Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-20

crowds, or held in readiness at convent
ent places. Everybody was ready to
give NJ. Henri Rochefort an ovation
such as victorious general would be
proud to receive. M. Rochefort is, how
ever, very timid when The finds himself
in anything like a crowd, so that he
was far from sorry when he received the
| intimation of the police that he must
| turn down some by-streets and reach
Ste. Pelagie prison from the opposite
| direction. There was, however, a dense
throng on the foot paVements there, but
| the roadway was kept clear by very
strong police force and mounted munich
+ pal guards. When NJ. Rocheforts car
riage drove up to the prison, several
/ hundred men, shouting 'Vfve Roche
| fort" broke through the lines Of sergents
I de Vile, and many of them literally
| scrambled between the legs of the sol
| diers' horses. In a moment M. Roche
| forts carriage was surrounded, and a
| few of the numerous carriers of bou-
quets succeeded in approaching him, He
| was, however, in too great hurry to
| reach the prison door to pay any atten-
ton to them In moment he was out
Of his carriage, hurrying toward the
prison door, behind which he quickly
disappeared.
AS the crowd had not been able to ac-
claim NJ Rochefort, they gave an ova-
ton to his coachman, and then almost
carried M. Millevoye in triumph. Inc
director of the Patrie had been making
a violent speech at an arltiTSemitic
meeting, and had just arrived in front
Of the prison when M. Rochefort drove
up. The dense crowd which filed the
Rue Monge and Place Monge found
consolation for their disappointment for
not seeing NJ Rochefort in acclaining
NJ Millevoye and in shouting %Niye
Parmeer' "A has les juifs!' - has les
traitres!" Several officers who, hap
pened to be In the crowd were made
objects of ovations, and man who
waved a tricolor flag from a window
was greeted with ringing cheers.
Almost borne in triumph by the en-
thusiastic crowd, NJ. Millevoye, accom-
panied by M. Georges Thiehaud, direct
ed his steps towards the Pantheon. ON
the way two persons were arrested FOR
disobeying the police. On reaching the
Place du Pantheon, the crowd, shouting
"Vive laEnee" "A bas Zola! pas
les traitresi' was becoming very riot
GUS With the pretense Of calming the
people, M. Millevoye made a violent
speech against NJ. lola and his friends.
which had the effect of encouraging the
mob, which shouted. "A bas ZolaF' "A
has les juifsl' more Justify than ever.
M. Millevoye was, however surpassed
VI.
short harangue added to the shouts
that of "a bas les etrangers?' On the
intercession of NM. Millevoye and Thi-
ebaud, the two men who had been ar
rested were set free, and at the
same moment a very strong police force,
sent from the prefecture in the Boule-
ward du Palais, arrived at the double
on the Place du Pantheon The crowd
there, which had numbered some, fifty
thousand persons, was at length dis
persed.
From "a statement made to a Jour re-
porter, who followed NJ. Henri Roche
fort into Sainte Pelagie prison, 1t was
not in compliance with an intimation
from the police but on his own inspira-
ton, that the directorapf the Intran-
sigeant refrained from Keeping his word
to meet his friends on the Place Monge,
Perceiving the street thronged with
people, and knowing that the troops
had been called out to preserve order,
NJ. Rochefort said that ne ordered his
coachman to drive to the prison
through the back streets to avoid coli
lision between the troops and the crowd,
which he declared would have been all
the more regrettable at a moment when
the army was being acclaimed.