Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-14
Serious Attempt is Made on the Life of
President Faure.
BOMB EXPL0DtS, BUT INJURIES NO ONE
Police Make Two Arrests, but Culprit is
Believed to Have Escaped.
MISSILE OF ALMOST HARMLESS NATUR re
Clumsily Made Affair Not Likely to Do
Much Damage,
SMOKE HIDES PERPETRAT0R FROM VIEW
Gets Away without being Seen, Al
though There is IL Large Number
of Persons watching the
COrtege Go by.

PARIS, June 13.--An attempt was made
today to assassinate Felix Faure, president
OF the French republic while he was en-
route to Long Champs to witness the Grand
Prix
While NJ Faure's carriage was passing a
thicket near La Cascade restaurant, in the
Bois de Bologne, bomb, which subsequently
proved to be a piece OF tubing about six
inches long and two inches in diameter with
thickness Of half an inch. charged with
powder and swan shot, exploded
No one was injured by the explosion. a
man in the crowd suspected as the prime
mover was arrested. He gave his name
Bs Gallet and made only the briefest re-
plies to questions put to him by the police.
Gallet said he had no occupation, but re-
sided at Levallers-rerret. The police are
making a thorough search of his lodgings.
He is believed to be insane, for he shouted
as the carriage passed along so loudly as
to attract general attention in the crowd.
The police have also made another arrest,
In this case youth, but 1t is thought prob
aule that the actual culprit escaped.
The news of the attempt spread like Wild
fire through the city and when Nj. Faure
returned to the Elysee the streets along
the route where it was known he would
drive were crowded with people who cheered
him vociferously.
NO PISTOL SHOT
II was at first reported that the assassin
was a young man about 20, who stood in
the crowd a hundred yalds or more from
the race course and discharged pistol at
NJ. Faure as he drove up to the entrance
and there was subsequent report that both
pistol and bomb were used. But the police
now believe that the supposed pistol shot
was merely the noise OF the bomb.
The bomb was a clumsly-made affair, to
which piece Of fuse was attached, and the
fuse was probably lighted by paper fixed
in the end of a stick as soon as the head
of the procession came into view. The pre-
SUMPTION is that at the moment the fuse
was lighted the culprit fed, and in any case
the bomb could not have done much harm.
In the thiclSet, where the police found the
remnants of the bomb, they found also
pistol upon which were engraved the words,
Mort A. Felix Faure," and the names
"Alsace-L lorraine" and Cologne" Near the
pistoi was a small dagger, bearing a similar
threatening inscription. and a few feet
away the police found newspaper win
cartoon grossly insulting 10 the president
This contained an offensive inscription, hint
Ing at the execution OF NJ faure'
POLICEMAN ROUGHLY HANDLED.
CovaraI nersonE bava stated IN the nolice
that the moment the explosion occurred a
man was seen to run swiftly into the
tbicket but reports of this character are
likely to be mere conjecture The CORE
snondent of the Associated press had an
interview with an official who was riding
with NJ. Faure. The official said:
sWhen tbe report was heard a dense
cloud of smoke rose from the thicket and
there was CONSERVATION until 1t was found
that no one had been injured The police
spraug forward, but found the thicket de
serted. When the crowd saw one of the po-
licemen holding the bomb, they jumped to
the conclusion that he was the perpetrator
OF the outrage and handled him roughly
clubbing him with heavy walking sticks and
umbrellas until his comrades rescued him
badly bruised ana covered with blood. The
presidents cortege then proceeded to the
race course
The police made three arrests this even
ing on suspicion Of completely In the en-
plosion, among them two brothers. Galbet
anu i'huNih H"ihlci' iueS were cioseiS
question by NJ. Atalien' the examining mag
lsTate, put as they gave satislactory ac-
counts OF themselves ana their movements
they were released ABOUT midnight
SPOT Is HISTORIC
Todays attempt on the life OF NJ Faure
was made on the very spot where Berezowsky
tried to shoot the czar while driving to the
military review at Long Champs in 1867
and whore Francois, lunatic, fired his
revolver at NJ Faure on July IA last Uay-
ing this in mind the police took extra pre-
cautions. Special officers were detailed to
watch suspects and to search houses known
TO be the resorts of dangerous characters.
1t is rumored that the prefect of police
has information connecting the Paris an
archists with the outrage. but it is generally
believed that the act was that of a madman
rather than conspirator, The pistol found
by the police was loaded, but was of too
small callbre to be very dangerous.
EMILY CRAWFORD'S STORY
ort ns ~ Diii n, @ Nv a' 'S S 'T,i 'eloiiu-
baved with narroct f9co,nr,a',, m d , oe
tlnued to bow right and left to the crowd
after the explosion, as If nothing unusual