The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-14
AborHve Attempt To Assassinsk
President Of French Republic.
Bomb Loaded With Shot Ex-
ploded Near His Carriage.
Wosld.Bs Assassin Left Pistol and DaggsI
Behind HIm...suspeet Arrested

the President OF the French Republic,
while he was en- route 10 Long Champs
to witness the grand prix. While M.
Faure's carriage was passing q thicket
near i-sCascade restaurant, In the Bois
de Boiougne. a bomb. which subsequent
ly proved TO be a piece OF tubing about
six inches long and two inches In d.
ametcr. with a thickness OF half an inch
ni1rged With powder and swan shot. ex
picded. No one was injured by the ex-
lCsion. A man was arrested, suspected
AS the prime mover. He gave his name
as Gallet. and made only the briefest
replies to questions put to him by the
police.
Gallet said he had no occupation. but
resided at LevAllois- Perret. The police
are making q thorough search Of his
lodgings. He La believed to be insane,
for he shouted ~ the carriage passed
along so loudly a. to attract general at
tenti0n In the crowd. The police have
also made another arrest. In this case
q youth. but 1t IL thought probable that
the actual culprit escaped.
The news Of the attempt spread like
wildfire through the city, and when M.
Faure returned to the EIysee the e,treets
would drive were crowded with people,
who cheered him vociferously.
1t was at first reported that the would
be assassin was q young man about rs,
who stood In the crowd 100 yards or more
from the race course and discharged a
pistol at M. Faure as he drove up to the
entrance. and there was a subsequent
report that both pistol and bomb were
mt ha
the supposed pistol shot was merely the
noise Of the bomb.
The bomb was q clumsily made af-
fair, to which piece of fuse was at
tached, and the fuse was probably
lighted by taper fixed in the end of a
stick as soon as the head Of the process
sion 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 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 A1sace- Lorraine and Cologne.
Near the pistol was a small dagger bear
ing a similar threatening inscription.
and few feet away the police found a
newspaper with a cartoon grossly in
sulting to the president This contained
an offensive inscription limiting at the
execution Of M. Faure.
An official who was riding with M.
Faure said:
when the report was heard a dense
cloud Of smoke rose from the thicket
and there was terrible CONSERVATION un-
til 1t was found that no one had been in
jured. The police sprang forward. but
found the thicket deserted. When the
crowd saw one of the policemen holding
the bomb they jumped to the conclusion
that ne was the perpetrator OF the out
rage and handled him roughly. clubbing
him with heavy walking sticks and UNI
brellas until his comrades rescued Kim.
badly bruised and covered with blood.
The presidents cortege then proceeded
to the race course"
/ The attenpt on the life of M. Faure
was made on the very spot where Ber-
ezowsky tried to shoot the car. while
driving to the military review at Long
Champs, in 1857, and where francois. a
lunatic. last year fired his revolver at
NJ. Faure on July a.
Having this in mind, the police took
extra precautions, and special officers
were detailed to watch suspects and for
searching houses known to be the re-
sorts of dangerous characters 1t is a
curious fact that yesterday The Petite
Republique Francais published a skit
declaring that the police were busy
organizing an incident for M. Faure's
visit to Russia, suggesting that nimble
clown would be dressed in rags and
Jump upon the step of the presidents 3
carriage, brandishing homicidal
weapon.
On his arrival at the race course. M.
Faure was warmly congratulated on
his escape by the Grand Duke Sergius.
N. Hanotaux and other members of the
cabinet.
His sang froid will greatly Increase his
popularity. It Is rumored that the pre-
feet OF police has information connecting
the Paris anarchists with the outrage.
but II Is more generally believed that
the act was the act of madman than of
q conspirator. The pistol found by the
police was loaded. but was Of too small
calibre to be very dangerous.
M. Faure behaved with perfect self
command. and continued to bow right
and left to the crowd after the explo-
sion as II nothing unusual had happened
The roadway had been cleared for some
time. The presidential escort was led
by two dragons holding their pistols
forward In the most threatening man
ner; then came large body OF dragons.
and after them. In the midst OF cloud
Of dust. the presidents open carriage,
without riders. The president was ac-
companied by his wife. while In an
other carriage were his two daughters.
Mile. Lucie Faure and Nine. Berge.
The horses attached to NJ. Faure's car
riagc reared wildly at the explosion.
but were whipped by Montjarret's vigor-
Gus arm. Rousteaux. the detective who
Is always with the president. rushed
forward and grappled with n man. but
was Immediately set upon by half a
dozen persons I'm the crowd. probably
accomplices OF the woud-be assassin.