Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-14

evidently been lying in wait for him rush
rd out of a narrow lane and one of them
fired single shot from revolver. The
murderers were only couple of yards be-
hind their victim, and the bullet struck
Maitre Labori in the back. The wounded
man uttered aGoniZed cry and fell fiat
on his face. The murderers Immediately
lied through the lane from which they
had emerged. and both escaped.
Retained Presence of Mind
NJ Iabori on falling retained presence
pf mind enough To arrange his dark moroc-
fo wallet, in which he carried his papers
under his head for a pillow until his wife
arrived, when he half raised himself and
dropped his head in her lap
A number of laborers who Were unload
ing a barge of stones beside the river
heard the shouts of Murder Stop him.
raised by the pursuers, and one of them
placed himself in the way of the murderer
who, covering him with revolver shout
ed, Let me pass; l have shot Dreyfus."
The man was so taken aback that he drew
back and allowed the assassin to proceed
The murderer ran across the fields until
he reached the railroad. He crossed the
embankment and followed the track until
he arrived at the level crossing A train
was just arriving at full speed. and. the
murderer dashed across the line in front of
the train and toward the woods in the d-
rection of the village of Chantepie. where
he was lost to view.
Colonel Picquart and his brother-in-law
NJ. Cast, who accompanied NJ Labori on
his way TO the Lycee, pursued the mur-
derer for some distance, but as they were
both heavy men they We're unable to con-
tinue the pursuit, and so returned to the
side of the wounded man. leaving the
chase of the murderer to a number of la
borers and peasants, who declare they
heard the murderer say, when crossing the
marshy fields before he ached the rail-
road. IF / can't get away | will go for
them
Few Saw the Shooting.
Only two or three laborers going to
work witnessed the shooting. The spot
was well chosen, as the murderers could
not be seen by NJ. Labor until they rush
ed out upon their victim. the entrance to
the lane being hidden by bushes More
over 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 I saw
a tall man walking quickly in the direction
of Rennes. He was on the towing path of
the Nilaine- He was attired in a dark
suit just as he reached the bridge cross
ing a stream falling into the Vilaine two
men, about medium height and wearing
dark suits and round, soft felt hats, emerg-
ed from rural path entering the main
road. one of them carried a heavy stick
NJ
Suddenly one drew a revolver and fired
point blank at Labori. He was so near
that il was quite impossible for him to
miss.
"A sharp report was heard and NJ La
bori threw up his arms and cried out as if
in agony. He fell fiat his face. 1 and
up but the murderers had vanished down
the lane Help was Immediately sent for
and the gendarmes quickly arrived, and
soon afterward Madame Labori."
His Wife Notified.
Madame Labori wife of the wounded
lawyer was promptly notified of the crime,
and rushed TO her husbands 5 side. She
found him with his head on the sidewalk
and his body in the roadway. She threw
herself by his side and took his head in
her lap and fl snned him.
NJ. Labori was perfectly still. Not a
gIoan came from his lips, and his head
rested in the lap of his wife, who is an
American. AS she famed him with her
right hand. she caressed him with her left,
and did everything possible to ease her
husbands agony.
1t is reported that the famous lawyer
said, as he lay wounded on the ground:
Il may die from this. but Dreyfus is
saved"
The Sky Was Overcast.
The sky was overcast when NJ. Labori
left his house accompanied by Col Pic
quart and the latter's brother-in-law, NJ.
Cast M. Labori was laughing and chat
ting with his companions when he WAS
shot.
The wounded man 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