The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-22

other things he said that the anarchists
should be masters Of the streets. The
police then interfered and dislodged
Faure and Faberot, making three ar
rests. The crowd at this point dis
persed, but a column Of demonstrators
headed by Faure and Henri d'Horr
made for the Place de La Nation.
Fierce Fighting Occurs.
The police broke through the column
and a struggle for the mastery followed.
Shots were fred and M. Coulter, COM
missary of police, was twice stabbed
with a knife. This threw the police
into momentary confusion. The mob
reassembled and a toward the Place
de la Nation. The police, reinforced by
agsquad that had been held in reserve,
made another attempt to stem the cur
rent and fresh, fierce fighting occurred,
three constables being wounded. Faure
and d'Horr jumped into a passing street
car that was going to the Place de La
Republique and the car driver on arriv-
ing there gave q signal to the police,
who Immediately arrested them both,
together with two other anarchists,
Joseph Ferrier and Jean Perrin. All
were conveyed to the Chateau d'Eau
barracks. Only d'Horr was found in
possession of firearms.
In the meantime the anarchist mob
retraced its course to the Place de La
R%epublique, smashing the windows Of
religious edifices on the way. Suddenly,
either at the word of command or in
obedience to impulse, the column made
a loop and curved toward the church Of
st. Ambrose, wherethe rioters smashed
the windows.
Sa~crilegious Work of the Mob.
Proceeding thence toward the Eau
bourg du Temple, they formed up into
q compact body. Hatchets were sud-
denly produced with long knives stolen
from the counters Of shops, and a con-
certed rush was made upon the church
of st. Joseph. The aged sacristan,
seeing the mob, hastily closed the outer
gates. but these were soon forced with
hatchets and bars Of iron. The massive
oaken doors were then attacked.
According to the first account, the
wild horde burst into the church, which
instantly became q scene Of pillage and
s~acrilege. Affairs and statues were
hurled to the floor and smashed; pig
tures were rent, candlestfcks, ornaments
and hosts from high affairs were thrown
down and trampled under foot. The
crucifx above was made the target for
missiles and the figure Of che Savior
was fractured in several places.
"Then, while ancorou voices sing
thev' Carmagnole, !" the chairs were car.
ried outside, piled up and set on fire in
the center Of the square fronting the
| church.
When this stage was reached the
crucifix was pulled down and thsown
into the flames. Suddenly the cry was
| raised that the statue of the Virgin had
been forgotten and the crowd returned
and tore this down also.
Police Dislodge Anarchists.
Meanwhile the sacristap, who had
been captured by the anarchists, escaped
and called the police and Republican
Guards, Swho promptly arrived with
nfan9 constables. They were compelled
to fall back in order to form up into line
Of defense, as the anarchists attacked
them fearfully with knives. AIT length
the officers began to attain the mastery
A score Of anarchists took refuge in an
adjacent house. Others i~iitrenched
themselves in the belfry and fsrcely de.
! Tended themselves by showering mis-,