Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-08-17


ford on the Dreyfus triaD-The drama
at Rennes Grows tragical and that long
becalmed town is being stirred INTO
more violent passion than Paris. Mon
dav morning at o'clock welI-n1gh
successful attempt was made to XIII VI.
Labor, who came here to defend Drey-
fus, with NJ. Demange. The Would-be
murderer is evidently a crank and
looked like a workman. When Nine
Labor was sent to fetch doctors, not
knowing the town, she lost a good deal
of time. At last she thought of going
to the court and asking there for mil
itary surgeon Doctors Vidal and Rec
tus were at hand and at once accom-
panied her. They found Labor could
move his limbs at will. HIS
spine, therefore, is not injured.
The ball had entered at the
sixth vertebra behind the thoraX.
1t might be imbedded in a muscle of
the back or have penetrated deeper, in
juring the lungs.
Col. Picquart describes the would-be
murderer as swarthy, thickset, resolute
and intelligent looking. Being fleet
and knowing the locality enabled the
would-be murderer to escape.
M. Labori is young, fair, handsome,
full of lusty life and high spirits. His
talents as a speaker are not OF the
highest order, but no other member OF
the Paris bar knows better how to use
the law to defeat it's object. Labori's
wife an Australian pianist, made the
acquaintance of a deformed but highly
gifted pianist and married him. She
had two children and then fell in love
with Labori She was divorced and
married LabOri Her beauty is beyond
dispute. She is a striking blonde.
Labor has not been long cOnvalescent
from typhoid fever and is in bad shape
to recover.
I heard of the attempted assassina-
ton as | was entering the halls of JUS
tice. Terrible as it was | felt that |
must not follow Nine. Labor but must
gain my place in the court room, which
| found crowded. The president of the
association of legal journals, M. Tau
nay, jumped upon table and eX-
claimed: "Labori has been fired at and
wounded" The announcement caused
a deep hush for perhaps three minutes,
when at length the natiOnalists and
Dreyfusites declared their horror at
the crime and their sympathy for the
victim. The court adjourned for a
time to enable M. Demange to inquire
after Nj Laboris condition.
During the proceedings pending the
inquiry the ladies in the house were
excited and communicated their ner-
vousness to the gentlemen. AS pre-
caution against canes and parasOls
being used in faction fight gen
darme was sent around to take them
into care.
When the members of the court en-
tered, President Jouaust ordered the
conformation of Casimir-Perier and
Gen. MERCER. These witnesses were
more like a cat and dog than before
Casimir- Perier seemed so like one OF
those fussy mOngrels that sit on the
box Of a French peasant market car
looking intently forward ready to pick
quarrel with no matter whom. He
seems to think he runs the whole con-
Germ. CaSimir-Perier himself spoke
only of what he did and said. He often
snubbed Gen MERCER verbally and by
almost turning his back upon him. He
had little to say of the Dreyfus affair.
Gen. MERCER paid him back in scratch
es that almost drew blood. Gen. Boil
lot sat while making his own deposi-
ton. He still believed Dreyfus guilty;
but gave no strong reason. He said
that Col. PicQuart Systematically, as
head of the Intelligence department
kept back all new facts favorable to
Dreyfus and stifled any Inquiry.
NJ LabOri Shot.
Rennes, August 15-Despite the ut
most efforts Of the police to find and
arrest him, the assassin who shot
Dreyfus attorney, Nj. Labori, Monday,
as he was on his way to the court room,
is still free and unknown. LabOri was
shot from behind on a lonely road
while on his way to court at o'clock
in the morning. The ball penetrated
to the posterior region of the thoraX on
the right side at the height of the fifth
or sixth dorsal vertebra. A heavy flow
of blood prevents for the present an
exploration of the depth Of the wound.
The doctors hope the ball has lodged
in the muscles enyeloping the vertebral
column. Inere was evidently a we'll
laid plot to kill LabOri The assassin
Only two or three laborers going TO
work witnessed the shooting Of Labori.
The spot was we'll chosen. as the muir
derers could not be seen by NJ. Labori
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 land.
which led to the country. Labori and
his wife, who is an Australian. left the
house together. Just before the shoot
ing she turned back, having forgotten
her card of admission to the court
While she was gone Labori met Col.
PicQuart and his brother-in-law, NJ
Cast. Immediately afterward the as
sassin shot him. Hiswife arrived while
Labor was lying on the ground and
Picquart and Cast pursued the murder
er. Labori said to his wife: Go to
the court and ask them to suspend the
sitting" Mrs. Labori ran to the court
and gave the news and ran back. She
then sat on the ground beside her hus-
band. During the interval while Col.
PicQuart and Mr.. Cast were pursuing