The Portland daily press., 1898-09-24
PlcQuART PLACED 'AU SECRET"
Wife of French Duputy Attempts
To Murder an Editor.

Paris, September 23.-Madame Paulmier,
wife of NJ. Charles Ernest Paulmier, mem
ber of the chamber of deputies from the
department of Calvadoes, has added
another tragedy to the bewildering in
tricasies of the Drefyus pot. Madame
Paulmier today entered the offices of La
Lanterne and asked to see III. Millerand.
NJ. Millerand was absent and M. Olivier,
who was present, stepped forward to re-
ceive the lady who, without waiting for
any explanation, whipped out revolver
and fired twice. NJ. Olivisr fell, wound
ed. He was taken to the hospital
Madame Paulmier was taken into custody
and when questioned, cody answered:
'I wished to kill NJ. Millerand." She
explained that La Lanterne had SLAM
dered herself and her husband, because
her husband had written q letter TO Gen.
Chanein, the minister Of war. with refer
ence to putting stop to the attacks up
on the army by the Dreyfus affair.
The military authorities have accom-
plished their plan of sitting Col. Pic
quart by placing him au secret. Col.
Picuuart's friends have been denied ad-
mission to the prison. His counsel,
Office of the clerk of the court martial
and applied for permission to see his
client On both occasions he was informed
that Picquart had been placed au secret
and could only be seen on an order from
the authorities.
La Liberte predicts important action by
the council on Tuesday, which may re-
suit in the convoking of the cham pers
The final meeting of the commission to
consider the subject of revision, which
was fixed for tonight. has been postponed
until tomorrow morning when report
will be drafted. 1t is stated in ministeri-
al circles that the report will advise M
Zerrien, minister of justice, in favor OF
revision. NJ. Brisson, the premier, op-
poses to conYooation Of the chambers on
the ground that the revision question
is purely governmental matter.
The alleged SANDER published in La
Lanterne was contained in an article
written by journalist named Turot and
not by M. Millerand or M. Olivier, in
which reference was made to the con,
jugals relations of Madame Paulmier and
her husband. The article, it Is presumed,
was published without M. Millerand's
knowledge. One of the bullets fired by
Nine. Paulmier entered M. Olivier's chest
and the other struck him in the armpit.
Madame Paulmier is a tall blonde. She
was once q noted Partisan beauty and
is a prominent member of the best So
ciety of the capital.
After her arrest she said: "Press
polemics have reached too base level
when women and children are attacked.
In the absence of my husband there was
no alternative for me but to secure JUS
tice for myself. If every woman thus
attacked would do as 1 have done. it
would make these ignoble wretohes more
cautious. am sorry that was forced
to fire ON a brave man whom do not
know.
THE PETIT BLEU GENUINE.
Berlin, September 24.-The National
Zeitung referring to the Dreyfus affair
expresses the belief that the Petit Bleu is
genuine document and says:
"It would have been quite within the
province of Col. Schwar tzkoppen to enter
into relations with French officer like
COmte Esterhazy If he preferred infor-
nation and there is no doubt such re-
lations existed"
SOURCE OF THE PETIT BLEU.
London, September 24.-The journalist,
F. G. Conybeare, who has hitherto dis
played an intimate knowledge of the
Dreyfus casa, writes a letter to the Daily
Chronicle explaining that Col. Schwarz-
koppen, formerly German military at
tache in Paris, actually wrote the petit
bleu to Comte Esterhazy, but on second
thought tore it into fragments and threw
it away and that the Alsatian porter at
his lodgings gathered up the fragments
and sent them to Col. Picquart.
The Bordereau, he says, was addressed
by Comte EsterhaZy to Col..Sohwarz-
koppen, but was Intercepted and given
to the French authorities by the Alsatiant.