The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-01
BOMB FOR KING.
Missile Exploded Near Alfonso
and LOUbet.
Only Damage Done Was Wound
ing of Five Soldiers.
HAD BEEN TO OPERA.
Were Returning to D'Orsay
Palace in a Carriage.
A Number of Persons Are Held
on Suspicion.
HAD BEEN TO OPERA.

Paris, June As the king of Spain,
accompanied by President Loubet. drove
away from a gala performance Of the
opera after midnight an anarchist
threw a bomb in the direction of the
royal carriage. The prOjectile struck a
soldier belonging to the Cuirassier es-
cort on the shoulder and then fell to the
ground and exploded without injuring
his majesty or the president who con-
tinued their drive to the palais d'Orsay.
Several soldiers of the escort were
thrown from their horses and injured.
while fragments OF the. bomb struck a
number of persons in the crowd.
The bomb had been thrown with too
great force, and passed over the royal
carriage and struck the shoulder of a
cuirassier and then fell to the ground
where it exploded, fragments Of it
striking the horses Of thesoldiers, caus-
ing them to bolt and throw their riders.
Captain Schnider. who was riding at
the right side of the carriage, and Cap
tain GARNER, who was on the left, were
both thrown. Fragments of the bomb
also struck five persons-a sergeant,
two policemen, a woman. who was seri-
ously injured. and a child, who was
struck in the eye. One horse Of the
escort was killed outright and six 9TH
ers lay about manned and bleeding.
The force of the explosion was terrific
and caused arrangement of the cleo
trio lights, which We're all extinguished
adding darkness to the scene of con-
fusion. Women and children screamed
and a panic was for a time threatened
in the vast thrOng until the police sue
ceeded in restoring order.
In the meantime the remainder of
the escort to the royal carriage had
closed around the vehicle, which disap-
peared under the archway of the
Louvre
The young king was to be seen sit
ting beside the president. He was pale,
but apparently calm. Just before the
carriage disappeared the king called one
OF the attaches to the Spanish embassy
and sent him back to inquire concern
ing the wounded The carriage drove
OF to the pa1ais d'Orsay hemmed in by
troops and cavalry.
Police Clear the Streets.
The police Immediately gathered in
strong force and cleared the surround
ing streets and began attending the
hotel
Immediately following the explosion
an individual was seen to dash into the
crowd but men seized him before he
could escape and turned him over to the
police. He is believed to have been the
author of the outrage. Many other ar
rests were erected Inc 0rSI person
taken was a boy about 20 years of age
having an injured eye. 1t was moi
known whether his wound was caused
by the explosion or by the violence OF
the crowd. He refused to speak
A woman informed the police that she
saw the man under a neighboring gate
way talking to two men just before the
explosion. He had something confcal-
shaped in his hand. She also declares
that she saw him lighting what she
now considers must have been q fuse
but at the time she says she did moi
pay much attention to him
Other persons arrested on suspicion
OF being accomplices in the deed re
fuse to give Information regarding tht
man believed to be responsible for the
outrage. Throughout the night excited
CROWDS remained outside the cordons ot
police and soldiers drawn about tht
scene and where officials from tn,
municipal laboratory are searching fo-
fragments of the bomb
The perfect of policefnterrogated t17os,
arrested, who described themselves a,
follows.
Louis F'inot, aged D. a tailor; Marco
6auten, aged Il, glass blower. AM
ferdinand Boiler, aged q, a florist I
IS not known whether they belonged +
the group which organized the outrage
They viii be put through a serious in
terrogation. Meanwhile they are held d
the disposition Of the police