ROWDYISM ON THE PARIS BOURSE.
Paris was startled out of its apathy on 19th August by a report that a man had been shot in the very midst of the Bourse. The news has' proved to be true. It appears that shortly after 2 o'clock, when business was at its one M. Legrand, an engineer, was seen standing upon the steps of the Bourse. Grasping a thick stick, he shortly after went up to |^f. De Gas, a well known banker, and "^ifter some recriminations had passed between them, M, Legrand struck the other several, severe blows over the back and head. M. De Gas at once drew a revolver from hie pocket, and while his assailant fled, fired three consecutive times ■ without effect. "M. De Gas, however, started in pursuit, and catching up the fugitive, again fired, wounding M. Legrand in the left. cheek with two balls, which entered just under the eye and passed out close by the temple. ,'M. De Gas was at once arrested by the police, and the wounded man was carried to a chemist's shop in the Eve Feydeau, where his wounds were pronounced not to be dangerous. It is said that the cause of this strange affair partakes more of a domestic than of a financial nature. For several months past MM. De Gas and Legrand have been at daggers drawn, and a duel was to have been fought-between them. It is perhaps needless to say that M. De Gas is still in custody. M. Legrand was taken home in a carriage immediately after having hiswounds dressed. Of the three shots which were fired without reaching M. Legrand; one broke the window of Fiver's shop just opposite the Bourse; another is said to have lodged in the leg of an old commissionaire, and the third struck the chest of a bank messenger who was coming put of the Eve Vivienne, but luckily its passage .was stopped by a thick portfolio. As may be imagined, the greatest excitement prevailed in the Place de la Bourse for some : time .after the affair, and the wildest stories were circulated respecting the two
leading characters, in. this impromptu drama. M. de Gas is said to have ac- ,. quired tbe habit of currying firearms in Kis pocket in America. It is earnestly to be hoped that no more o£ these encounters will come off in so public a place.
What an evening paper calls " une liquidation a coups de revolver " is a way of fcettling business peculiarly disagreeablo to the outside world.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2143, 16 November 1875, Page 3
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424ROWDYISM ON THE PARIS BOURSE. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2143, 16 November 1875, Page 3
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