The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-24
Wife of a French Deputy Who Assert
ed the Parisian Editor Had SLAM
dered Herself and Husband.
COL. PICQUART AU SECRET
NO ONE PERMITTED TO SEE THE
PRISONER WITHOUT AN ORDER.
Life of China's Emperor Said to BE
in PeriI-Text of Edict Giving the
Empress DOwager Full Sway.

PARIS, Sept. 2S.-Madame Paulmier, wife
of M. Charles Ernest Paulmier men,
Der of the Chamber of Deputies from the
department of Calva6es, has added another
tragedy to the bewildering intricaces of
the Dreyfus plot. Madame Paulmier to-day
entered the office of La Lanterne and asked
to see M. Millerand. M. Millerand was abb
sent and M. oliver, who was present,
stepped forward to receive the lady, who,
without waiting for any explanation,
whipped out a revolver and fired twice. M.
oliver fell to the floor wounded. He was
taken to hospital.
Madame Paulmier was taken into custody
and when questioned coolly announced: 'I
wished to kill M. Millerand." She explained
that La Lanterne had slandered herself and
her husband because her husband had
written the letter to General Chanoine, the
minister Of war, with reference to putting
a stop to the attacks on the army provoked
by the Dreyfus affair.
The alleged slander published in La Lam
terne was contained in an article written
by journalist named Turot, and not by M.
Millerand or NJ. Olivier, in which reference
was made to the conjugal relations of Mme
Paulnier and her husband. TIE article, it
is presumed, was published without M. Mil
lerand's knowledge.
One Of the bullets fired by Nine. Paumier
entered M. Ollivier's chest and the other
struck him in the arm pit Nine. Paulmier
is tall blonde. She was once a noted
Partisan beauty and stil retains much Of
her elegance. She is prominent in the best
society of the capital After her arrest she
said: Press polemics have reached too
base a level when women and children are
attacked. In the absence of my husband
there was no alternative for me but to se-
cure justice for myself. If every woman
thus attacked would do as I have done it
would make these ignoble wretches more
cautious. I am sorry that 1 was forced to
fire on brave man whom did not know"
M. Olliviers condition tonight is very
critical. Deputy Paulmier was some years
ago the defendant in a suit brought by a
pretty woman for the expense of luxurious
ly furnishing a maisonette in the Champs
Elysee. La Lanterne accused his household
of being "menage trois.'' NJ. Milerand
was outside the office of La Lanterne in the
crowd when the shooting occurred
The military authorities have accom-
plished their plan of sitting Col Picquart
by placing him au secret. Colonel Picquart's
friends have been denied admission to the
prison. His counsel, Maitre Laborie, has
twice appeared at the office of the clerk
of the court-martial and applied for permis-
sion to see his client. On both occasions he
was informed that Colonel Picquart had
been placed au secret and could be seen
only on an order from the authorities, which
order M. Laborie has been unable to Sc
cure. La Liberte predicts important action
by the council on Tuesday, which may re-
suit in the convening of the chambers.
Almost every development tends to con-
firm the opinion that General Zurlinden,
in ordering the military trial of Colonel
Picquart, acted entirely on his own initia-
tive. The Temps declares that the Cabi-
net had previously refused to sanction Gen.
eral Zurlinden's proposal to prosecute Col.
Picquart, and that General Zurlinden there
fore waited till he had resumed the mill
tary governorship of Paris, when he acted
on his own authority.
On leaving the Lazante prison, Colonel
Picquart had portmanteau and a port
folio. He looked pale and careworn. The
blinds of the fiacre were drawn directly
he entered it, A mob, which had been
bowling outside the prison, rushed toward
Picquart as he emerged, shaking their fists
and shouting. Another mob waited at the
Cherche Midi prison. A detachment of
military in both cases protected Picquart.
A majority of the papers denounce this
military coup with varying degrees of Sc
verify. M. Clemenceau, in the Aurore,
charges M. Brisson with cowardice or i'm
belicity, and couples President Faure's
name with that of General Zurlinden in the
alleged plot to suppress the truth and de-
feat justice. M. Clemenceau dwells strong
ly on the mauvaises chances of the
Cherche-Midi prison, and credits the ex-
war minister with the remark: IF General
Mercier had not been so soft-hearted he
would have had Dreyfus murdered" An
other paper, the Droits de pHomme,
abuses NJ. Faure with the greatest viru-
lence, and accuses him of employing NJ
Brisson to make coup d'etat 1t points
out that President Faures military friends
had all the strong posts
The final meeting of the commission to
consider the subject of revision, which was
fixed for tonight, has been postponed until
9 o'clock tomorrow morning, when re-
port will be drafted 1t is stated in minis
terial circles that the report will advise NJ.
Sarrien, minister of justice, in favor of re-
vision. NJ. Brisson. the premier opposed
the convocation of the chambers. on the
ground that the revision question is purely
a governmental matter.
While some of the papers state that Gen.
Chanone the minister of war. was trapped
into signing the authority for General Eur
linden's proceedings against Colonel Pic
quart without reading the document, the
Echo de Paris. the recognized organ of the
military staff, in a long circumstantial ex-
PLANTATION. declares that General Chanoine
deliberately signed the warrant after hav-
ing carefully read General Zurlinden's re-
port and the Picquart dossier. If this re-