Show OEM US CLOSE CALL military writer attempts to murder man for whose liberty zola faught and won attack occurred at close of cere mon es of canonization of zoja in the pantheon drey fus escaping with slight wound in arm paris just at the close of the attending the canonization of emile zola in the pantheon when the president of france the premier and a host of ministers of state were taking their departure louis anthene gregori a military writer of note diew a revolver and fired two shot shota pointblank at major alfred dreyfus for or whose liberty zola fought and won men distinguished in all walks ol 01 ife filled the pantheon and when the shots rang out there was intense ex cit ement in fear that the president had been assassinated but even the attempt on the life of major dreyfus created a profound impression sol diers speedily surrounded gregori and be he was taken to jail bruised and bleeding while his clothes were a al most torn from his body the affair has created a tremendous I 1 sensation in paris and the motive of the would be assassin Is the cause of much mystification tor for gregori in stead of being an ordinary fanatic pu such c h as Is carried away by the cal passions of the moment Is a man of pf mature age having been born in 1844 and was highly esteemed in the circles where he was vias known al at though born of italian parents he has been an ardent frenchman toj fo years and has written authoritatively on military subjects enjoying cl close me relations with many french officer some do not hesitate to express the opinion that be he may have been the tool of a little clan of royalists who under the name of L action fran caise calse have never ceased to insist that the court of cessation illegally prevented an appeal of the dreyfus case nor abandoned hope of seeing a revision favorable to the contention of the nationalists major dreyfus was not seriously injured A bullet entered his forearm but did not in j lure ure the bone |