, 1898-09-24
SHOT BY A WOMAN
ANOTHER TRAGEDY ADDED TO
THOSE GROWING FROM THE
DREYFUS CASE,
Madame Paulmier Fired Two Shots at
NJ. olivier by Mistake-Colonel
Picquart Cannot Be Seen by His
Friends-General Zurlinden Re-
sponsible for P%icquart's Trouble.

Paris, Sept. 23.-Mme. Paulmier, wife
of M. Charles Ernest Paulmier, mem,
Der of the chamber of deputies from the
Department of Calvades, has added an,
other tragedy to the bewildering in
tricacies of the Dreyfus plot.
Mime. Paulmier today entered the
offices of La Lanterne and asked TO see
M. Milerand. NJ. Milerand was absent,
and M. Olivier, who was present,
stepped forward to receive the lady,
who, without waiting for an explana-
tion, whipped out a revolver and fired
twice. M. Olivier fell to the floor
wounded. He was taken to a hospital.
Nine. Paulmier was taken into Gus
tody and when questioned answered
coolly:
II wished to kill NJ. Milerand."
She explained that La Lanterne had
slandered herself and her husband, be-
cause her husband mad written the let
ter to General Chanoine. the minister
Of war. with reference to putting a stop
to the attacks upon the army provoked
by the Dreyfus affair.
The alleged SANDER published in La
Ianterne was contained in an article
written by a journalist named Turol,
and not by NJ. Milerand or NJ. Olivier,
in urhfah ~ontiNn u,a. r,,JD oe 70 tLo
conjugal relations OF Nine. Paulmier
and her husband.
The article, it is presumed, was pub
lished without NJ. Milerand's knowl-
edge.
One OF the bullets fired py Nine
Paulmier entered NJ. Ollivier's chest
and the other stuck him in the arm
pit. Nine. Paulmier is a tall blonde.
She was once a noted Partisan beauty
and still retains much of her elegance.
She is prominent in the best society Of
the capital. After her arrest she said:
Press politics have reached the stage
when women and children are attacked.
In the absence of my husband, there
was no alternative for me but to secure
Justice for myself. II every woman.
thus attacked would do as l have done,
1t would make these ignoble wretches
more cautious. l am sorry that l was
forced to fire on a brave man, whom 1
do not know"
M. Ollivier's 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 luxur-
iously furnishing a maisonette in the
Champs Elysees.
La Lanterne accused his household
Of being a "Menage a Trails" NJ. Miller
and vas outside the Office Of La Ian
terne in the crowd when the shooting
occurred.
The military authorities have accom-
plished their plan of sitting Colonel
Picquart by placing him au secret. Col
onel P%icquart's friends have been de-
MED admission to the prisoner. His
counsel, Maitre Labori, has twice ap-
peared at the Office of the clerk Of the
court martial and applied for permits
sion to see his client. On both occa-
sions he was informed that Picquart
had been placed au secret and could be
seen only on an order from the authori-
ties, which order NJ. Labor has been
unable to secure.
La Liberte predicts important action
by the council On Tuesday, which may
result in the convoking Of the cham
ber.
The final meeting of the commission
to consider the subject of revision,
which was fixed for Tuesday, has been
postponed until 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning, when a report will be drafted.
1t is stated in ministerial circles that
the report will advise in favor OF a re-
vision.
NJ. Brisson, the premier, opposed the
c~onvocation Of the chamber on the
ground that the revision is purely a
governmental matter.