Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-08-15

He has always been unconventional large
ly because he is the son of simple useful
folk. The father is an Alsatian and a
station master at Chalons. He Is In the
secret of the steps to be taken in regard
to railway transport of troops were France
attacked from Germany. He and his wife
were staying at Laboris Paris home when
the crime was committed. Nine. Labor tel
eglaphed for them TO come at once and
they are now here.
The sitting WAS adjourned for a short
time this morning to enable NJ. Demange
to inquire after Laboris condition. During
the proceedings pending the inquiry the
iidies grew excited and communicated
their nervousness to the gentlemen. AS Il
prec2ution against canes and paraSols be-
ing used in faction fight. gendarme
was sent around to take them into his care
RMS led to masculine protests and much
feminine cackle. but the gendarme insisted.
Inc court then entered. Colonel Jouaust,
the president OF the tribunal, alludng to
some manifestation of opinion last Satur-
DAY In the press tribune, threatened to
ciear 1t II either approval or disapprovai
oI any witness was expressed there.
lie then ordered the CONFORMATION of NJ
Caslmlr-Perier and General Mercier. These
witnesses were more u cat and dog than
before. CaSifnIr-Pcrier seemed so like one
OF those fussy mongrels that one sees on
tne DoX of French peasants market cart
me dog sits beside the driver, looking in
tently forward and ready to pick d qu irrel
with no matter whom. He seems to think
he runs the whole concern.
Gaslinir-Perier spoke of himself only-of
What he did and said when president. He
often snubbed Mercier verbally and by al
most turning his back upon him. He had
little to say of the Dreyfus affair. General
Mercier paid him back in scratches that
almost drew blood.
General Billot sat while making his own
deposition. lie still believes Dreyfus guilty;
put gave no strong reason. He said that
Colonel Picquart Systematically, as head
OF the intelligence department, kept back
az al . n, new 1 facts favorable to Dreyfus end
stliled inquiry. EMILY CRAWFORD.
RENNES, Aug. H.-Only two or three
laborers going to work witnessed the
shooting of Maitre Labori The spot
was, was well chosen, as the murderers
they rushed out upon their victim, the
entrance to the lane being hidden by
bushes Moreover, they were afforded an
the lane which led to the country. One of
the laborerS, named PatouX, who witnessed
the shooting, said:
As l was passing along the road 1 saw
tall man walking quickly in the direction
OF Rennes. He was on the towing path of
the Nalaine. He was attired in a dark
lounge suit and Wore a bowler hat Just
as he reached the bridge crossing stream
railing into the Valaine, two men, about
medium height, and wearing dark suits and
round, soft felt hats, emerged from a rural
pain entering the main road. One of them
carried heavy stick. They approached
revolver and fired point blank at Labori
he was so near that 1t was quite impossible
for him to miss.
"A sharp report was heard and NJ. Labori
threw up his arms and cried 'Ho, Ia la
(Which is common French exclamation)
and fell fiat upon his face. 1 and one or
Two others who saw the deed ran up, but
the murdererS had vanished down the lane
Help was Immediately sent for and the
gendarmes quickly arrived and soon after
ward Madame Labori.''
NJ Labori, In falling. retained presence of
mlnd enough to arrange his dark Morocco
wallet, In which he carried his papers, un-
der his head, for a pillow, until his wife
arrived, when he half raised himself and
dropped his head in her lap. A number
OF laborers, who We're unloading a barge
OF stone beside the river, heard the shouts
9rrs;slu OF sMurderm Stop him" raised by the
IN the way of the murderer, who. covering
him with revolver, shouted: Let me
pass. | have shot Dreyfus."
Inc man was SO taken aback that he
drew aside and allowed the assassin to
proceed.
The murderer ran across the fields until
he reached the railroad. He crossed the
embankment and followed the track until
he arrived at the level crossing. A train
was Just arriving, at full speed, and the
of the train and toward the woods in the
direction of the village of Chantepie, where
he was lost to view
Colonel Picquart and his brother-in-Iaw.
N. cast, who accompanied NJ. Labori on
his way to theLycee, pursued the murderer
Tor some distance, but as they We're both
the pursuit, and so returned to the side
OF the wounded man, leaving the chase of
the murderer to a number of laborers and
peasants, who declare they heard the mnr-
derer say, when crossing the marshv fields
before he reached the railroad: ..I can't get
away ] will go for them''
m Nine Labori. wife of the wounded law
yer, was promptly notified of the crime,
and rushed to her husbands side She
found him with his head on the sidewalk
and ael.1 his body in the roadway. She threw
her lap and famed him with a coIored
paper fan which she had evidently
shatched dup up as she left the house.
groan came from his lips as his head rested
in the lap of his wife AS she famed
MIN with her right hand she caressed him
win win her r. left gazing lovingly on his up
tears which glistened in his wife's eyes,
and she. mastering her feelings heroicalIy,
Sid everything possible to ease her hus-
II, is reported that the famous lawyer
said, as he lay wounded on the ground:
II may die from this. but Dreyfus is
An ambulance which had been sum-
moned arrived with four attendants of the
military hospital bearing an ordinary
white striped mattress. On this M. Labor
was tenderly laid and the stretcher was
porne by friends of NJ. Labori and some
beside 1t.
The only cry that NJ. Labori gave after
ms irst groan was when he was lifted to
tne stretcher when the pain caused by the
movement drew from him a moan
The party proceeded slowly back in the
middle of the roadway to NJ Laboris tenn
porary residence, where he had rented a
tlirniShed house for use during the con-
tlhuance or the court-martial. 1t Is situated
IN somewhat deserted neighborhood, the
place on which it is located leading into
the main road running to Rennes.
Accounts of the shooting related by eve
witnesses differ considerably, especially re-
specting the appearance of the would-be
murderer, of whom the following Is the Of
Hat, peaked hat: dressed like workingman
in a blue blouse"
A force of gendarmes, headed by NJ. Hen
Mon, subchief of the secret police, is scour-
ing the country in search of NJ. Labori's
assaliant 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-
differently. neither Offering to help the vic
sassin
Still more incredible is the fact that an
Labori as 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 stolen their contents.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press called at the resldence of NJ. Labori
at 4:15 p. m. and was informed that Nine
Labori was still watching by the bedside
of her husband. The patients condition
had increased, and fever had set in.
The doctors in attendance are very anxio,IS