped slightly in advance of the crowd
and drew a revolver. which. some eye-witnesses
declare he discharged point-blank at the Presi-
dent
Immediately there was a scene Of the greatest
excitement and it would undoubtedly have gone
hard with the man had he not been seized I'M
,nedistely by tho gendarmes who were standing
hv He was at once conducted to the temporary
uolice quarters that had been established near
the Grande Cascade. within the grounds. The
man resisted arrest. declaring that he had done
nothing 70 cause his being taken into custody
He asserted that he had not fired the revolver
NTH anv intention Of injuring the President,
and that In fact. the weapon had been Loaded
only with blank cartridges II declared that
he had discharged the revolver in eXhuberance
of spirits Some Of those who stood close by
him when the President entered the grounds
saw that two shots were fired.
An examination Of the revolver that was
made bv the police appears to bear out the pris-
oner's statement thar blank cartridges
used for in four Of the chambers cartridges with
10 bullets We're found. Attempts at the police
station 70 learn anything further from the pris
oner were Of no avail. He stated that his name
was Francois and refused to say anything
further The prisoner appeared to be insane.
In the mean time the news Of the affair had
spread like wildhre and the most exaggerated
reports gained credence. The crowd Of specta-
tors surged toward the Presidents carriage and
the troops had a difficult task in keeping the ex-
cited people back II took only little time.
however. for II to be learned that NJ. Faure was
unharmed. whereupon the crowd cheered the
President again and again.
NJ Faure appeared TO be entirely unmoved
by the excitement. He had paid no attention
TO the shot and calmly conversed with his COM
panions in the carriage until the shouts and
cheers Of the multitude drowned his voice Then
which had been temporarily stopped, went on to
the stand where the President reviewed the
troops after which he was driven back to the
Palace Of the Elysee.
The police informed reporter of the "Presse"
that Francois is the same lunatic who recently
threw bundle of petitions from the gallery OF
The Chamber of Deputies into the body of the
House thereby causing a semi-panic among the
pad hat he "A
bomb
Late this afternoon FRANCOIS was examined by
Prefect Lepine He was then more communi-
cative and told the Prefect that in dscharging
the revolver he merely wished TO attract at
ten,ion lie reiterated his statements that he
had not wish to injurc anybody. and that the
weapon vas loaded with only blank cartridges.
Francois was formerly street surveyor en-
poyed by the Municipal Council of Paris, but
discharged owing to his presumed An
archistc tendencies. The special offence which
led to his discharge was the publication of rev
olutionary verses. He lives at No 46 Rue
clery His home was searched by the police
but nothing Of a suspicious Iature was FOUND
The officials believe tha: he is insane
During the corrmoti>n which followed the
firing reputed Anar,.;,t named Bouant was
for He has dcne the proper thing. rms
approval Of outrage is a penal onence under
NJ Dupuy's ant-Anarchy laws. and Boulent
stands COOL chance Of spending few Oh
the coming vars In prison.
The feellns # the crowd at the reviewing
grounds was Illustrated by its treatment OF a
waiter at the cafe at the Grande Cascade. IN
81 me way this man mistaken by the crown
ior Francois and q savage attack was made
upon him. One Of his eyes was torn from i's
Socket and he was almost lynched before the
Police were able to rescue him.
The news Of the shooting had preceded the
President 10 the city. and as he was recos
hzed by the people the streets through
which he passed his return he was greeted
with cheer. and congratulations. This evening
'he diplomats and a large number Of prominent
hen called at the Palace Of the Elysee ana
@ngratulated NJ. Faure. Several sovereigns
sent teeeraphic messages OF congratulation.
Many persons believe the story Of the prisoner
whose full name is Eugene Marie Francois. that
ne mad no intention OF harming the President. a
a. AZ fch was made at LOngchamps for the buile'
scnarged from the revolver, but not a sign or IL
ouid be found This Is held TO confirm the |
Eeoners story that he used blank cartridges |
~ ~ police story that he is the man who caused
~, ~. recent commoton in the Chamber Of Depu- |
~ generally discredited. They have mixed |
PRISONER up with Jean Pierre Francois. an |