Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-14
TELEGRAPHIC.
NJ. FAURE ATTACKED
A Bomb Thrown at His Carriage in
Tho Bots do BOulOsne.
An AnrFULLy PLANNED OUTRAGE.
The Event Produces Much Unensintss In
london, in View Of the Queen's
jubilee.

PARIS, Juno 13.-An attempt was
made TO-DAY to assassinate Felix
Faure, president Of the French reput-
lie. while he was en- route to Long
champs to wiiness the grand prix.
While M. FAure's carriage was pass
Ing a thlcket near La Cascade restau'
rant. In Bois de Boulogne, bomb,
which subsequently proved to bs
niece Of tubing about Z 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, waa arrested. He
usve his name as G,llot, and made
only the brie,est repiies to questions
nut to him by the police. Gaiiet said
he had no occupation, but resided Of
LevslIert-P srrst. The police are maxi
inn thorough search OF his lodgings.
He ia believed to be insanr, for he
shouted as the carriage passed along
no loudly rs to attract general atten-
ton in the crowd.
The police have also made another
arrest, In this case youth, but 1t Is
thought probable that the actual cul.
prit escaped.
Thc news Of the attempt spread like
wildfire throughout the city, and when
NJ. Faure returned to the Elysee tue
streets along the route where II was
known he would drive were crowded
with people, rho cheered MIN vocifer-
ously.
IL was ut hrst reported that the
would.be asssssin was young man,
about %, who stood in the crowd q
hundred yards or more from the race
course and discharged o pistol at M.
Faure as he drove up to the entra ace,
and there was q subsequent report
that both pistol and bomu were USED.
But the police now believe that the
supposed pistol.shot was the noise
from the bomb.
The bomb was clumsily. made
affair, to which piece OF fuse was al
tucLed, and the fuse was probably
lighted by paper fixed in the end OF
a stick as soon as the head OF the pre-
cetsion came into view. The pre-
tumptio n ts that the moment the fuse
was lighted the culprit He'd, and In
any case the bomb could not have
done much harm.
In the thicket where tho police found
the rem nants of the bomb they found
also Q pistol upon which was engraved
the words. snort Felix Fsurs," aud
the names Alsace.L Lorraine AMI Co.
logne. Near the pistol was q small
dagger.
Il had similar threatening In
scription, and "a few feet away, the
vytf
, loon sro.s:-snltDg to the pre'i'
Several persons have stated to the
police that the momeat the explosion
occurred q man was seen to run swift
ly into the thicket. but reports OF this
character are liKeiy to DO mere coDjec.
ture. .NfE
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press hal an Interview with an official
who was riding with NJ. Faure. The
official saic:. "When tho report, was
heard aense cloud OF smoks rose
from the thicset and tnUfe was con-
sterpation untii IL was found that no
one had been injured. The poles.
sprang forward, hut found the thioket
deserted. When the crowd saw one Of
the policem men holding the bomb they
Jumped to the conclusion that he was
tue perpetrator OF the outrage, and
handled him roughly, CLUBBING him
with heavy walking.sticks and un-
brellas until his comrades rescued
him, oauiy bruised anu covered with
blood. The Presidents cortege then
lroceedeu to the race.couIse."
Today's attemps Oh the lie OF NJ.
Faurs was msue on the very spot
where Beresowski tried to shoot the
GEAR while driving to the military re-
view at Longchamps in 1867. anu
where Francois, u Iunatic, fred his
revolver at NJ. Faurs ON July l4th
last.
Having this In mind, the police
took extra precautions. Special OIL.