Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-15
DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING.
Most Interesting Description of the
Hennes Tragedy.

Copyright. 1899, by the Associated Press) |
RENNES, August 1.-THE drama at |
Rennes grows tragical. That lOng-be- |
Gained town is being stirred into more |
violent passion than Paris. The Pari- |
slams are laborious Bretons are silent, |
and possessed by their belief or idea,
whatever 1t may be.
This morning at o'clock well-nigh
successful attempt was made 70 Kill NJ
Labor. who defended Zola last year, and
who came here TO defend Dreyfus, with
NJ Demange. The would-be assassin was
evidently a crank and looked workman.
His weapon was Il revolver the theatre
of the crime the Quay Richemont. 1t
was while Labori was going to the court,
with Colonel Picquart, and his cousin,
NJ. Cast.
When Madame Labori came up she was
sent to fetch doctor, but not knowing
the town. she lost a good deal Of time.
At last she thought of going TO the court,
and asking there for a military surgeon.
Drs. Vidal and Reclus were at hand, and
at once accompanied her. They had the
presence of mind 10 send gendarmes TO
the barracks for an ambulance, with
stretcher and bearers.
SPINE NOT INJURED.
With deep thankfulness they found that
NJ. Labor could move his limbs at WILL
The spine. therefore was not injured.
The ball had entered at the sixth verte-
bra. behind the thoraX. 1t might be en-
bedded in the muscles Of the back, or
have penetrated deeper, iniuring the
lungs.
However. the thing was TO bear the
wounded advocate to the pretty and gay
| looking villa he had hired for use during
the trial d villa adorned with green
slabs Of faience, brought with flowers,
and in the airy part of Rennes But
why 20 further into details? The lesson
OF the event was fOreshadowed IN my
cable last evening. The two opposite
forces are IN line OF battle. Fanaucism
has been appealed 10, and has answered
the call.
THE AssAssIN's APPEARANCE.
Colonel Picquart describes the would
| be assassin as swartny and thick set.
| resolute, and intelligent looking. lie
| thinks the man might be a Southron
and II so. he must have known the cOun-
try around Rennes
II is a country Of small, patchy fields,
separated by hedges which he was EVIL
| IDENTIFY familiar with.
Apparently he knew places I'm the
| thicket into which he could dive, and in
doing so remain concealed for some time
q
Colonel Picquart met Joined in the pur-
suit, but fleet running and knowledge of
the locality enabled the would-be muir
derer 10 escape.
IABORrS PERSONALITY.
NJ. LaborPs is young, fair, handsome,
and full Of lusty life and high spirits
| His talents as a speaker are not Of the
| highest order but no other member o.
! the Paris Bar knows better how 70 use
| law to defeat itself. He can drive
motor-car through the Code When he
| pleaded for lola, his luck was interrupt
| ed lie then had an attack Of typhoid
| fever. which greatly weakened him. and
| forced him 10 neglect business.
| The Zola affair was great advertise
ment. but it brought him no direct profit
and created for him endless enemies. He
refused the handsome fee the novelist
offered, nor does he accept pecuniary
reward from Dreyfus.
MADAME LABORL
Labor is proud Of his w'fe's beauty.
| She is equally proud Of his good looks
| and talents, and loses no opportunity to
| hear him plead She is an Australian;
| received as a pianist her musical educ1-
| ton in London, became a player at con-
| certs; made the acquaintance of the de-
| formed. but highly gifted Russian
|
two children, and then fell in love with
Labor. The passion was mutual. She
and Pachmann were divorced, and then
she married L.abori The children i've
| with her and find a devoted stepfather
! IN him
Madame I.abori had attended all the
| public sittlngs Of the Rennes cOurt-mar-
tial. Her beauty is beyond dispute. She
is striking blonde, and though her path
has not always been strewn with roses,
she expresses the JOY OF life in splendid
health and a satisfied heart.
BOLT FROM y BLUE SKY.
What bolt from the blue sky the
mornings event has been 10 herl She
seemed the happiest woman alive when
she set out this morning. In less than
ten minutes her life was bllghted.
Labor, not long conyaiescent from
! typhoid-fever, Is in a bad state 10 receive
a ball entering the thorax through the
| back. He is now in a high fever, and
there may be dangerous complications
| later.
The courtroom when the news of the
| shooting came. was crowded, as the sit
| ting was about TO commence. The prest-
dent OF the Association Of Legal jour
nails. NJ. Taunay well-known as the or
| ganizer OF the International Press Con-
| EItNNt IlNlIFu Alhll Il Atthf' 'tt"
M Labor has been fired at and
wounded"
AsTONISHMENT IN COURTROOM
The announcement caused deep hnsh.
Solemn silence reigned for perhaps tnre'
or four minutes. Possibly 1t was the
silence Of stupor, for all seemed stunned.
AT length. the Nationalist ana Dreyins-
ties declared their horror o. the crime
and their sympathy with the victim.
Labor has always been unconyenuon-
al largely because he Is the son OF sim
pie. useful folk. His father Is an Asa
tan, and a stationmaster at Chalohs. lie
is In the secret of the steps to be taken
in regard 10 railway transportation OF
troops were France attacked from Ger
many. He and his wife were staying al
IM Laboris Paris home when the crime
was connntted. Madame Labor teie'
graphed for them TO come at once. anc
they are now mere
SITTING ADJOURNED.
The sitting was adjourned for saor'