The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
THREW A BOMB AT FAURE.
TuE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE MAR
RoWLY ESCAPES DEATH.

vn- Thrown MT Iais CaFrinse-Tho Expio-
sion scattered Missiles All Around. but Ne
One was 1Iurt-Great Ovations to the Pres-
,dent at the Track and Upon his Return TO
the Pniaoo-Escapo OF the vyould-Bo Assas-
s,n-The Mob Nearly nkinea n Detective
whom They Mistoek fer the Bounb-Thrower
Special Gable Despatch to TuE Sun.
PARIS. juno 13.-The race meeting at Long
champs to-day. at which the race for the Grand
prix de Paris was run, furnished the occasion
for an attempt to assassinato President Faure,
who, fortunately, escaped without the slightest
injury.
The heat was sweltering. but this did not pre-
vent largo crowds from assembling along tho
route to Lonschamps to sec the brilliant equi.
pages and their fashionable occupants az they
drove to the course. There was also q large
crowd in the Bots do Boulogne.
Al the landau In which President Fauro rode
was passing tho cascade at the end of tho Bois
Dc Boulogne a man in tho crowd threw q bomb
At the carriage. The missile exploded. but not .
person was in any way injured.
u tApiooioh See9o tAo AOeboob
man who was supposed to have thrown the
bomb was arrested after he had been nearly
beaten to death by the mob. It was then found
that he was innocent. II was at FIRST thought
that some one had fred q blank revolver shot in
the air.
President Faure paid no heed to the explosion,
nor to the excitement which followed 1t, but pro-
oeeded directly to the course. There IL not the
slightest doubt that the bomb was aimed at NJ.
Faure.
The news Of the attempted assassination
quickly spread throughout Paris. and vast
crowds assembled. who gave the President .
splendid ovation as he was returning after the
races to the Palace of tho Elysee.
It was almost 8 o'clock when N. Faure was
passing the cascade and when the explosion o-
Cured. The defamation was loud, but It was at
first supposed that o mailman had fred q blank
shot. Immediately thereafter, however, there
was a shower Of nails and scraps of metal. while
the air was filed with an evil odor.
No damage was done to the Presidents car
rage. which proceeded without stopping.
Upon reaching the race course n. Fauro went
stand and faced the people. who acclaimed him
enthusiastically.
The Grand Duke Sergius of Russia was In tho
paddock. When he learned of the outrage he
went to the Presidents box and warmly con-
graduated HIM on his escape.
The scene on the grand. stand was exception
ally brilliant. Among those who witnessed the
rare were L large number Of ladies, all the diplo-
mats, and many grandees who arc en- route from
different parts OF Europe to attend the approach
ing jubilee celebrations In London.
In the mean time there wa tremendous OK
element at the scene Of the outrage. The crowd
seized tho supposed bomb thrower and be-
labored him with sticks. stones, kicks. and cuffs.
Finally, dazed and bleeding. the man was taken
~incustody by gendarmes, when it was found
that he was q detective in plain clothes who
had been assigned to the special duty of protect.
ing the President.
1t seems that the detective was near NJ.
FAure's carriage when the bomb was thrown.
He Immediately dashed into an adjacent wood
after the man he suspected had thrown the
bomb. He failed to catch him, however. and at
once returned to the scene Of the explosion.
While he was engaged in picking up the remains
OF the bomb the crowd attacked him, installing
him for the criminal. The unfortunate victim
Of the crowds fury was taken to o hospital.
The police then made a search Of the place
and found, almost intact, q cylinder seven inches
long and three and a half inches in diameter.
ihey also found an old pistol and o dagger, and
ahd a scrap OF paper on which was inscribed:
The execution OF Felix Faure."
MANY arrests were made Of persons in the vi
entity but few Of the prisoners were detained by
'e police. Nobody has been arrested since.
Major Meaux Saint-Marc. ono OF the personal
attaches OF the President, who WAS in the Ian.
aAu oeside NJ. Faure, says that those In the car
rage undoubtedly had a narrow escape. Tho
0'mo tcl close to the carriage, and there was q
Oud explosion. after which the air was filled
With suffocating fumes.
The newspapers published special editions
Aho"h uctoilb OF Inc AFFAIR.
Although the thrower OF the bomb was not
arrested two youths, aged 10 and 10 years.
VINO are believed to be brothers, named aallet,
we're among those arrested. They were detained
lyme police. 1t is said that one of them was
''eh 10 drop a revolver near the soene of the
aAp'0''oh. He had previously been acting US
'aoush he was demented. He is a Socialist.
IT'S evident that tho person who committed
Crime had several accomplices. and they
we're undoubtedly tho first to attack the de-
N"u''' whose name is Roustaux. and by this
~eshS covered the escape of the culprit.
u political police. as is their custom after a
'~' outrage will make a search Of the lodg-
.s' OF all persons known or suspected to be
Anarchists.
twas noticed that when the bomb exploded
'''ueht Faure did not display the slightest
""oe OF excitement. Mime. Faure was in tho
""uau With him and n. .uui.-i -.--