The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-19
A CLUMSY ATTEMPT
To Assassinate the President OF
the French
While on His Way to the Grand Pri1-Two
or Three Persons Arrested on Suspicion
but the Real Culprit Believed
to Have Escaped

PARIS, June 13.-An attempt was
made to assassinate Felix Faure, presi-
dent of the French republic while he
was en- route to Longchamps to wit
ness the grand prix-
While NJ. Faure's carriage was pass
ing a thicket near La Cascade restau-
rant, in the Bots de Bolougne, a bomb
which subsequently proved to be q
piece of tubing about six inches long
and two inches in diameter, with g.
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 Gallet and made only the
briefest replies to questions put to him
by the police.
Gallet said that he had no occupa-
ton, but resided at Levallers-Perret,
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
arrest, in this case a youth; but it is
thought probable that the actual cul-
prit escaped.
The news of the attempt spread like
wildfre through the city, and as NJ.
Faure returned to the Elysee the
streets along the route wnere it was
known he would drive, were crowded
with people, who cheered him vocifer-
ously.
1t was at first reported that the
would-be assassin was a young a
about %, who stood in the crowd 100
yards or more from the race course
and discharged a pistol at NJ. 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 a piece of fuse was at
tached.
In the thicket where the police found
the remnants of the bomb, they found
also a pistol upon which were engraved
the words: Mort A. Felix Faure,"
and the names Alsace-Lorraine and
Cologne. Near the pistol was q small.
dagger bearing a similar threatening
inscription; and a few feet away the,
police found a newspaper with a 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 a man was seen to run swift
ly into the thicket, 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 a dense
cloud of smoke rose from the thicket
and there was CONSERVATION until it
was found hat no one had been in
jured. The police sprang forward. but
found the thicket 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"