Evening star., 1932-05-07
Successor viii Be Named on
Tuesday-FuneraI to Be
Held Thursday.
WIFE AND DAUGHTERS
AT EXECUTIVES BEDSIDE
Assassin Declares His Purpose Was
to Clear Way for War by France
Against Russia.

PARIS, May 7 CP.-Paul Go.go-
lov, who assassinated President
Doumer, was described today by the
head of the French secret service as
ton"
When he was arrested yesterday
4 the man admitted that he was a
i Russian. but said he was the head
il Of q Fascist" organization which
was opposed to bolshevism. BY kill
i ing M. Doumer, he said, he hoped to
Il involve France in war with Soviet
7 Russia.
The first statement by the police
yesterday said the prisoner was not
in possession of all his faculties, but
today three alienistS examined him
and pronounced him sane and re-
sponsible for his crime.
Shortly after that he was ar
raigned before a magistrate and
formally charged with the assassina-
ton. 1t was expected that he
would be brought to trial quickly.
On Monday the court will appoint
an attorney for the defense.
BY the Associated Press
PARIS, May THE body of Pau
Doumer, beloved and venerable 75-
year-old President of France, lay ir
state in the green room of the presi.
Dental palace today, the victim of ar
assassin's gun, while France, from enc
to end, was bowed in sadness and ir
horror.
After lingering throughout the night
in a coma and delirium, while staff
of physicians worked feverishly in q
vain attempt to save his life, the aged
President died at 37 am. at Beaujor
Hospital, where he was taken after
the tragic shooting yesterday.
President Doumer will be buried on
Thursday in the Pantheon, beside Vol
taire, Victor Hugo and ap.zaIacGHes
Rousseau. The nation VIII give him
its highest honors. There will be serv-
ices in the Cathedral of Notre Dame,
to which the cortege will proceed from
the Elysee Palace.
An election to select a new President
will be held at Versailles next Tuesday
When the end came the entire
French cabinet was assembled in a
room at the hospital next to that oc-
Cupied by M. Doumer At his bed
side we're HE wife, his two daughters
Mesdames Eymery and Fournier, anc
several of his physicians.
Pathetic Death Scene.
1t was a pathetic death scene. M
Doumer lay on a simple iron bedsteac
in the huge, bare room. Throughout
the night the physicians worked ovel
him. They gave him a number Of
transfusions of blood and used oXyger
to spur his failing heart.
For a time hope for his recovery was
held. Shortly before midnight, after
oxygen had been used and a narcotic
was administered to soothe him, DR.
Louis Mourier director of public health
said the Presidents condition was
slightly improved.
At 1245 am, however, Francois
Pietri, minister of the budget. an
nounced that he was not doing as well
as he had been. At 1870 am. Premier
Andre Tardieu arrived at the hospital
and this was taken as an indication
that the Presidents condition had taken
a grave turn. A minute later the
physicians issued a bulletin saying his
condition was becoming more and more
grave Cerebral symptoms are aris-
ing" the bulletin said, "and the lesion
at the base of the skull is becoming
more marked"
Doumer Astonished.
A short time later the prOcuratol
general. a number of police officers ano
DR.. Paul. official medical expert, ar
rived at the hospital and this was taker
by the waiting crowds to mean thai
the end was near. A male nurse, leaV-
ing the room. said that some time before
midnight M. Doumer had expressed
astonishment at finding himself in
hospital bed and he was told:
You have had an automobile ac'
cident"
At 3:45 am. Pierre Cathala, one o1
the cabinet undersecretaries,. announced
that the President had lapsed into
coma and had suffered period OF de-
lirium. His pulse had grown lmper'
ceptible and his breathing was spas
modic Hope was given up,
At AIS the cabinet assembled in the
room next to that in which M. Doumel
lay. A few minutes later the presl-
dents of the Senate and Chamber Of
Deputies arrived.
A few minutes before 4:37 am
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