The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-18
BOMB FOR u
Attompt to Asssssinste tho President
Of the French Republic.

VI wv rrohcu hcpuDitC.
PARIS, june 15.-An attempt was
made yesterday to assassinate M.
Felix Faure, president Of the French
republic, while he was en- route 70
Long Champs to witness the Grand
Prix. While NJ. Faurc's carriage was
passing a thicket near La Cascade res.
taurant, in the Bots DE Bouloyne, n
bomb, which subsequently proved TO
be a piece Of tubing about six inches
long and two inches in diameter, with
q thickness of half an inch. charged
with powder and shot, exploded.
No one was injured by the explo.
sion. A msd in the crowd, suspected
as the prime mover was arrested. 10
gave his name as Gallet, and made
only the briefest replies to questions
put to him by the police. Gallct said
that he had no occupation, but resided
at Lcvallers-Perrct. The police are
making n thorough search Of his lodg.
ings. He Is believed to be insane, for
he shouted rs the carriage passed
along so loudly as to attract general
attention in the crowd. Tho police
have also made another arrest, in this
case II youth, but 1t Is thought prob.
able tina. the actual culprit escaped.
The news Of the attempt spread like
wildilrc through the city, and when
NJ. Faure returned to the Elysee th C
streets along the route where IL was
known he would drive were crowded
with the people, who chcered him
vocifcrously.
The bomb vas a clumsily made az
fair. to which n piece of fuse was at
tached, and the fuse was probably
lighted by a paper liked to the end of
Il stick as soon ai the head OF the pro.
cession came into view. The presump.
ton 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 tho thicket where the
police found the remains of the bomb
they found also a pistol. upon which
was engraved the words, Mort q Felix
Fau:c," and the names Alsacc-Lor.
raine and Cologne. Near the pistol
was n small dagger, bearing a similar
threatening inscription, and n few feet
away the police found n newspaper
"Ash 't' ''ch bioSStN hiou'tiIr bp tiic
president This contained an offensive
inscription, limiting at the execution of
NJ. Faure.
The 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 where
Francois, q ~lunatic, fred his revolver
ut NJ. Faure on July IA last.
n. Faurc behaved with pertcc, self
command and continued to bow RICH,
and left TO the crowd after the ex.
plosion. as II nothing unusual had
happened. Tho president vas accom-.
panied by his wife, while In another
carriage were his two daughters. Mile.
Lucie Faurc and Mime. Bcrge.
The horses attached to NJ. Faure's
carriage reared wildly at the explosion
but wcrc whipped on by M~ontjarret's
vigorous arm. Rousteaux, the detcc
tive who is always with the president
rushed forward and grappled with q
man, but was Immediately set upon
by a half dozen persons in the crowd
probably accomplices Of the would-bc
assassin. The crowd mistook the de-
tective for an anarchist, and were
about to lynch him. He was beaten
kicked, spat upon and not rescued BY
tho police until bleeding and uncon
scious from q terrible beatin|.