The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-15

Paris July 1.-THE celebration OF the
achievement Of French liberty was marred
to-day by an attempt on the life Of Presi-
dent FalIieres. It is possible that 1t was
the work Of anarchists. but it Is believed
TO have almost certainly been merely the
act Of a lunatie criminal. who was i'm
mediately arrested. 70 harm came TO
anybody except the assailant himself, who
was roughly used both by the police ana
bystanders
The great review Of thousands OF troops
had passed satisfactorily and quietly down
Long Champs. The frantic appeals Of the
Antl-Afiitarist Herve and the COufedera-
ton Of Labor TO their followers 10 make
trouble had been futile.
Even the presence near the entrances
to Long Champs OF negroes bearing huge
lplacards across their breasts bidding the
spectators to remember the Narb0nne
shooting and eulogizing the mutinous Sew
enteenth Regiment did not affect the
crowds, who merely looked at the pla-
eards and passed on TO watch the review.
which was made additionally spectacular
this year by the maneuvers of dirsgible
war balloon, the Parie, above the field,
and an engineers balloon anchored for
observation.
Route ThrOnged with People.
When the review was finished. Presl-
dent FalIieres. Prime Minister Clemen-
eeau, and N. FaIlieres' secretary. II.
Lane, entered the Presidents carriage to
return to the Palace of the Elysees. As
usual. the avenue Bois de Boulogne. the
Champs Elysees. and the whole route were
thronged with people, assembled TO watch
the return.
When the Presidential carriage ap-
preached. some scores Of individuals, who,
up to that time had been indistinguish-
able from the rest Of the crowd in the
avenue Bois de Boulogne, simultaneously
spread across their breasts Hervist
; badges. and cried. Down with Clemen-
ceau.' Down with tie Narbonne mas
sacrei" Long live tie Seventeenth
Regiment and Down wits the araas ,''
The Presidential ecrtege was passing
at a lively trot, and paid no heed 70
these cries but the spectators imme-
diately turned on the disturbers. aiming
} blows with canes and umbrellas at them,
and shouted in a mighty chorus, Long
live the army"
I Elaborate police precautions had been
= taken the whole length Of the route. as
{ well as at Long Champs, TO provide for
5 Just such an emergency The police pre-
, cipitated themselves IN numbers upon the
HerVists and arrested forty-0ne Of them
forthwith. OF whom thirty-four were held
at the commissariat.
J. The Presidential c0Ttege meanwhile had
long passed and traversed the Champs
. Elysees and turned into the avenue Ma
J rigny. which was lined on both sides
: with thTongs awaiting the President.
Z Men women and children. whole fam
lies, were out together. standing or
seated along the whole length of the
avenue from the Champs Elysees 10 the
Faubourg St Honore.
Man Fires AT Fauieres.
t AS usual at such functions. y. Lepine.
e prefect of police. was in carriage pre-
! ceding that Of the President. Just as the
S latter reached a point opposite the gar
dens Of the Elysees an ordinary looking
man. who had been seated on the curb,
rose. M. FaIieres. as il happened. had
! just turned toward that sidewalk, bow
ing to the crowd. when the man pulled
e revolver from his coat pocket and fired.
The sound of the shot wrought ccnster-
[ nation amid the throngs. Those nearest
the shooter had barely time to turn TO
see that it was really he who had done
J / il when he fired a second time. y police
: man. who was standing almost at the
[ mans side. threw himself upon the mis-
= creant Instantly detectives, who were
] thick among the spectators. came to the
pollcemans aid
The man made no resistance. but stood
on the edge Of the sidewalk with the
smoking revolver still in his hand The
e crowd. some of whom had tried TO flee IN
p panic at the shots Immediately closed IN.
endeavoring to strike the culpTit some
succeeded The police then had to defend
the prisoner from the crowds anger. He
went unresisdngly to jail
The revolver used was so small as to be
almost regarded as a toy. It is eleven
ccntimeters long and is OF five minimeters
o caliber. Il is six-shooter -Four bullets
e remained in it,
a The officers attending President Fall
= iieres had Immediately closed around the
5 earriage at the first shot. II. FaIlieres
= was little moved. He smiled and said he
{ was not hurt The cortege proceeded TO
, the palace without further cOmmotiOn.
: Tie prisoner at the commissariat re-
; fused 10 give any information concerning
himself. saying that he would only talk
to tie judge of instruction. as Il was a
q matter between himself and the state,
!, which could not be understood by any one
. present The cOnImssaire concluded
that he was unbalanced mentally.
t Has Little Money with Him.
4 A ssarch revealed that the prisoner had
francs AID ticket for luggage left
ut the St. Lazare railway station Moth
ing more was found on him. He was
; dressed Ike a workman in his Sunday
clothes. but with a shirt slightly solled.
His baggage proved TO be a broken
trunk containing plenty Of cartridges for
the revolver. clothing, and papers, re-
vealing the owner as Jean Marie MasIle.
sailor. fOrty-one years old, who was
born at Meyries, in Lozere.
The papers showed that he had served
in the navy quitting it with the rank OF
hrst-class gunner. with q good reputa-
ton. He was afterward employed as 4
sailor in the merchant marine, being with
the Messageries Maritimes his last voy-
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