The bee., 1897-06-17
A CLUMSY ATTEMPT
To Assassinate tho President ci
the French
While on Hia Way to the Grand Prix-Two
or Three Persons Arrested on Suspicion,
but the Real Culprit believed
TO Ifavo Escaped.


PARIS, June 1s.-An attempt was
made to nssassinate Felix Faure, presi-
dent of the French republic while he
was en- route to Longchamps to wit
ness the grand prix.
While M. Faure's carriage was pass
ing thiclxet near La Cascade restau-
rant in the Bois de Bolougne. bomb
which subsequently, proved to be a
piece Of tubing about six inches long
and two inches in diameter, with a
thickness of half an inch, charged
with powder and swan shot, exploded.
No one was injured by the explosion.
man in the crowd. suspected as the
prime mover, was arrested. lie gave
his name as Gallet and made only the
bricfest replies TO questions put TO him
by the police.
Gnllet said that he had no .occupa.
ton, but resided at Lcvaiiers- Perret,
The police arc making thorough
search of his lodgings. He is believed
10 be insane, 81 as shouted rs the ear
riage passed along SO Loudly as 10 at.
tract general attention in the crowd.
The police have also made another
arrest, in this case a youth; but it is
thought probable that the actual cnl.
prit escaped.
The news of the attempt spread like
wildfire through the city, and rs Nj.
Faure returned TO the Elysce. the
streets along the route where il was
known he would drive, were crowded
with people, who cheered him vocifer-
ously.
IL was at first reported that the
would-be assassin was young man
about % who stood in the crowd 100
yards or more from the race course
and discharged pistol at M. Faure,.
as he drove up to the entrance, and
there was a subsequent report that
both pistol and bomb were used But
the police now believe that the sup
posed pistol shot was merely the noise
of the bomb.
The bomb was a clumsily made af-
fair, to which piece of fuse was at
tached.
In the thiclket 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 Alsaee- Lorraine and
Cologne. Near the pistol was small
dagger bearing n similar threatening
inscription; and few feet away the
police found a newspaper with car
toon grossly insulting to the president.
This contained an offensive inscrip-
ton, limiting at the execution of NJ.
Faure.
Several persons have stated to the
police that the moment the explosion
occurred q man ives seen to- run swifi-
ly into the thiclxet, but the reports of
this character are likely TO be mere
conjecture. The correspondent had an
interview with an official who was
riding with NJ. Faure. The official
said:
when the report was heard dense
cloud of smoke rose from the thiclSet
and there was CONSERVATION until II
was found that no one had been in
jured. The police sprang forward, but
found the thicxet deserted. When the
crowd saw one of the policemen hold
ing the bomb they jumped to the con-
clusion 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 and covered
with blood.
The presidents cortege then pro-
ceeded to the race course