Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-20

cSultS of tn ptemierS S JurieS untllS
IN N-ray photograph of the wound
aiken this morning is developed and
examined by the doctors. The wound
n itself is slight, but necessarily
serious for a man as old as he. The
physicians. however, say his heart
md arteries are young, and they
)oint out that he has been a lifelong
tbstainer, has not smoked for twen-
y years, and has followed a careful
ule of living. This has resulted in
lis being extraordinarily vigorous
or his years. He has triumphed
over the usual ills to which old age
subject. while as a stimulant to
his recovery lie has the knowledge
)f the heartfelt sympathy and good
wishes of his own and every other
civilized country.
The premier rested quietly through
he night and did not awake until S
o'clock. His first remark to Sister
rheonesse, the Nun, who is attend
& ng him was:
Late Getting Up
Il am a lazy man. That is the first
ime in twenty years that l have
#oeen so late getting up"
His own story of the attack upon
n the Matin to-day as follows:
Yesterday swhen was passing
that spot at the corner of the Boule-
Eard Delessert | remarked a strange
zllhouletted figure upon the pave
znent showing some one eXaming me
3ittentively. The silhouette was that
pr rather evil-looklng man. l said
i o myself, Hello, that fellow is up to
Rno good This morning at the same
spot l perceived the same silhouette
E1nd Immediately thought. Why,
hats my friend of yesterday
Shot Hits Window
Il hadn't time to continue the re-
Election, for the individuals arm was
Zraised, revolver in hand, and he fired
PIT the door of the automobile and
|hit the window. / didn't reflect that
here were perhaps other bullets in
/ he revolver, and as soon as the first
zshot was fired leaned forward to see.
sOther shots followed rapidly one aft
zer another. and I felt a sharp pain
low down the back of my neck. The
pain was so intense tnat I could not
|help crying out. 1 realized perfectly
hat I had been hit.
What followed passed with
|ightning-like rapidity. The orderly
=otalCu pSSlhG llt OH tHG
front of the automobile had at the
first shot pulled his revolver out of
his pocket. The chauffeur at the
same time put on speed and got us
put of range. Then he turned and
brought me back home. Now | feel
absolutely nothing"
The premier paused here and
then added Sarcastically:
AdvcrSaricS Very Clumsy
My adversaries are really poor
shots. They are exceedingly clumsy"
To Stephen Pinchon, the foreign
minister, he said:
Am I not a good prophet? Do
\ not arrange things ahead? / had
arranged to have no meeting of the
conference to-day so that could get
+ little rest. Well. Tve got it,"
Emile Coffin. who yesterday at
tempted to assassinate Premier
RClemenceau, was taken to Sante
Prison last night. An examination
of the autom obile in which the pre-
|mier was riding when he was fired
Rlpon showed seven distinct bullets.
Cottin's father and mother are
simple working people. His father
bnd seventeen-year-old brother work
n a factory in Issy les MoulineauX
Assassin Great Novel Reader
Neighbors of the family describe
Emile Coffin as being addicted to
|heither smoking nor drinking. but
Say he was a great reader of novels
|and books on astronomy and sociol-
|pgy. His father tried in vain to COM
bat the anarchistic ideas of his son.
but the latter ridiculed him as being
|old fashioned. When he heard the
news of the attempted assassination
|he was at work, but felt PRESENT.
|ment. it is said, that tho criminal
|was his son.
Emile Coffin has bsen under treat
(ment for an affection of the heart
and a disease of tho larynx.
Was the attempt on Premier Glenn
r-.,