The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-15
THAT is THE LATEST ADvYcU
FROM THE VILLA OF THE
STRICKEN LAWYER
TEMPERATURE NEARLY NORMAL
ONLY FEAR IS OF HIS wEAKENpD
CONDITION, DUE TO ATTACK
OF TYPHOID
NO CLUE TO THE ASSASSIN

shooting of Dreyfus' PrincipaI A.
tOrney Believed to Have Raen M
Result of welI-Timed P1ot-Au
france DepIOres and Denou,cas
the Act-Paris Is Afame VIII
FOIittcaI Discord.
1Ni41NNhS, Aug. 14.-There were severo1
reports this evening that the assess,r, 80
M I'abori had been captured br+ -
proved to be unfounded. Detacbner+. 20
troops and gendarmes are beatino +ho
"ooos' and securing the country. 1bo,,
nave oeen engaged in this work all dav
iohs' without success. A great numbar
% people saw the murderer fleeing hu+
ne was either too far distant from, tben,
OF ne succeeded in cowing them bv
Ihrcats to use his revolver A oyardaror
"'iiieo Delhayi got near enough to the
man 10 clutch him by the shoulder. bnt
the fugitive shook himself free and. tl,rn-
ING 10 MS pursuer, exclaimed:
| Begone, or 1 will kill you. I still bavo
| hVe shots left in my revolver. and tbev
will be for you.''
| pelhayt being quite unarmad reo,,,o,
| ana allowed the man to escape
Inc attempt made upon the Iife or NJ
LABOR was evidently the result OF a plot
~ ie''ef was sent to the commissary of
PONCE this morning warning him that tt
was intended to make an attempt upon
the life of Gen. Mercier Consequently
| the police and detectives surrounded the
general and left the other principals in
the drama unprotected
"A proclamation signed by NJ. I.ajat.
mayor of Rennes. and NJ. lie Herisse.
deputy for File ct Villalne, in which
Rehnes is situated, has just been issued.
Il commences:
An abominable outrage, the author Of
which cannot claim to belong to anv
party, has Just dishonored our dear town
Of Rennes," and concludes with appeal
ing to the population to remain calm and
to resist provocations from whatever
party they may emanate
stu further particulars show that M
Labori and his wife left their house to-
gether, but just before the outrage she
turned back, having forgotten her card OF
! admission to the court. While she was
gone M. Labori met Col. Picquart and NJ.
Cast Immediately afterwards a man
shot him. His wife arrived while NJ
Labor was lying on the ground, and Col.
Pfcquart and M. Cast were pursuing the
murderer NJ. Labori said to his wife:
90 10 court and ask to suspend the
sitting"
Nine. Labori ran into court, gave the
news that her husband had been shot,
and ran back to him. She sat down on
the ground, beside her husband and took
his head in her lap During the interval,
while Col. Picquart and M. Cast were
pursuing the murderer, and before Nine
Labcri arrived NJ Labori, thinking him
self nortally wounded, said to a bystand-
err
'If die, tell my wife my last thoughts
were for her.
OUTRAGE ANNOUNCED.
The following bulletin issued:
"Maitre Labori was shot from behind
the ball penetrating the posterior region
of the thOrax on the right sde at the
height of the fifth or sixth dorsal verte-
bra. The heavy flow of blood prevents
for the moment the exploration of the
depth of the wound. The undersigned
doctors hope that the ball is lodged in the
muscles enVeloping the vertebraI column
They must, however, maintain today a
full reserve respecting the integrity of
the lung and spinal cord"
The bulletin is signed by four DOCTORS
Renaud, Reichis, Brissaud and Vidal
At o'clock this afternoon NJ. Labort
was suffering great agony, and the doc
tors who had left the house were hurried
ly summoned to attend the patient Col.
Jouaust called after the close of the ses-
sion Of the court-martial and was allow
ed to see M. Labori. He expressed deep
est regret at the occurrence.
Gen. Mercier followed, but the doctors
declared that NJ. Labori could not bear
such an interview in his present state,
and Gen. Mercier was obliged to go away
without seeing the wounded man.
STORY OF SHOOTING.
A laborer named Patoux, who witnessed
the shooting, said:
LAS 1 was passing along the road I
saw a tall man walking quickly in the
dil ection of Rennes. He was on the tow
ing path of the Valaine. He was attired
in a dark lounge suit and wore a bowler
hat 1t was just as ne reached a bridge
crossing stream falling into the Valaine
two men, about medium height and wear
ing dark suits and round, soft felt hats,
emerged from q rural path entering the
main road. One Of them carried a~heavy
stick. They approached NJ. Labori from
behind. Suddenly one drew a revolver
and fired point blank at Labori. He was
so near that 1t was quite impossible for
him to miss
"a sharp report was heard, and M. La
DOr1 threw up MS arms ana cr1ed, ttO
la la (Which is a common French exclam-
atom and fell fiat upon his face. I and
one or two others who saw the deed ran
up, but the mrrderers had vanished down
the lane Help was Immediately sent for
and the gendarmes quickly arrived and.
soon afterward Nine. Labori."
NJ. Labori, on falling, retained presence
of mind enough to arrange his dark,
morocco Wallet in which he carried his
papers, under his head, for a pillow until
his wife arrived, when he half raised
himself and dropped his head in her lap.
A number Of laborers who were unload
ing a barge of stones beside the river
heard the shouts of "Murder!' stop
him. raised by the pursuers, and one of
them placed himself in the way of the
murderer, who, covering him with re-
volver, shouted:
Let me pass. I have shot Dreyfus'
The man was so taken aback that he
drew aside and allowed the assassin to
proceed. The murderer ran across the
fields until he reached the railroad. He
crossed the embankment and followed the
track until he arrived at the level cross
ing. A train was just arriving at full
speed, and the murderer dashed across
the line in front of the train and toward
the woods in the direction of the village
of Chantepie. where he was lost to view
Lieut.. Col. Picquart and his brother-in-