Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — TRIED TO KILL BRIAND [ARTICLE]

TRIED TO KILL BRIAND

Two Revolver Shots Are Fired at the Premier of France. The French chamber of deputies in the city of Paris was thrown into a panic by an attempt upon the life of Premier Briand Two revolver shots were fired upon the ministerial bench from the public gallery, but the pre mier was not harmed. One of the shots entered the leg of Leon Mirman. director of the department of public assistance in the ministry of the Interior. The wound is not serious. The would-be assassin is a man named Gisolme. formerly clerk of the courts of Bayonne. He was pounced upon by'police officers before he could hse his weapon again, if he had such an intention, and was hurried from the place.