Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-14

his clothes covered with the dust in which
he mad fallen. he said in faint voice:
Il beg you to give me my stick and my
papers"
go and tell them" he added with a
final effort Ito suspend the proceedings
The shot had been heard 2no yards away
from the Avenue de la Care, where crowd
had gathered, usual. to witness the arr-
val of the principal personages connected
with the court-martial. These spectators
ran in the direction of the spot where the
shooting had occurred followed by gem
darmes horseback.
The shot was also heard at the ST.
Georges barracks, across the river where
il soon known that NJ. Labori had
been attacked.
The wounded man asked to have a car
riage called to convey him to his residence,
and to have DR.. RecluS summoned.
When the doctor arrived he knelt beside
NJ. Labori, putting a bottle of smelling
salts to his nostrls. Around these central
figures We're grouped the spectators. all
deeply affected. some. indeed, crying like
children. AT little distance was gather
ed another group, the central figure of
which was the commssary of police, note
book in hand, taking down the testimony
OF the witnesses of the affair.
Scene of the Tragedy.
The scene of this pathetic picture was a
dusty high road. the dark. green, slow wa
ters of the river Vilaine on one side and
on the other side scattered houses, with
gap just opposite the spot through which
could be a green meadow with a
stream flowing through it. and beyond that
the backs of row of houses.
The road that NJ. Labori had followed
tapered away back from the scene of the
tragedy, with a row of trees along the
border of the Nilaine. under whose leafy
shelter NJ. Labori walked to perhaps his
death.
A Gordon of mounted gendarmes was
drawn up as quickly as possible about fif-
teen yards apart and in the space within
which were the two groups already de-
Scribed.
An ambulance, which had been summon
ed arrived with four attendants of the
military hospital. bearing an ordinary
stretcher, on which was placed a blue and
white striped mattress. On this M La
bori was tenderly laid and the stretcher
was borne by friends of NJ. Labori and
some newspaper men, with Nine. Labori
walking beside it.
The only cry that NJ. Labori gave after
his first groan was when he was lifted to
the stretcher, when the pain caused by the
movement drew from him a moan.
The party proceeded slowly back in the
mlddie of the roadway. to NJ. I-abori'S tenn
porary residence, where he had rented
furnished house for use during the continu-
ance OF the court-martial. 1t is situated in
a somewhat deserted neighborhood, the
place on which it is located leading into the
main road running to Rennes.
Different Accounts of Shooting.
Accounts of the shooting related by eye
witnesses differ considerably, especially re-
specung the appearance of the would-be
murderer, of whom the following is the
official description:
Twenty-Five to thirty years old; fiat, peak
ed hat; dressed like a workingman in a
blue blouse.
force of gendarmes. headed by NJ Hem
Mon, subchief of the secret police is scour-
ing the country in search of NJ Labori's
assailant, and company of infantry has
been dispatched to surround and beat the
wood wherein the man is supposed to be
hiding.
An incredible side of the outrage is the
fact, it Is asserted, that several passers-by
saw M Labor shot and passed on indif-
ferently, neither offering to help the victim
nor joining in the pursuit of the assassin
Still more incredible is the fact that an
individual who went to the side of NJ. La
bori he lay wounded on the ground is
said to have searched the pockets of the
suffering man, on the pretext of ascertain
ing his identity and stole their contents.
The aSsailant fed after the shooting
holding his revolver in his hand, with his
finger on the trigger, and threatened sew
eral men who showed "A disposition to block
his way.
a
Press at 1915 o clock this morning saw one
OF the doctors at NJ. Laboris house which
was guarded by four gendarmes The
doctor said that NJ. Labori was bearing the
agony he was suffering with marvellous for
titude and added:
He has been put to bed and is being
watched by his wife. He has spoken, but
not OF himself, always about the trial We
have strong hopes that he will pull through
and nave sent optimistic telegram to his
family 1t will be forty-eight hours. how
ever. before we can speak with certainty
of his condition. We have to thank the
military surgeon for almost the first at
tent1on given to the sufferer He came on
hearing the news, without hesitation. But
a deplOrdble length of time elapsed before
the ambulance arrived. M. Labori Law on
the ground half hour, with the sky
menaclng storm, which came within a
IeW minutes after he reached home''
Fever Sets in on Victim
The correspondent of the Associated
Press called at the residence of NJ Labor
at 4:15 pm. and was informed that Nine
Labo Il was still watching by the bedside of
her husband. The patients condition, it
was said. had grown worse, his agony had
increased and fever had set in. The doc
tors in attendance are very anxious and
fear that even If NJ Labori RECEIVERS his
left leg will be paralyZed as he has been
unable 10 move it since he was laid in bed
He is conscious and talks to his wife freely
but all his remarks about the court
martial. Nine. Labor is bearing up Won
derfully and is doing all to cheer her hus-
band.
1t appears that NJ. Labori received only
yesterday two letters threatening that he
would be shot, but he treated them as he
had treated others of similar nature
which he has received frequently for
months past with contempt.
The outrage is the sole topic of CONVEX
sation in Rennes, and adherence of the
deed is expressed by friends and foes of
the wounded man alike. The local papers
are issuing frequent editions containing the
latest details in regard to the affair
HAVE NO THOUGHT of WAR.