FRANCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 9266, 28 April 1892, Page 2

FRANCE.

j _^__ - , 1 (Reoelved April 37. 10.23 fctn.) r Pabis, April 28. J 1 ' Very still survives, though at first i* 1 waa reported he had died from »he shock , > ot amputation. Three men were arrested k on suspiolon, but afterwards released. . 3 Lerot, a waiter, states that three men sad . ' three women, after dinjng, left suddenly* i the men depositing a parcel odder the f table and holding a match underneath f as if to avoid the vapor from the lnclfer. 1 Lerot was one of the men threatened with ! death if Ravachal were sentenced. He [ was sußpeoted of piving the information > which led to Ravaohal's arrest. t (Reoelved April 37. 8 p.m.) t After his trial had proceeded for some .. 9 hours Ravachal, with the utmost coolness, ' [ informed the magistrate that he was ) guilty of tue charges brought agalaathbo t . ;. , stating that he personally loaded and .. > deposited the bombs, and that the out- ' rages were intended to strike terror , , I among the citizens, and to draw the . .j i attention of the public to the wrongs suffered by the lower classed In Franoe. Two boxes of dynamite were found . ■ ' underneath a ' railway bridge in St. , Etienne, and the police believe the : Anarchists had planned to demolish the Btruoture. - (Rsoelved April 38. U5 a.m.) April 27. ! Simon, one of Ravaohal's accomplices,- ' i also admitted his unlit, but the others ' tried to ewulpate themselves at the I expense of their chief. In reply to A question by the Judge, Ravachal declared : that he thought he was acting lawfully ' in the course he adopted, and he ex* '■• i pressed a hope that he would be torgiven for his crimes. The jnry, who were absent an hour and a half, brought In a i verdlot of guilty against Ravacbal and • Simon, but recommended them to the meroy of the Conrt, as the Jury considered there were extenuating circumstances connected with the case. The Judge sentenced Ravachal and Simon to lm» . prisonment with hard labor for life. The others were acquitted, and the Court rose at 3.30 in the morning.