The herald., 1897-06-14


Some of the papers assert that Rous-
teaux, the detective, accidentally saw
the man who threw the bomb and Crap
pied with him, but was unable to hold
him in the melee.
1t is rumored that the prefect of police
has information connecting the Paris
anarchists with the outrage, but it is
generally believed that the act was that
of madman rather than that of con-
spirator. The pistol found by the polio =
was loaded, but was of too small cali
bre to be very dangerous.
AN ARTFUL PLAN
NEW YORK, June 14-A dispatch to
the World from Paris says: The out
rage was artfuliy planned. About one
hundred yards below the Cascade de
Bois de Boulogne, near the famous res
taurant celebrated for its exclusive pat
| ronage and high, prices, is thick clump
of lilac bushes, where the assassin lay In
ambush. There he effectually secreted
himself from observation.
The presidential carriage and cortege
were travelling at smart gallop. 1t was
after o'clock, and M. Faure was a little
late Suddenly q loud report was
heard. During the momentary panic
M. Faure and his wife, with remarka bic
presence of mind, sat back in their car
riage, exhibiting praisewo orthy calmness.
| The impressionable French crowd, ever
quick to recognize courage, cheered
them to the echo
A man in the crowd, who was supposed
to be the prime mover. was arrested
promptly He gave his name as Gal
let, and made only the briefest replies to
questions put to him by the police. Gal
let says he has no occupation, and lives
at Levallers-Perret. The police are
making thorough search of his lodg-
ings. He is believed to be insane, for
as the carriage passed along he shouted
so loudly as to attract general attention
from the crowd. The police have also
made another arrest, in this case
youth, but it is thought probable that
the actual cuIprit escaped in the thicket.
The police were chagrined, for they
made elaborate preparations to protect
the president. M. Lepine, the prefect
of police, who was in thG presidential
box at Long Champs, showed to the dis
tinguisihed visitors, who showered felici-
tations upon M. Faure, a piece of the
exploded bomb, and tried to treat the
lACioCAI do 1iS ully do POsSlUlc, Dul lis
appearance plainly showed his anxiety
On being interviewed he acknowl-
edged that the explosion must have been
violent, for it had damaged the sur
rounding trees and torn up a consider
able quantity of earth.
The presumption is that the miscre-
ant hoped that in the panic caused by
the explosion he would be able to rush
in and use his pistol or knife, because ii
is certain that he could not have done
any damage at the distance he stood
from the carriage.
M. Lacall, the presidents private Sec
retary, says: las we were driving rap
idly through the Bots de Boulogne and
were nearing the cascade, suddenly a
loud explosion caused the horse of the
presidential carriage to rear and fall
back almost on their launches A wo-
man in the crowd, pointing toward a
thicket, shouted: Arrest him. Vive le
PRESIDENT
"A police agent ran into the bushes,
followed by a crowd. A panic among
the spectators followed. but it was
counteracted by the presidents coolness.
He kept his seat, and simply acknowl-
edged the salutations of the dense
throng of spectators which lined both
sides of the roadway"