PRESIDENT FALLIERS ASSAULTED
fanatical seeker after notoriety. Received il, 4.10 p.m. Paris, December 20. Matliis, a fanatical Monarchist res.auiant waiter, seeking for notoriety ivatciicd several days for President Fal' ieivs, and when the latter was strolling in the Champs Elysee yesterday, Mathij turned round and seized the President's throat and tried to pull his beard. Both fell struggling, Jiathis' finger-nails drawing blood behind the President's ear. Muthis was immediately arrested, and President Falliercs continued his stroll. Diplomatists hastened to the Elysee to express their indignation at tne outrage. Matliis was in possession of a medallion of General Mercier, who wa* responsible for Dreyfus' arrest.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 309, 28 December 1908, Page 2
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104PRESIDENT FALLIERS ASSAULTED Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 309, 28 December 1908, Page 2
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