The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-14
ATTEMPT ON FAURE'S LIFE
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PREsI-
DENT OF TIE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

1t Was on His Way to the Grand Prix dc
Paris-The Would-be-Assassin Hid in u
Thicket and Threw a Bomb at the Presi-
dents Carriage-Great Excitement in
Paris.
Paris, June 13,-An attempt was made
to-day to assassinate M. Felix Faure,
the president of the French republic,
while he was en- route to Long Champs
to witness the Grand Prix.
While M. Faure's carriage was pass
ing a thicket near LaClede restaurant
in the Bois de Boulogne a bomb which
subsequently proved to be piece of
tubing about six 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, was arrested. He gave
his name as Gallett and made only the
briefest replies to questions put to him
by the police.
He said he resided at LeVallois-P Per-
ret The police are making a thorough
search of his lodgings. He is believed
to be insane, for he shouted as the car
riage passed along so loudly as to at
tract general attention in the crowd.
The police have also made another ar
rest in this case, YOUTH but 1t is
thought probable that the actual culprit
escaped.
The news spread like wildfire
throughout the city and when M. Faure
returned to the Elysee the streets
along the route where 1t was known
| he would drive were crowded with peo-
pie, who cheered vooiferously. 1t was
at first reported that the would-be as
sassin was a young man about twenty
| five who stood in the crowd a hundred
yards or more from the race course
and discharged pistol at M. Faure
| as he drove UP to the entrance; and
there was subsequent 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 at
| tached and the fuse was probably light
ed by a taper fixed in the end Of stick
as soon as the head of the procession
came into view. The presumption is
that the moment the fuse was lighted
the culprit fled and in any case the
bomb could not have done much harm.
In the thicket 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 Alsace-Lorraine and Col
logne Near the pistol was a small dag.
ger bearing a. similar threatening In
scription. and few feet away the po-
lice found newspaper with cartoon
lgrossly insulting to the president.
| Several persons have stated to the po-
lice that the moment the explosion oc-
| Cured a man was seen to run swiftly
| into the thicket; but reports Of this
character are morely likely to be mere
conjecture.
The correspondent Of The Associated
Press had an interview with an official
who was riding with M. Faure. who
said: when the report was heard a
| dense cloud of smoke rose from the
thicket and there was terrible conster-
nation until it was found that no one
had been injured. The police sprang
forward, but found the thicket deserted.
When the crowd saw one of the police
men holding the bomb they jumped to
the conclusion that he was the per-
petrator 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 presi-
dents cortege then proceeded to the
race course