Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-19
STRIKES AT Pl0TTERS.
Leaders OF Patriotic ana Anti
semitic Leagues Arrested.

Leaders oil Iutfiottc anu h"''
semitic Leagues arrested.
Paris, Aug. l5.-M. Paul Deroulede
founder of the League of Patriots, and
member of the chamber of deputies foi
AnCouleme, IA division OF Charent, war
arrested AT 4 o'clock this morning al
his estate at Croissey, near Paris. De-
roulede was incarcerated in the Con
ciergcrie prison. The arrest of Marcel
Uabert is expected. The police CLOSED
the Offices of the Patriotic league.
When an attempt was made TO arrest
Cucrin, president Of the Anti-Semite
league, he refused TO surrender, barri'
cading himself in his house. lie says
he is prepared To hold out three weeks
having "A good stock of food and hre'
arms. The doors and windows OF ms
residence are barricaded. He an
nounces he will blow up the house be
fore he will surrender.
4 number of members of the Anti
Semitic and Patriotic leagues were also
arrested this morning. n scmi-oihcla4
note issued this morning says:
"A certain number of arrests were
made this morning as IA result OF o
magisterial inquiry and by virtue OF
- 1tNdlulllI
or accomplishing d changer 3n~nose
of government. The person fmprfca1I
ed belong to groups Of royalist youth
and the Patriotic and Anti-Semitit
leagues. At the trial of the Neueilly
barrack affair the facts relating to thai
incident alone were used rs a basis oil
prosecution, but searches were ther
made and documents seized which lee
4. IL IL. ~ nN - r.n II, txa tt.an dat.
ing back TO July, 1898, and of a plot &c
seize the government by force. Inc
documents leave no room for doubt
either i'm regard to the existence OF {
plot or as to the chief actors therein
After a very close watch organizec
proof was obtained that the same
groups were preparing for n fresh at
tempts at an early date, the proof be
ing such as to enable the disturbances
TO be averted by immediate measures
An investigation Of the affair has been
intrustcd to NJ. Fabre, examining mag
i%strate."
On application of Fabre fresh
searches of various houses were made
this morning. including the headquar'
tiers Of anti-Semites, where only un'
important papers were seized. A nun
Der Of additional arrests of unknown
persons were made.
Deroulede, chief of the League OF
Patriots, and Marcel-lIabert, member
of the chamber of deputies, were ar.
rested on the evening of February %
last on the charge of melting soldiers
to characterization in connection with
tie election of President Loubet.
May 81 the prisoners, who had been
on trial before the court in Paris, were
acquitted, although during the pro.
ceedings Deroulede admitted he
wished to lead a brigade to overthrow
the parliamentary republic, that his
action was fully ~premeditated and that
he would not cease his attempts to
overthrow parliamentar's SIN. He &C.
knowledged he was guilty of all the
charges except the allegation hat he
wanted to lead the soldiers astray
without a leader. lie said:
~ wanted a general at their head
1 would have preferred the command
er-in-chief. Unhappily l had ne
choice" /.
lie finished his harangue by de.
handing a plebiscitary republic, a.
serting at the same time he never in
tended to turn the soldiers from theii
duty, but only wished TO carry General
Roget, who was in command of the
troops, with him. Marcel-Habert also
admitted he wished to cause a revolu-
ton, but denied having melted sol.
diers 10 disobedience. He said he only
sought TO lead General Roget to the
Elysee palace and that the men with
him had been merely following the
officers.
1t appears officials unearthed tele-
grams sent by the duke of Orleans
from Brussels at the time of Faure's
funeral, the frst saying:
"All our men are ready"
The second, sent the following day,
said: ut is useless to come" The at
tempt at instruction had In the mean
time failed.
Altogether sixteen alleged revolu-
tionists were arrested.
Querin, armed with revolvers and
knives. still holds possession of his
apartments, to which entrance Is only
possible after running the gauntlet Of
a strong guard of anti-Semites.
1t is reported Andree Buffet, vice
president of the Young Royalist
league, has been arrested.