The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-08-25
DIsJfls Counsel Shot in The Back
at Renlel.
ceInc TO the COURT MARTIAL
Police Ailc wed the Assassin to Es-
caped-Wounded May
Possibly. Live.


Dreyfus, early this morning. and one
shot was fired, hitting Labori in the
hack. NJ. Labori fell in the roadway.
He is still alive.
Maitre Labori left his house alone
for the court at about 8 o'clock this
morning. His residence is situated in
the suburbs Of the town, about quar-
ter Of an hours walk from the Lycee,
the route being along a solitary road
beside the River Vilaine. He had
reached point halfway on his Jour-
ney when two men, who had evidently
been lying in wait for him, rushed out
Of narrow lane and one OF them fired
. single shot from a revolver.
The murderers were only couple OF
yards behind their victim, and the bull
let struck Maitre Labori in the back.
The wounded man uttered an agonizing
cry and fell fiat on his face. The mur-
derers Immediately fed through the
lane from which they had emerged,
and both escaped.
s.oV " sioSh IL was tHdt
the bullet had entered the stomach;
that there was no outward bleeding.
and that the physicians believe that
N. Labori will die from the wound.
Only two or three laborers going to
work witnessed the shooting OF Maitre
LabOri. The spot was well chosen, as
the murderers could not be seen by NJ.
Labori until they rushed out upon their
victim, the entrance to the lane being
hidden by bushes. Moreover, they were
afforded an easy means of escape by
passing back through 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
saw a tall man walking quickly in the
direction of Rennes. He was on the
towing path of the Vilaine. He was at
tired In dark lounge suit and wore a
bowler hat. II was Just as he reached
the bridge crossing a stream falling
into the vilaine two men about me-
dium height and wearing dark suits
and round, soft felt hats, emerged from
Q rural path entering the main road.
Ono of them carried heavy stick.
They approached N. Labori from be-
hind. Suddenly one drew revolver
and fred point blank at LabOri. He was
70 near that 1t was quite impossible for
him to miss.
"A sharp report was heard and NJ.
Iabori threw up his arms and cried
'HOla La!' which Is a common French
exclamation, and fell fiat upon his face.
l and one or two others saw the deed,
but the murderers had vanished down
the lane. Help was Immediately sent
for, and the gendarmes quickly ar
rived, and soon afterward Nine. La
bOri."
RENNES, Aug. l4.-At a late hour
tonight NJ. Labori, Dreyfus' counsel,
who was shot by an unknown man
early this morning, is lying at his
home lowering between life and death.
The surgeons VIII not say whether MS
chance of recovery is favorable. but
state that he may survive. His con
ditiOn tonight Is quite favorable, as he
has no fever. The attempted assassin
is still at large, owing largely to the
careless and even cowardly methods of
pursuit employed by the police.
There We're several reports this
afternoon chat the assailant OF NJ. La
bOri had been captured. but they
proved TO be unfounded. Detachments
OF troops and gendarmes were beating
the woods and securing the country.
They had been engaged in this work
all day long without success. A great
number of people saw the murderer
fleeing, but he was either too far dis
tant from them or else he succeeded in
cowlng them by threats to use his re-
volver. A gardener named Delahaye
got near enough to the man to clutch
him by the shoulder, but the fugitive
shook himself free. and. turning to his
pursuer. exclaimed: "Begone or | will
kill you. | still have five shots left
in my revolver and they will be for
you." Delahaye. being quite unarmed,
recoiled and allowed the man to es-
cane
The attempt made upon the life of NJ
Labori was evidently the result of a
Mot. A letter was sent 10 the commis-
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