Word: doumer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile in his Paris cell Russian Dr. Paul Gorgulov, who killed President Paul Doumer three weeks ago, tried to explain away the crime that is expected to send him to the guillotine...
Told that this explanation made no difference, Dr. Gorgulov tried again. "A mystic force armed my hand," said he. "I had no reason at all to kill President Doumer. On the train from Monte Carlo to Paris I struggled against my idea of committing the crime. I prayed, even on the train. When I reached Paris I went to pray at Notre Dame. I begged God to rid me of this obsession. My struggle with myself lasted for two whole days. Then I drank an entire bottle of cognac. I was too intoxicated to remember what...
...other's face. A senator and a deputy began a furious fist fight, blundered into War Veteran Deputy Louis Sevestre who has only one leg, knocked him down. But leading Paris papers called the proceedings "among the quietest in years, out of respect and homage to M. Doumer...
...Cried President Lebrun of France, soon after his election: "In the most ambitious dreams of my childhood I never dared hope to attain to such heights. I am extremely proud of the confidence of the nation. ... I will strive to carry forward the exalted tradition set by President Doumer...
Said Premier Tardieu, who as acting President had invested President Lebrun: "The post of President is one of honor and danger, as is shown by the odious assassination of President Doumer...