Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-10-29 | Page 1 | De freycinet Almost Assassinated

Dc Frcycinet Almost Assassinated. Paris, October 29. Considerable excitement excite-ment was created here to-day by an attempt to assassinate M. DeFreycinet, French Minister Min-ister of Foreign Affairs. After attending the Cabinet meeting, DeFreycinet took a drive. While returning to the building occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a man stepped out into the roadway and fired a pistol directly at the carriage in which was seated M. DeFreycinet. Fortunately the shot was harmless, and before the culprit could fire again he was arrested by a police officer. When the would-be-assassin was examined at the police station he confessed that he did not know DeFreycinet personally, person-ally, and refused to give his name or occupation. occu-pation. The prisoner looks like a mechanic of superior intelligence, and appears to be of Italian origin.