The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-08-19
ATTEMPT TO
KILL LAD0RI
oreyfus' Chief Counsel Shot While
on His Way to Court This
Morning.
WOUND is A VERY SERIOUS ONE
His Physicians Hope to Pull Him
Through, but Are Not
0yer-Confdent.
THE ASSASSIN MAKES HIS ESCAPE
Laborers Who Witnessed the Trage-
dy Attempted I o Capture the
Nurderer, but Pistols
Scare Them On.

Rennes, Aug. l5.-At z O'Clock tfha
afternoon NJ. Labor was suffering
great agony, and the doctors. who had
left the house, were hastily summoned.
After court adjourned Colonel Jou-
aust called and expressed deep regret
at the occurrence. NJ. Mercier also
called, but the doctors thought it un-
safe to allow him to see the patient.
At the residence of Labori, at 1
o'clock this afternoon, the Associated
Press was informed the condition of
the patient had grown worse; his ag-
ony has increased and fever has set in.
The doctors are very anxious. They
fear hat even if he RECEIVERS his left
leg will be paralyzed. lie is unable to
move it. He is conscious and talks con-
tinually about the trial. He recently
received u number of threatening let
tiers, but paid no attention to them.
Rennes, France, Aug. 15.-M. Labori,
Dreyfns' chief counsel, was shot and
seriously wounded while on his way
to court this morning. At first it was
reported he was fatally wounded, but
it is now believed he(will cover.
The following bulletin has been is
sued by his physicians:
"Maitre Labori, of counsel for Drey-
fus, was shot from behind on a lonely
road while on his way to court ut 6
o'clock this morning. The ball pene-
trated the p%osterior region of the
thorax, on the right side, at the height
of the fifth or sixth dorsal vertebra.
A heavy flow of blood prevents for the
present an exploration of the depth of
the wound. The undersigned doctors
hope the ball lodged in the muscles
enveloping the vertcbral column.
They must, however. maintain today
full reserve respecting the integrity of
the lung and spinal cord"
The bulletin was signed Ivy Drs.
Renaud, Reichis, Brissaud and Vidal.
1t wasstimed at $50 this morning.
Ambushed on a Lonely ttond.
Maitrc Labori left his hotse
for the court about 6 o'clock this
morning. His residence is situated in
the suburbs of the town, about q quar-
ter of.an hours walk from the lycce.
the route being along a solitary road
beside the River Vilaine. He had
reached a point half way on his jour
ney when two men, who had evidently
been lying in wait for him, rushed out
of a narrow lane and one of them fired
a single shot from n revolver. The
murderers were only q couple of ya.ds
behind their victim and the bullet
struck Maitre Labori in the back. The
wounded man uttered an agonizing
cry and fell fiat on his face. The muir
derers Immediately fed through the
lane from which they had emerged
and both escaped.
Witnessed by n Few ~Lab0rers.
Only two or three laborers going to
work witnessed the shooting of Maitre
Labori. The spot was well chosen, us
the murderers could not be seen by
Labori until they rushed out upon
their victim, the entrance to the lane
being hidden by brushes. Moreover
they were afforded an easy means OF
escape by passing back through the
lane. which leads to the country. One
of the lnborers named Potorix, who
witnessed the shooting, said:
Gas I was passing along the road I
saw a tall man walking quickly i'll the
direction Of Rennes. He was on the
tow path of the Vilaine. He was ut
tired in a dark suit and wore a bowler
hat. 1t was just as he reached the
bridge crossing the stream falling into
the Vilaine that two men, about me-
dunn height and wearing dark suits
and round, soft felt hats, emerged
from the rural path entering the main
road. One of them carried n heavy
stick. They approached Labori from
behind. Suddenly one drew q revolver
and fired %pointblank at Labori. He
was SO near that it was quite impossi-
BILE for him to miss.
"a sharp report was heard and
Labori threw up his arms and cried
.Hola la!" (Which is a common French
cxelamation) and fell fiat on his face.
l and one or two others who saw the
deed ran up, but the %murderers had
vanished down the lane. Help was i'm,
mediatcly sent for and %gendarmes
quickly arrived and SOC afterward
Nine. LaEori."
Wife Quickly ON the Scene.
NJ. Labori, on falling. retained pres
ence of mind enough to arrange his
morocco wallet. in which he carried his
papers, under his head for a pillow ua-
ill his wife arrived, when lie half