The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-07-18
I'M ATTEMPT TO KEEL
PRESIDENT FALAERES
Two Shots Fired at the Executive
Of France.
WAS ACT OF NAVAL REsERWST.
The President and His Party, In
GLIDING Premier Clemenceau, Escape
Unharmed, but the Attempted AS
sassination Mars the Celebration of
the National Holiday.


Paris (By Cable.) - The national
fete Sunday was marred by a das-
tardly attempt on the life of Presi.
dent Fallieres by Leon MaiIlA, ma.
va reservist OF Havre, who, 1t Is be.
lieved, is suffering from the mania
of persecution. Maille fred two
Hhots at the President. but did not
hit him. He was at once placed un-
der arrest.
On account OF the activity OF the
i-militarists, who tried to organ
Ire a demonstration against the army
throughout France Sunday, excep-
tional precautions we're taken to safe
guard President Fallieres. The at
tempt on his life occurred on Avenue
'des Champs Elysees while the Presi-
dent was returning to the palace from
Nongchamps. where he had reviewed
the garrison Of Paris In the presence
OF 250,0OO enthusiastic people.
Premier Clemenceau and NJ. Lanes,
the Presidents secretary, were with
the President In his landau, which
was escorted by a squadron of cuiras-
siers. The carriage had safely
emerged from the Bois de Boulogne,
where the anti-militarists had sta
toned themselves with the intention
of hooting the soldiers. and was de-
scending the broad Champs Elysees
amid the acclamations of the crowds
thronging the sidewalks. who we're
shouting "Vive Fallieresi" ''Vive
lIArmeei" when, at the corner of
Lesueur Street, Msllle from the curb
fired two shots point-blank at the
President in quick succession. No
one was hit.
President Fallieres was cool and
collected when the cortege stopped.
The diplomats who were following
the Presidents landau alighted from
their carriages and hurried to the
side OF NJ. Fallieres. Finding that
nobody had been injured, by the
Presidents orders, the cortege moved
on.
In the meantime two policemen
seized Maille, who made no resist
ence, but the police, with difficulty,
prevented the irate crowds from
lynching the prisoner until Gordon
OF reserves came up and conducted
him to the station. There Maille re-
fused to give any reasons for his act,
saying:
THE revelations have are 80
grave and serious that 1 will only
make them before a magistrate for
transmission to the chief of state. II
IS matter between the government
and me. / am the victim of many
villaiDies."
Some of the witnesses of the shoot
ing said that Maille fired in the air.
II is believed that the man partici
pated in the recent seamen's strike,
and that his mind had been unhinged
by fancied grievances.
It is believed also that he aid
ed in the revolutionary agitation of
the General Federation of Labor and
the anti-militarists. There is no rea-
son to suspect plot, as Maille only
arrived here from Rouen Saturday
night.
Maille appeared before an examin-
ing magistrate, and the authorities
only succeeded in extracting from
him a rambling statement about fam
lily persecution directed against him.
1t was in order. to draw public at
tention to his grievances, he said.
l4dl NC ulGA AuG snOACs nG DA A5OnEl
terminated the examination by an
nouncing his intention to give no fur
ther explanations, as he believed that
the magistrate would do nothing to
remedy his wrongs.
A search revealed that the prison
er had five francs and a ticket for
luggage left at the st. Lazare Rail-
way Station. Nothing more was
found on him. He was dressed like
"a workman in his Sunday clothes,
but with a shirt slightly soiled. His
baggage proved to be broken trunk,
containing plenty Of cartridges for
the revolver, clothing and papers, re-
vealing the owner as Jean Marie
Male, sailor, Al years old, who was
born at Meyries, in Lozere. The pa
pers showed that he had served in
the navy, quitting it with the rank
of first-class gunner, with a good
reputation.