Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-19
STRIKES AT PL0ITERS.
Leaders of Patriotic ana Anti
semitic Leagues Arrested.

Leaders of Patriotic ana Anu
semitic Leagues Arrested.
Paris, Aug. 15.-M. Paul Deroulede
founder Of the League of Patriots, and
member of the chamber of deputies for
Angouleme, Il division Of Charent, was
arrested at 4 o'clock this morning at
his estate at Croissey, near Paris. De
rOulede was incarCerated in the o
ciergerie prison. The arrest Of Marcel
Uabert is expected. The police closco
the offices of the Patriotic league.
When an attempt was made to arrest
Currin, president of the Anti-Semlte
league. he refused TO surrender, Darrl'
cading himself in his house. lie says
he is prepared TO hold out three weeks
having a good stock of food and ire
arms. The doors and windows OF his
residence are %barricaded. He an
nounces he will blow up the house De
fore he will surrender.
4 number of members of the Anti
Semitic and Patriotic leagues were alsC
arrested this morning. n semi-oihclaI
note issued this morning says:
"a certain number of arrests were
made this morning as n result OF o
magisterial inquiry and by virtue OF
article 50 of the penal code, regarding
a conspiracy organized for the purpose
of accomplishing Il change in the Torn
of government. The persons impllcat
ed belong to groups Of royalist your
and the Patriotic and Antl-Semltk
leagues. At the trial of the NeuelllS
barrack affair the facts relating to thal
incident alone were used rs a basis OF
prosecution, but searches were Their
made and documents seized when lee
10 the discovery of an organization DAT
inc back to July, 1898, and OF a plot &c
seize the government by force lh'
documents leave no oom for DOUBT
either i'm regard to the existence OF {
Mot or as to the chief actors therein
After a very close watch ORGANIZED
proof was obtained that the same
groups were preparing for a fresh at
tempts at an early date, the proof be
ing such as TO enable the disturbances
70 he averted by immediate measures
An investigation of the AFFAIR a pee
intrustcd TO NJ. Fabre, examining mag
iStrate.' =,
On application OF Fabre fresh
searches Of various houses were maze
this morning. including the headquar'
ters of ~anti-Semites, where only un'
important papers were seized. \ mum
Der of additional arrests OF
persons were made.
Deroulede. chief of the League OF
Patriots, and Marcel-ilabert, member
of the chamber of deputies, were ar
rested on the evening of February -
last Oh the charge q. melting soldiers
10 characterization in connection with
tie election of President Loubet.
May 81 the prisoners, who had beer
on trial before the court in Paris, were
acquitted, although during the pro
ceedings Deroulede admitted ne
wished to lead a brigade TO overthrow
the parliamentary republic, that his
action was fully premeditated and thai
he would not cease his attempts tc
overthrow parliamentar.sm. He ac'
k~nowledged he was guilty of all the
charges except the allegation that ne
wanted to lead the soldiers astray
without a leader. lie said:
II wanted 4 general at their head
| would have preferred the command
er-in-chief. Unhappily l had NJ
choice
lie nnlSleu his ndIdISuc ny tC
manding a plebiscitary republic, as
serting at the same time he never in
tended to urn the soldiers from thei
duty. but only wished to carry Genera
Roget, who was in command of thu
troops, with him. Marcel-uabert alst
admitted he wished to cause a revolu
! ton, but denied having melted sol
diers TO disobedience. lie said he onl1
sought to lead General Roget to tn,
Elysee palace and that the men will
him had been merely following tn
officers.
1t appears officials unearthed tele
grams sent by the duke of Orlean
from Brussels at the time of Faure'
funeral, the first saying:
"All our men are ready"
The second, sent the following day
said: ut is useless to come" The at
tempt at insurrection had in the mean
time failed.
Altogether sixteen alleged revolu
~tionists were arrested.
Ouerin, armed with revolvers an,
knives, still holds possession of hi
apartments, to which entrance is onl
possible after running the gauntlet O
a strong guard of anti-Semites.
1t is reported Andree Buffet, vic
president of the Young Royals
lo,o,,a hoe haen arrpSted.