The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-18
MA|TRE LABOR SHOT DOWN.
Dreyfus's Leading Counsel Attack
ed While on His Way to Court.
HIS ASSAlLANT ESCAPED.
A Man said to Have sesrch cd Lsborrs
Pockets for Papers Immediately After
IN shooting This Attorneys Condi-
ton Growing worse.

REsNEs, France, Aug Is -Maitro
Labor, the principal counsel for
Drcyfus, was shot while on his way
to the court room this morning. A
man sprang at him on n lonely road
way, at about O o'clock this morning,
aud one shot was fired, hitting him
In the back. He fell to the roadway
and IL still alive. His a~ssailant fed
and has not been caught. Colonel
Picquart. Dreyfus' friend, and Pic
quarts brother in law were with
Labori.
NJ. Labori was laughing and chat
ting with his companion when he
was shot The party was passing the
Quai Richmond aud was about to
cross the C~hataubriand bridge, when
a man, hidden behind n wooden fence
at u corner Of the quai, stepped out
and fred at M. Labori.
The wounded MAJ fell to the ground.
He tried to rise and put his hand to
the wound in his back and brought
the hand back covered with blood. As
he lay there with his clothes covered
with the dust In which he had fallen,
he said in a faint voice:
II beg you to give me my stick and
my papers.
go and tell them" he added, with
a final effort, ito suspend the pro-
ceedings."
Madame Labori, wife Of the wound.
ed lawyer, was notified Of the crime,
and rushed to her husbands side. She
R-.-l IL. ...al~ LII. HAD x-oV Nha
sidewalk and his body in the roadway.
She threw herself by his side and
took his head In her lap and famed
him.
1t Is reported that the lawyer said,
as he lay wounded upon the ground
II may die from this, but Dreyfus Is
saved.
The wounded man asked to have a
carriage called to convey him to hi,
residence and to have DIR. Reclus sum
moned. When the doctor arrived ht
knelt beside NJ. Labori, putting o bot
tie of smelling salts to his nostrils.
The only cry that NJ. Labori gave
after his first groan was when ho was
lifted to the stretcher. when the pair
caused by the movement drew from
him q moan. Accounts Of the shoot
ing related by eye witnesses diffe'
considerably. especially respecting
the appearance OF the would. be-mur
derer. The following is the oficia
description Of the mau:
twenty-five to thirty years; fat
peaked hat; dressed like a working
man In q blue blouse"
An incredible side Of the outrage Il
the fact, II is asserted, that severa
passersby saw M. Laborl shot and
passed on indifferently, neither offer
ing to help the victim nor joining In
the pursuit OF the assassin. Still
more incredible Is the fact that an in
dividual who vent to the side Of M.
Labori as he lay wounded upon the
pockets Of the suffering a upon the
pretext Of ascertaining his identity
. and stolen their contents.
His assailant fed after the shoot
, ing, holding his revolver in his hand
: with his finger upon the trigger. ant
threatened several men who showed
a disposition to block his way.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon M. Labor
was suffering great agony and tn
' doctors, who had left the house, wer'
hurriedly summoned to attend the pa
tient Colonel Jouaust called ate
:, the close Of the session Of the court
u martial and was allowed to sec N
: Labori. He expressed deepest regre'
" at the occurrence.
= General Mercier followed but tn
% doctor declared that M. Labori coul
. not bear such an interview In hi
present state, and General Mercie
% was obliged to 60 away without SEE
d ing the wounded man.