The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-15
His Physicians viii Give No Opinion,
Although Hopeful.
ASSASSINS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE.
They Were Pursued by Colonel Pic
quart and VI. Cast, but Were Too
Fleet Footed Madame LabOTi
Was with Him just Before
lie Was Shot Accounts
Of Shooting Differ.

RENNEs. August H-Another tragedy
marked the rise of the curtain on the
Dreyfus drama this morning. NJ la
bon. counsel for the accused, and the
man ON whom the defence had relied for
the demolition OF General Mercicr's testi-
mony. was shot from ambush ON hls way
20 the court soon after o'clock. His
assailants. Of whom there We're two. es-
capped and 70 Is impossible yet to say
whether NJ. LabOris name will have 20
be added 90 the already long list of
strange deaths that already punctuate
this mysterious romance.
10 was announced at the close of court
to-day that VI. Iahori might live. The
wound Ia the lower part Of the back is
serious however. and even should he re-
cover he may be- partially paralyzed. VI
Laboris wife Is constantly with him. al
though almost prostrated by the shock.
The stalwart counsellor has borne his in-
tense suffering manfully Hls first word
after being shot was to send a message
10 suspend the sitting of the court.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
The excitement caused al the Lycee was
Intense as might De- well imagined under
the intense strain of factI0nal hatred. and
IL was necessary az one time for the gem
darmes 20 interpOse between the excited
spectators. who precipitated "a fight in the
court room
The attack on Dreyfus through tho PEI
son of his most effective counsellor was
wholly unexpected. ms was shown by the
lack of precautions against A. How scri-
ously IL may affect the prisoners chances
before the court is yet doubtful. but it
is sure 20 renew the high tension between
the opposing factions both at Rennes and
Paris
NJ. Laborl and his wife left his house
for the court an about o'clock this
morning Ills residence is situated in the
suburbs Of The town. about a quarter of
an hours walk from the Lycee. the route
being along a solitary road beside the
river Nilaino.
THE ATTACK
Just before The outrage nis wife turned
tack having forgotten her card lf al-
mission 10 The count While she was
c0ne. VI IabOU met Co'Cnel pioquirt
and NJ. CAST Immediately af,crward.
while passing a narrow lane. two men
spranc from behind the hedge and one
placing a pistol close % his v.cduf5 back
fred. turned and nod down the lane and
across the fields The murderer or muir
dercrs. for acc0unts diGcr as t1 whethe-
there was one man lr two. was pressed
by NJ Cast and Colonel PicQuart They
were both too old and heavy. however
10 Ovcrtake him and soon returned lear-
Ing the chase 10 the crowd that had been
attracted HIS wife arrived while VI.
Lqhor was lying on the ground and crL
piCGuart and VI Cast were pursuing
the murderer. ". Lahori said 10 his wife.
"Go % court and ask 20 suspend the sit-
ting
Madame Iabori ran into the court. gave
the news that her husband had been shot
and ran back 10 him. She sat down on
the ground beside her husband and took
his head In her lap.
The shot had been heard two hundred
yards away ON the Avenue DE La
Garde. where a crowd had gathered as
usual 10 witness the arrival OF the prin-
clpal personages connected with the court
martial These spectators ran I'm the
direction Of the shot where the shooting
had occurred, followed by gendarms on
horseback.
MANY WEPT
When Dr Reclus arrived he kuolt bee
side " Lab0ri. putting a bottle of SMELL
Ing salts 90 his nostriis. Around these
central figures were grouped the specta-
tors all deeply affected. some indeed cry
Ing Ike children. Al a little distance |
was gathered another group. the central |
lgurc OF which was the Commlssary OF |
Police. note book iu hand taking down |
he testimony OF the witnesses of the !
affair. The scene Of this pathetic picture |
was "a dusty highroad. the dark green, |
slow waters Of the river Vuaine ON one /
side and ON the other side scattered /
houses with q gap just opposite the spot I
through which could De seen a green |
meadow with q stream flowing through it /
md beyond that the backs of a row of |
Houses.
The road that NJ Labori had followed |
apered away back from the scene of the
ragedy with row OF trees along the
,order Of the Vilaine under whose leafy |
shelter NJ. Labori walked % perhaps his
ieath
An ambulance which had been sum
noned arrived with four attendants from
he military hospital bearing an ordinary
'tretcher and mattress On THIS VI.
-aborl was tenderly laid and the stretch
.r was borne by friends Of NJ. Labori
md some newspaper men, with Madame
abort walking beside It,
ACCOUNTS DIFFER.
Accounts OF the SHOOTING ieldttu nN
syewitnesses differ considerably, espe-
.ialNy respecting the appearance OF the
murdered OF whom the following
5 the official description:
twenty-five 20 thirty years. nat. peak
ID hat. dressed Ike a workingman, in
blue blouse"
A force Of gendarmes. headed by NJ.
Iennlon. sub-chief Of the secret police.
; securing the country In search Of NJ.
.aborrs assallant and company OF In
antry has been dispatched 10 surround
nd beat the woods wherein the man Is
imposed 10 be hiding.
An increditable side OF the tragedy, is
he fact. IL is asserted. that several pas
ers by saw NJ. Labori shot and passed
n indisferently. neither offering 10 help
he victim or Join in the pursuit Of the
ssassin. SIN more fncreditable IS the
act that an individual who went 10 the
ide OF VI. Labori as he lay wounded on
he ground is said To have searched the
ockets Of the suffering man on the
retext OF ascertainlng his Identity and
tole their contents.
ASSASSIN ESCAPES.
The assailant fed after the shooting,