The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-15

-INiELL4lGEN(1ER TUESl
| murderer - swarthy and shlck-set; reso-
| lutte ard intelligent looking. He thinks the
| man might b southerner. Il 20. ne
| mus; have known the country AROUND
o mitch h s. coed vs ana
| In doing % remain concealed Tor some
| time from = pursuer. The gerdarmes tnat
Col. PIcQuart met Joined the pursuit. out
| ity enabled the wuuid-bs murderer TO
! escape.
=. LaDera's Personallty.
Il Labor 10 young. fair, handsome ana
| full Of iusty NE and high spfritA HIS tai
su s n =, o,se sa1ss are not e e. sh Pans
knows better how to use law 70 oeieet ~
objects. He can drive . motor car tnrou9n
the code Until he PLEADED iSs 1 Sad an an
attack Of typhoid fever. which greatly
weakened him and forced him to neglect
business The Zola AFFAIR was a great Au-
profit. and created for him endless enc
mics. He refused the handsome fee the
novelist offered, nor does he accept pecu-
mary reward for Dreyfus.
HIS wife An AastPaltan.
Labor is proud Of his wtfe's beauty. She
IL equally proud Of his good looks and tai-
ents and loses no opportunity to hear MIN
plead. She Is an Australian, received. as
p!aniste. her musical education IN London
quaintance OF the deformed but highly
gifted Russian pianist, Pachmann. mar
ried him. had two children. and then fell
tuaL She and Pachmann were divorced
and then she married Labor. The children
live with her and flnd devoted step
Nine. Labori had attended all the public
siftings OF the Rennes court-martial. Her
beauty is beyond dispute. She n . strik-
Ing blonde, and though , her path has has not
presses the Joy OF life IN splendid health
and a satisfied heart.
What a bolt from the blue sky this
morning the event has been to her. She
seemed the happiest woman alive when
she set out this morning. In less than
ten minutes her life had been blighted.
typhoid. is in a bad state to receive a
ball entering the thorax through the
back He is now In a high fever and
there may be dangerous complications
| later.
| First News Of the SHOOTING.
| heard of the attempted assassination
| shortly after this morning as was
| entering the corridor leading to the hall
| of justice in the Lycee- There l saw
direction. pale as death. with surgeon
| in military uniform beside her and a
| following Of other persons. All had an
air OF intentness Their thoughts GER
tainly did not run on the Dreylus case.
| Then officers and police rushed out OF
the guard room and ran in the same d.
rection.
| What is the natter" asked
''I.abori has been wounded by pistol
| shot and Is now probably dead"
| who wounded him.
| Probably mailman. A country wo-
| man heard him glefuliy shout as he ran
| away, I have killed Dreyfus.'"
| Terrible as the news was. felt
| must not follow Nine. Labori. but must
found crowded. as the citing was about
! TO commense.''
| The Announcement In Court.
| The president of the association OF legal
/ journals. NJ. Taunay, well known as the
| organizer of the International Press Con-
ed: :
IN. Labori has been fired at and wound
| ed"
| The announcement caused a deep hush.
/ Solemn silence reigned for perhaps three
| or four minutes. Possibly II was the ST.
| lence of stupor, for all seemed stunned.
AZ length the Nationalists and Dreyfus-
ties declared their horror OF the crime
| and their sympathy with the victim.
sympathy for Labori.
We on the Dreyfus side. remember how
| lavish he was Of his vitality. how he new
| er spared himself: how he was always In
| the breach when violent assault was
| impending: how In the stress of hurry OF
| attending to Zola's aairs last year he
caught a rleurisy, was between lie and
| death and was tended continuously and
| by the devoted and intelligent care of his
| lovely wife.
| We remember that we have all found
| pleasure in seeing Nine. Labor at Rem
| mes. With her blonde hair. regular :ea-
| lures. fine figure. motherly blue eyes and
| graceful walk. with all that she looked a
| Ceres who had not yet lost Prosperpina.
Good GODDESS. We all felt that. as the
| news arrived, fortunately not confirmed.
| that Labor"s state was hopeless, as IL we
| had lost brother OF whom We were all
We Dreyfustes also remembered how
| Pleasant was Iabori's blue eyes whenever.
| catching that OF friend In court, II light
| erful heart that drove the blood. every
where with regular strong beats. The fresh
| complexion declared fine arteral circu-
| lat.on.
| largely because he is the son Of simple.
usefu, folk. The father 10 an Alsatian and
| q station master al Chalons. He is IN the
| secret OF the steps to be taken In regard 10
| every transport OF troops were France at
| tackled from Germany. He and his wife
| were stating at Iabori's Paris home when
| the crime was committed.
Mile Labors teiegraphed 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 I4ahori's condition. During
| the proceedings pending the inquiry the
| ladies grew excited and communicated
their nervousness 10 the gentlemen AS a
precaution against canes and parasols be-
| ing used in a faction fight. a gendarme was
| sent around :o take them into his care.
| This led to masculine protests and much
| feminine cackle, but the gendarme insist
ed.
Threatened to Clear the Court
The court then entered. Col. Jouaust. the
| president Of the tribunal. abiding to some
| manifestation OF opinion last Saturday in
| the press tribune. threatened to clear IL
| II either approval or disapproval OF any
| witness was expressed there.
The Leading Witnesses.
| He then ordered the conformation Of
| NJ. Casimir- Perier and Gen. Percier.
I These witnesses were more cat and
| dog than before. Castmir-Perier seemed
so like one of those fussy monEreis that
| one sees on the box Of a French peas