Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-19
FALLIERES NEAR
END BY ASSASSIN j..
CRAZED RESERVIST ATTEMPTS TO
KILL PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
DURING PARADE.
EXECUTIVE NOT INJURED.
Mob Fights to Get His WouId-be Muir
derer, But Officers Spirit Him
Off to Prison.

PARIS. July 1.-THE national cele-
bration If the achievement of French
liberty was marred yesterday by an at
tempt on the life Of President Fallieres
by Leon MailIe, q naval reseryist.
1t is possible it was the work of anar-
chists, but it is believed almost certain
to have been merely the act Of lunatic
criminal, who was Immediately arrested.
10 harm came to anybody except the
"ssaiIant himself, who was roughly used
/ by the police and bystanderS immediate
~ ms identity was perceived
Inc great review Of thousands of
troops had passed successfully and quiet
r. III LOngchampS. The frantic appeals
: ot anti-HlIItarists and the confederation
Of lab"r TO -heir followers to make trou-
bic ut the review had been futile.
Miniature Riot Frecedes Attacks.
When the review was concluded Prcsi-
dent Ial;eres, Prime Minister Clemcn-
crau, and VI. Fallicrcs' secretary. NJ
Lane. entered the Presidents carriage 10
the Avenue B0is dc BOulognc and the
. Champs Ulysses, and the whole route
. homeWum We're thromGcd with people
assgubed to watch the return.
When the presidential carriage ap-
preached some scores Of individuals who
up that time had been indistinguishabIe
from the rest OF the crowd mt the Ave
nue BUiS DC BOuloEuc, simultaneously
spread across their breasts Eerycist
badges and cried:
Down with ClCm2nccau. Down with
I the Narhon1c massacre, Long i've the
Seventeenth regiment. and Down with
the army
The presidential corteZe. passing at
Lively trot. paid 40 heed TO these cries
huJ spectators immediately turned upoH
the d!SturbcrS. aiming blows with canes
and umbrellas at them AMI shouting III
mighty chorus: Long live thc army.
Elaborate police precautions had been
taken along the whole length Of the route
as well Hs at LongchamUS, to provide for
just such an emergency or any other
The poli q prrcipitatcd themselves upon
the IicIveists and arrested iorty-one o.
them forthwith, OF whom thirty-iour
were held.
Shots Start Panic in Crowd.
The presidential cortege meanwhile had
ION" passed and traverscd the Champs
ElySceS and had turned into the Avenue
Marigny which was lined on both sides
with throngs awaiting the President.
As usual at such functions NJ. Lepine,
project OF police was i'll 4 carriage pre-
ccding the President. Just as the latter
reached 4 point opposite the ElySee gar
deuS an ordinary looking man who had
been seated on the curb arose. falliereS,
as it happened, had just turned toward
that sidewalk and was bowling to the
crowd when the man pulled Il revolver
from a coat pocket and fired.
The sound of the shot wrought CON
sternat ton amid the throngs. Those
nearest the shooter barely had time to
turn and see that it really was he who
had done it when he fired a second time
\ policemen who was standing almost
at the mans side threw himself upon
him. Instantly detectives, who were
thick among the spectators. came to the
policeman's aid. The man made no re-
sistance, but stood on the edge of the
sidewalk, with the smoking revolver still
in his hand. The police then had to de-
fcnd the prisoner from the crowds an
ger. He went INCREASINGLY to jail.
The revolver he used was so small as
to be almost regarded as Il toy. 1t was
Il six shooter and four BULLETS remained
in it.
Officers attending President Fallieres
closed around his carriage at the first
shot. FalIiereS was little moved He
smiled and said he was not hurt. Tie
cortrgc proceeded to the palace without
further commotion.
He Is Identified as Crazy Sailor.
a search revealed the prisoner had five
francs and a ticket for luggage left at
the st. Lazare railway station. Nothing
more was found on him. He was dressed
IKE 4 workman III sunday clotheS, but
with shirt slightly soiled. His baggage
proved to be Il broken trunk containing
plenty of cartridges for the revolver
clothing and papers revealing the owner
rs Leon Marie Maille, sailor II years
old. who was born at Meyries, in La
Zare.
While he might be a tool of the anaY-
chists or be one himself it is believed
tonight he simply is IN alcoholic and
with Il disordered mind. Nothing was
learned from him as to whether he
aimed ut President Fallieres or NJ.
Clemenccau.
NIaille appeared before an examining
magistrate last night. and the authorities
only succeeded in extracting from him a
rambling statement about family perse-
cution directed against him. 1t was in
order to draw public attention to his
grievances, he said, that he fired the
shots.