Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-15
Another Sensational Climax in
the Dreyfus Drama.
DEED OF HIRED,,ASSASSlNS (?)
Two Men Ambush, ed the E.nwy or In "a SOIL
tacy Spot on the Outskirts Of Kennes
Shooting him from Behind. lie il
Dangerously Wounded.
jE.y T,'nnr1nh \

i"io"tt :, SounStl FOR INC accused ana t!:t!
man On whom tue defense had relied
for thr demolition OF General Me-
cler 5 testimony. WAS Shot from ambush
on his way 70 the court room after six
O'Clock.
lis assailants, Of whom there wvi...
Two. escaped ana it is impossible Ia
say yet whether NJ. Labori's death
Viii have TO be added TO the already
long list Of strange deaths That have
ruhGt'lated this mysterious romance.
IL VAS announced 1T the close Of
court today that NJ. l-anuri might live
line wound in the lower part Of H..
back is serious. however, ara even,
should he recover, h" may be partially
paraly=ed.
PROCEEDINGS STAYED.
; me l,-b"rI his wife. is With ncr
Frustrated ~ the shock. The st;iIwari
counsellor has born. his !nlvns. sur
t"rinE lantully His first word after
4clnS shot MAS 70 send Il lltss q. 20
suspend the sitting II tlt. court,
me excitement used Iii the I.yro.,
was intense. as might be We'll !ma.iu-
CT under the intense strain Of FAC i,n-
Al hatred. ana ii was ncccs s;,rv al on,
time Tor the .cnuarles to intcri,.,sa
between I'll. excited spectators WIS
i'fseln WAYS. 2 fight in the cauri room.
WHOLLY UNE.NPE.t,rE.D
The attack on Dreyfus. Through :!.n
person Of his most effective counsellor
WAS wholly UNEXPECTED. as Was show-
~ thc,,l.lck Of precautions against it.
10" seriously it may effect the pri-o.:
81 c!lance before the court as yet j.
- = ny. ',I,N,,',syGIln 0,,,s,,.y
lactions, both at tcnneS ana PARIS
what added tscto- OF s.-n:ri:.: Il.
may arouse for the defense is Il 81 III.
Scrta'n. But 50 deep is tie haze. Il.
both sides that the fac,ioas vii ;..
! . ..l,
their ends are attained.
STORY OF THE :'IiCGT!rI'
NJ Labor and his wife III, /. 4 .!,,,s !.
tor the court at about O'clock this
morning. His residence is situated IL
the suburba o.. Lhc t-ssn about a quar-
Yer OF the hours walk from the I.ycec.
inc route being along a solitary ROAD
beside the river Nila!ne
jus. hcaar -: or1ra.. his rirc
Turned u PASS having forgotten h.r c.tt.!
Wls gone NJ. Labor met Colonel
l'iruuiEt ana NJ. Cast. l:nmvdiatr!y
al tSrW:,ru, while passing Il Mario 4
ZANE. Two men sDrals from behind III.
hedge ana one. placing i pistol clos.
I" ms victims back, fired, turned and
fields. The nu'.i"rcr,"r nu.,lcrcvs fon
accounts differ as To whether there va
one man OF TWO. Vas pressed IN NJ.
Gas; ;iird Colonel ricquart. They were
bpth TOO o!d and heavy t" ovcrtaiir
INN ana soon returned, leaving ihr
chase 10 the crowd that llits! been az
traclcd.
PURSUED THE VILLAINS.
His Wife arrived While Nj. lahc.,i
vas lying on the ground ana Colonel
lIcIuart and NJ. Cast We're pursuing
The murderer.
NJ. I.s:bori satd 10 his wife: Go t.,
court and ask TO suspend lhe sitting"
Mad;inH l4;.buri ran into the court
Gave the news that her husband ha!
been shot and ran back to him. She
sat down on t1Ic ground beside her
husband and took his head in her lap
t1lapWlo GATHERS.
The shot had been heard 200 yards
away Iru!ln the \ -@~.e, De La (;a,t.
where a crowd had gathered as usual
to witness the arrival Of the principal
1crs"naSei connected With the court
martial The spectators ran in the
direction q: the spot where the shoot
ing had occurred. followed by gcnl-
armcs on horseback
Doctor Recl,s arrived. He knclt be
side NJ. Labor. putting q bottle Of
smelling salts 70 his nostri!s. Around
these central A:Ercs We're grouped tn:
spectators, all deeply affected. SOM.
indeed crying like children. At Il lit
tie distance was gathered anuthe"
group. the central figure of which Was
the commissarv Of police, notebook in
Ii'th'i. isthillS gown lHe testimony III
the witnesses Of the affair.
The scene Of this pathetic picture was
q dusty high road, the dark. green
slow waters OF The river Nlaine on one
side and on the other side scattered
houses. With a gap just opposite the
spot. through which could be seen 4
green meadow With Il stream flowing
through it. and beyond that the backs
OF q row of houses.
The road that M. Labor had followed
tapcrcd away back from he scene Of
the IRA Scdy. With a rc.W Of trees along
the border Of the Nilainc. under whose
lcstfy shelter NJ. La bolt walked TO per
hals his death
IN THE -AAIBUIlAN
IAN ambulance which had been sum-
muncd arrived when our attendants II
the military hospital bearing an ordin-
airy Strctchcr ana mattress. ON this
NJ. Labor was tcndcrly laid ana tn
s,rctchcr was borne by friends Of n.
FAhnri and Some newspaper men with
Madan,c Labor walking beside il.
Accounts of the shooting related bs-
eye witnesses differ nnsitlerajly.
especially respecting the appearance Of
the Would-bc murderer, Of whom the
following is the official description:
'.Twcnty-iivc to thirty years; Hat,
peaked hat dressed like a working
na,n in blue blouse"
a force Of gcndarmcs headed by M
IIcnrion sub-chicf Of the secret police,
hs Securing, The country in search Of NJ
l-aboris :,sSailant and a company ~
infantry has been dispatched to sur
round ana beat the wood wllcrcin.lhe