The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-15
ATTEMPT TO AssAsslNATE FAURE
Bomb IL Thrown at the President of
France.

| Bomb IL Thrown ut tho President OF
| France.
! Paris. June 14.--An attempt vas made
yesterday to assassinate NJ Felix Faure.
president OF the French republic, while
| ne was enroute to Long Champs to wit
| ness the Grand Prix. While II. Faure 5
carriage was passing ,hicket near La
| Cascade restaurant. in the Bois De
| Boulogne, bomb, which subsequently,
proved 10 be a piece OF tubing about six
inches long and two inches in diameter.
with a thickness of half an inch. charg-
ed with powder and shot. exploded
No one was injured by the explosion.
A man in the crowd, suspected as the
prime mover, was arrested. He gave his
! name as Gallet, and made only the brief
est replies 70 questions put 10 him by
the police. Gallet said that he had no
occupation, but resided all evallers-
Perret. Thep olicear EN- aking thor
ough search of his lodgings. He is be-
lieved 10 be insane. for he shouted as
the carriage passed along so loudly as
to attract general attention in the crowd
The police have also made another ar
|
thought probable that the actual culprit
escaped.
The news OF the attempt spread like
wildfre through the city, and when NJ.
Faure returned to Eiysee the streets
along the route where il was known he
would drive were crowded with the peo-
pie. who cheered him vociferously. 1t
was at first reported that ;he would-be
assassin was young man about % who
stood in the crowd a hundred yards or
more from the race course and discharg--
ed a pistol at AZ. Faure as he drove 10
the entrance, and there was a su5se-
Quent report that both pistol and bomb
were used. but the police now believe
that the supposed pistol shot was merely
the noise Of the bomb.
The bomb was a clumsily-made af
fair, TO which piece of fuse was attach
ed. 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 the
moment the fuse was lighted the culprit
fed, and in any case the bomb could not
have done much harm. In the ihicke;
where the police found the remnants ot
the bomb. the found also a pistol upon
which were engraved the words, 'cMor,
Felix Faure," and the names Alsace-
Lorraine and Cologne Near the pistol
was a small dagger, bearing a similar
threatening inscription: and a few fee:
away the police found a newspaper with
a cartoon grossly insulting 10 the p.esi-
dent. This contain an offensive inscrip-
ton. hinting at the execution OF II.
Faure
Several persons have stated to the
police that the moment the explosion
occurred man was seen 70 run swiftly
into the thicket, but reports Of this char
acter are likely 10 be mere conjecture.
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press had an Interview with an official
who was riding with II Faure. The Of
fetal said: When the repsr, was
heard a dense cloud OF smoke rose from
the thicket and there was CONSERVATION
until Il was found that no one had been
injured The police sprang forward Su,
found the thicket deserted When the !
crowd saw one Of the police holding the |
bomb. they jumped TO the conclusion that |
he vas the perpstrator OF The outrage |
and handled him roughly. clubbing hin |
with heavy walking sticks ana umbsel- |
las until his comrades rescued him. |
badly bruised and covered with bIood |
The presidents cor;ege then proceeded |
10 the race course"