The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-24
ANOTHER PARIS SENSATION
ADDED TO BEWILDERING INTRI-
 CACHES OF DREYFUS PLOT.


 Ernest Paulmier, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Shoots M. OIli- vier Through the Breast-A Revision quart in Secret Confinement.
 Paris, Sept. 23.-Madame Paulmier, wife of M. Charles Ernest Paulmier, member of the chamber of deputies from the department of Calvados, has added another sensation to the bewilder- ing intricacies of the Dreyfus plot. Madame Paulmier entered the offices of La Lanterne and asked to see M. Millerand. M. Millerand was absent, and M Olivier, who was present, step ped forward to receive the woman, who, without waiting for any explanation, whipped out revolver and fired twice. M. Olivier fell to the floor wounded. He was taken to a hospital. Madame Paulmier was taken into custody, and when questioned coolly announced: T wished to kill M. Millerand." She ex- plained that La Lanterne had slander- her husband had written a letter to General Chaneine, the minister of war, with reference to putting a stop to the attacks upon the army provoked by the Dreyfus affair.
 The alleged islander published in La Lanterne was contained in an article written by a journalist named Turot, and not by M. Millerand. The article, it is presumed, was published without M. Millerand's knowledge. One of the bullets fired by Madame Paulmier en- tered M. Olliviers chest and the other struck him in the armpit. Madame Paulmier is a tall blonde She was once noted Parisian beauty. She is a prominent member of society of the capital After her arrest she said: "Press po1emics have reached too base level when women and children are attacked. In the absence of my hus- band there was no alternative for me but to secure justice. l am sorry that I was forced to fire on brave man whom I do not know
 M Ollivier's condition tonight is very critical. Deputy Paulmier was some years ago the defendant in suit brought by 8 pretty woman for the ex- penses of luxuriously furnishing a -maisonette in the Champs Elyses. La Lauterne accused his household of be- ing "menage trois." M. Millerand was outside the office Of La Laneterne in the crowd when the shooting occur red.
 The military authorities have ac- complished their plan of stifling Col. Picquart by placing him au secret Col. Picquart's friends have been denied admission to the prison. His. counsel, Maltre Labori has twice appeared at the office of the clerk of the court mar tial and applied for permission to see client. On both occasions he was in formed that Picquart had been placed au secret and could only be seen on an order from the authorities which order M Labori has been unable to secure
 La Ldberte predicts important ac- tion by the council on Tuesday which may result in the convoking of the chambers. The final meeting of the commission to consider the subject of revision, which was fixed for tonight, has been postponed until tomorrow morning, when a report will be drafted. It is stated in ministerial circles that the report will advise M. Sorrien, min ister of justice, in favor of revision. M. Brisson, the premier, opposes the conyocation of the chambers on the ground that the revision question is
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