The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-15

Rennes, August IL, II p. m,-The fol-
lowing bulletin regarding the condition
of NJ. Labori was Issued at 10 o'clock:
Temperature 1905; no fever; condition I'M
changed.
NJ. Labori's mother arrived this evening.
She believed him dead and most affecting
interview ensued.
NJ. Labori received Matthew Dreyfus.
brother OF Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
| NJ Labori, leading counsel for Dreyfus,
was intercepted by two unknown men
and shot while proceeding from his resi-
| depce TO the court martial at about q
| o'clock this morning.
| only two or three laborers, going to
| work, Witnessed the shooting of Multre
| Labori. The spot was we'll chosen, ds the
murderers could not he seen by Nj Labor
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 coun-
| try.
! One of the laborers, named PatouX, who
witnessed the shooting, said 'As | MAS
| passing along the road saw tall MAJ
walking quickly In the direction of
Rennes He was on the towing path OF
| the Vilaine 1t was Just as he reached
the bridge crossing. a stream falling into
| the Vilaine, that two men of about medium
height and wearing dark suits and round,
soft felt hats, emerged from Il rural Path
| entering the main road. 0ae OF them
carried "A heavy stick. They approached
NJ Labori from behind. Sla mly che
drew revolver and fred point blank at
Labor. He was SO near that It was quite
impossible for him to miss.
"A sharp report was heard and NJ.
Laborl threw up hai arms ,nd oried.
'Hoala!' and fell fiat upon his face and
one or two others who saw the deed rIr
up, but the murderers had vanished down
the lane. Help was immediately seat for
and the gendarmes quickly arrived and
soon afterwards Nine Lahor.
NJ, Labori on falling retained p:eceuce
OF mind enough TO arrlnge his dark
Morocco wallet. In which re cali.e1 his
PAPERS undor his head for a pillow until
his wife arrived, when he half raised HIM
self and dropped his head in her lap. a
number of ahorers who were unloading a
barge of stone beside the river heard the
shouts of Murder" and stop hint
aised ty the pursuers, and one of them
placed himself in the way of the rinr-
derer, who. covering him with revolver,
shouted: Let mo pass! have shot
Dreyfus!"
u nc man was 80 TAKEN lDuck tNHt ne
drew aside ard allowed the assassin to
proceed. The murderer ran across the
fields until he reached the railroad. He
crossed the enibankmant AID followed the
track until nc arrived At the level cross
ing. \ train was just arriving OF full
speed and the murderer dashed across
the line in front of the train ard toward
the woods in the direction Of Cbantiepe.
where he WAS lost 10 view.
COlnnpl Dir0uart and hig hTOt hpr-fn-
law, NJ. CAST. who accompanied n. Labor.
on his way to the Iycee, pursued the
murderer for some distance. br; as they
were both heavy men, 'ney were unable
to continue the pursuit, and so returned TO
the side OF the wounded man, leaving the
chase OF the murderer TO a number Of
peasants, who declare they heard the muir
derer say, when crossing the mnrshy
fields. before he reached the railroad; III
| can't get away will 80 for them"
Nine Labor, wife OF the murdered man,
was promptly notified of The crime and
rushed to her husbands side. She found
him with his head on the sidewalk and
his body in the roadway. She threw her.
self by his side and took his head In her
lap. and famed him with a colored paper
fan, which she had evidently snatched up
as she left the house.
NJ. Lsbori was perfectly still. Not
groan came from his lips rs his head
rested IN the zap OF MS vie, VINO, Dy the
way, is an American.
AS she famed him with her left. gaz-
ing lovingly on his upturned face, he
tried to smile back the tears which glis-
tened In his wife's eyes. and she, master
ing her feelings, heroically did everything
possible TO ease her husbands agony.
1t Is reported that the famous lawyer
said, as he lay wounded on the ground:
81 may die from this, but Dreyfus is
saved"
The following bulletin has been posted:
"Maitre Labori was shot from behind,
the ball penetrating the posterior region
OF the thorax on the right side, at the
height OF the fifth or sixth dorsal yerte-
brae. The heavy flow OF blood prevents
for the moment explorations of the depth
OF the wound The doctors hope that the
ball Is lodged In the muscles enyeloplng
the vertebrai column. They must. how
ever. maintain today full reserve respects
ing the integrity OF the lung and spinal
cord"
The bulletin is signed by four doctors.
and is timed at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
Further details regarding the shooting
OF NJ. Labor shows that the sky was
overcast when NJ. Labor left his house