Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-08-17
ATTEMPT TO
KILL LABOR|.
Dreyfus' Chief Counsel Shot While
on His Way to Court This
Morning.
WOUND IS A VERY SERIOUS ONE
His Physicians Hope to Pull Him
Through, but Are Not
0yer-Confdent.
THE ASSASSIN MAKES HIS ESCAPE
Laborers Who Witnessed the TRACE
dy Attempted to Capture the
Murderer, but Pistols
Scare Them OFF.

Rennes, Aug. 15.-At 9 o'clock this
afternoon NJ. Labor was suffering
great agony, and the doctors. who had
left the house, were hastily summoned
After court adjourned Colonel Jou
aust called and expressed deep regret
at the occurrence. Nj. Mercier also
called, but the doctors thought it UNI
safe to allow him to see the patient.
AT the residence of Labori, at
O'Clock this afternoon, the Associated
Press was informed the condition oil
the patient had grown worse; his ag
ony has increased and fever has set in
The doctors are very anxious. They
fear that even If he RECEIVERS his left
leg will be paralyzed. He is unable to
move it. He is conscious and talks con
tinually about the trial. He recently
tiers, but paid no attention to them.
Rennes, France, Aug. 15.-M. Labor
Dreyfus' chief counsel, was shot and
seriously wounded while on his way
to court this morning. At first it was
reported he was fatally wounded, but
it is now believed he will recover.
The following bulletin has been is
sued by his physicians:
sMaitre Labori, of counsel for Drey-
fus, was shot from behind on a lonely
road while on his way to court at G
o'clock this morning. The ball pene-
trated 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
the wound. The undersigned doctors
hope the ball lodged in the muscles
enveloping the vertebral column.
They must, however, maintain today
full reserve respecting the integrity of
the lung and spinal cord"
The bulletin was signed by Drs.
Renaud. Reichis, Brissaud and Vidal.
1t was timed at 500 this morning.
Ambushed on n Lonely Road.
Naitre Labori left his house
for the court about 6 o'clock this
morning. His residence is situated in
the suburbs of the town, about quar-
ter of an hours walk from the lycee,
the route being along solitary road
beside the River Nilaine. He had
reached point half way on his jour
ney when two men. who had evidently
been lying in wait for him, rushed out
of narrow lane and one of them fired
single shot from a revolver. The
murderers We're only a couple of yards
behind their victim and the bullet
struck Maitre Labori in the back. The
wounded man uttered an agonizing
cry and fell fat on his face. The muir
derers Immediately fed through the
lane from which they had emerged
and both escaped.
Witnessed by Few Laborers.
Only two or three laborers going to
work witnessed the shooting of Maitre
Labori. The spot was we'll chosen, as
the murderers could not be seen by
Labori until they rushed out upon
their victim, the entrance to the lane
being hidden by brushes. Moreover
they were afforded an easy means of
escape by passing back through the
lane, which leads to the country. One
of the laborers named PotoriX, who
witnessed the shooting, said:
"As ] was passing along the road ]
saw tall man walking quickly in the
direction of Rennes. He was on the
tow path of the Nilaine. He was at
tired in a dark suit and wore bowler
hat. 1t was just as he reached the
bridge crossing the stream falling into
the Vilaine that two men, about me-
dunn height and wearing dark suits
and round, soft felt hats, emerged
from the rural path entering the main
road. One of them carried heavy
stick. They approached Labor from
behind. Suddenly one drew a revolver
and fired pointblank at Labor. He
was so near that it was quite impossi-
bic for him to miss.
"a sharp report was heard and
Labori threw up his arms and cried
'Hola La" (Which is common French
exclamatiom and fell fiat on his face.
and one or two others who saw the
deed ran up, but the mnrderers had
vanished down the lane. Help was i'm
mediately sent for and gendarmes
quickly arrived and soon afterward
Nine. Labori."
Wife Quickly on the Scene.