The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-16
A PLOT TO KILL.
One Of Dreyfus' Lawyers was It's
Victim.
m. LaborI Is Shot While on HIS Way to
Attend the COurt-MartIal Proc
ceedings at Rennes-A Dan.
gerOus Wound inflicted
The Assassin Escapes.


gerOus Wound inflicted
The Assassin Escapes.
Rennes, Aug. 15.-The drama ut
Rennes grows tragical. Monday morn
ing at o'clock a well nigh successful
attempt was made to kill NJ. Labor,
who defended Iola last year and who
came here to defend Dreyfus with NJ.
Demange. The would-be assassin
looked like a workingman. His weapon
was a'revolver. 1t was while Labori
was going to the court with Col. Pic
quart and his cousin, NJ. Cast. When
Madame Labori came up she was sent
to fetch doctor, but not knowing the
town, she lost good deal of time. At
last she thought of going to the court
and asking there for a military sur
geon. Doctors Vidal and Reclus
were at hand and accompanied her.
They found Labori could move his
limbs at will The spine, therefore,
was not injured. The ball had en-
tered at the sixth vertebra. behind the
thoraX. 1t might be inlbedded in
the muscle of the back or have pen
etrated deeper. injuriEg the lungs.
Col. Picquart describes the wOuld-be
murderer as swarthy and thick set,
resolute and intelligent looking. APP
parently he knew places in the thicker
into which he could dive and in doing
so remained concealed for some time
from pursucr. The gendarmes that
Col. Picquart met joined in the pur-
suit but feet running and knowledge
OF the locality enabled the would-be
murderer to escape,
NJ. Labori's talents as a speaker are
not of the highest order. but no othey
member of the Paris bar knows bet.
ter how to use law to defeat its oh.
| ject. He can drive motor cal
through the code. Until he pleaded
for Zola his luck was uninterrupted
He then had an attack of typhoid
fever which greatly weakened him
and forced him to neglect business
The Ioln affair was great advertise
ment, but it brought him no direct
profit and created for him endless
enemies. He refused the handsome
fee the novelist offered, nor does hi
accept pecuniary reward from Drey
fus.
Labori, not long convalescent from
typhoid fever. is in bad state to re
ceive ball entering the thoraN
through the back. lie is now in :
high fever
The attempt made upon the life o.
Labori was evidently the result of {
plot. A letter was sent to the com
missary of police warning him that i
was intended to make an attempt upol
the life of Gen. Mercier. Consequent
ly the police and detectives surround
ed the general and left the other prin
cipals in the drama unprotected.
The sitting of the cOurt-martial wa
adjourned for short time yesterda,
to enable NJ. Demange to inquire afte
Labori's condition. During the pro
ceedings pending the inquiry tn,
Indies grew excited and communicated
their nervousness TO the gentlemen
As a precaution against canes anc
parasols being used in faction fight
n gendnrme was sent around to tax,
them into his care. The court thel
entered. Col Picquart ordered th,
conformation of Casimir Perier AM
Gen. Mercier. These witnesses wer,
more like cat and dog than before
Perier spoke of himself only-o
what he did and said when president
He often snubbed Mcrcier verbal,
and by almost turning his back upol
him. lie had little to say of the Drev
.fus affair. Gen. Mercer paid hin
back in scratches that almost drew
blood. Gen. Billot still believes Drev
fus guilty, but gave no strong ren
son.
NJ. Caivagnac, former minister O
war, was the next witness. 1t wa
impossible, according to NJ. Cavaig
nae, to credit that Esterhazy was
traitor, even admitting the borderent
was written by him. Esterhazy, h.
insisted. could only have acted as tn
Intermediary of an accomplice. TIL
inquiry of the court OF cessation
proved treason was really committed
and he. NJ. Caivagnac. had not baser
his conviction of the culpability o
Dreyfus solely on the handwriting O
the bordereau.
Gen. Chanoine, former minister o
war, and NJ. HanotauN, former min
lister of foreign affairs, also testified
Their evidence was directed agains
Dreyfus. but contained little that wa
new. Then the court adjourned unit
Wednesday.