The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-14

PARIS, June 1s.-An attempt was
made to-day to asSaSsinate Felix Faure.
president Of the French republic, while
he was en- route to Long Champs to wit
ness tine Grand Prlx. While n. Faure's
carriage was passing a thlcket near La
Cascade restaurant. In the Bois de
Bolougne, a bomb, which subsequently
proved to be q piece Of tubing about six
inches in diameter. with thickness OF
half an Inch, charged with powder and
swanshot, exploded.
No one was injured by the explosion
A man In the crowd suspected as the
prime mover, was arrested BE gave his
name as Gaiiet, and made only the brief
est replies to questions put to him by the
police. Gallet said that he had no occu-
patton, but resided az Levallers-Perret.
The police are making thorough search
OF his lodgings. He Is believed to be In
sane. for he shouted as the carriage
passed along so loudly as 20 attract gen
eraI attention in the crowd. The police
have also made another arrest, IN THIS
case a youth, but Il is thought probable
that the actual culprit escaped.
The news Of the attempt spread IKE
wiid-fire through the city, and when M.
Faure returned TO the ElySee the streets
along the route where II was known ne
would drive were crowded with people
who cheered him vociferously.
II was al first reported that the would
be assassin was q young man about
twenty-five. who stood in the crowd a
hundred yards or more from the race
course and discharged pistol at NJ.
Faure as ne drove up TO the entrance,
and there was q subsequent report that
both pistol and bomb were used. But
the police now believe the supposed pls-
tol shot was merely the noise OF the
bomb.
The bomb was clumsily made afIait
TO which a piece OF fuse was attached
and the fuse was probably lighted by a
paper fixed in the end OF a stick as soon
as the head OF the procession came into
view. The presumption Is that al the
moment the fuse was lighted the culprit
fed, and In any case the bomb could not
have done much harm.
In the thickst where the police FOUND
the remnants OF the bomb, they found
also A pistol. upon which were engraved
the words Mort Felix Faure," and
the names Alsace-LorraIne and Cologne.
Near the pistol was a small dagger bear
ing q similar threatening inscription;
and a few feet away the police found
newspaper with cartoon grossly INSULT
ing 10 the President. This contained an
ofienslve Inscription limiting at the exc
cutlon OF NJ. Faure.
The police have made three arrests
this afternoon. on suspicion OF compile
ity IN the bomb explosion, among them
being two brothers. Galbet and Lauvln
GAMER. They were closely questioned
by N. Athalin, the examining mngis-
trate. but as they gave satisfactory ac-
counts OF themselves and their move
ments, they were released about mid
night.
To-day's attempt on the life Of N.
Faure was made on the very spot
where BerezoWsky tried 20 shoot the
car while driving to the military re:
view at Long Champs in 1861, and
where Francois, lunaic, fred his re-
Yolver at N. Faure on July u. last:
Il Is rumored that the prefect OF po-
lice has information connecting the
Paris anarchists with the outrage. bus
II is generally believed that the act was
the act OF q mndman rather than OF
consplrator. The pistol found by the
police was loaded, but was OF TOO suoIl
q calIbre 20 be very dangerous.