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Show MAJOR DREYFUS HAS CLOSE CALL Military Writer Attempts to Murder Man for Whose Liberty Zola Fought and Won. Attack Occurred at Close of Cere-" Cere-" 'monies of Canonization of Zola, In the Pantheon, Dreyfus Drey-fus Escaping With Slight Wound In Arm, Paris. Just nt tho closo of the ceremonies cer-emonies nttondlng tho cnnonlzntlon of Emlle Zola, In tho Pantheon, when tho presldont of France, the premier nnd (i host of ministers ot stnto wero tnklng their departure, Louis Anthono Gregorl, a military writer of noto, drew a revolver and fired two shots polntblnnk nt Mnjor Alfred Dreyfus, for whose liberty Zola fought and won. Men distinguished In nil wnlks ol Ifo filled tho Pnnthcon, and when tha ihots rnng out thero wns intense excitement ex-citement In fear that tho president hnd been nssnsslnatcd, but even tho nttcmpt on tho llfo of Major Droyfus created a profound Impression. Sol-dlors Sol-dlors upeedlly surrounded Gregorl nnd ho wns tnken to Jail, bruised and bleeding, whllo his clothes wero nlmost nl-most torn from his body. Tho nffalr has created a tremendous sensation In ParlB, nnd tho motive of tho would-bo nssnssln Is tho cause of much myBtlflcntlon, for Gregorl, In-stend In-stend of being nn ordinary fanatic, such ns Is carried away by tho political politi-cal passions of tho momenL is a man of mature ago, having been born In 1841, nnd was highly esteemed In tiro circles where ho wns known. Although Al-though born of Italian parents, he has been an ardent Frenchman for yenrs, nnd hns written nuthorltntlvcly on military subjects, enjoying closo relations with mnny 'French officers. Some do not hesitate to express tho opinion thnt lio may havo been the tool of a littlo clnn of royalists, who, under tho namo of L'Actlon Fran-cnlse, Fran-cnlse, havo nover censed to Insist thnt tho court ot cessation Illegally prevented nn nppcal of tho Dreyfus case, nor abandoned hopo of seeing n revision favornblo to tho contention of tho nationalists. Mnjor Dreyfus wos not seriously Injured. A bullet entered his forearm, but did not Injure In-jure the bone. |