The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-13
Attempted Political Assassinati0ns since
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The Uaita Cattolic4 gives the following Gu
rious list OF all the attempts at political asos
sassinations that have been made since 1885,
Z "Queen Victoria can count four attempts
on her life. On June 28, 1850, she received d
VIOLENT blow with a. stick from oone Robert
Pate, retired lieutenant OF the Tenth Hus
sars. ys 1.ss ST. 4t3.'1 ~ -,is5sss..js
4 In May. 1850, The late King Of Prussia re-.
ceived, as he was mounting railway car
riage, a shot from a holster pistol OF q large
bore in the forearm the assassin, Sefelage OF
Wetzlow, cried out as he fred, Liberty for
everp 1881 AsA ee EfN 7iitv1efaW
The life of the present King of Prussia was
5 In danger on the morning OF July IA, 1851.
Two pistol shots we're fred at him by Oscar
Becker, law student of Leipsic, The regi-
eide declared that he wished to XIII the King
because he was not capable Of sefecting the
unity Of Germany sshas ,sitN a -ssisa
On February is, 1856, at Vienna, Francis
Joseph I. was struck with a knife In the nape
OF the neck. The murderer's name was Lii
beny, OF Aibe, In Hungary, aged twenty, a
resident at Vienna and a tailor by trade. ~
On March 20, 1854, Ferdinand Charles III,
Duke OF Parma, returning from an excursion,
was hustled by an individual, who at the same
time stabbed him in the abdomen, left the
poignard in the wound, and subsequently, es Z
capped. The Duke expired in cruel torture at
the end OF twenty-three hours. ) aA 4oi r
On May 28, 1856, as Queen Isabella was
passing in her carriage along the Rue de AR
senal st Madrid, a young man, named Kay
mond Fuentes, drew pistol from his pocket,
and would have discharged it at her head had
not his arm been caught and his weapon TAX
en- from him by an agent OF the police. ~
2 On December s, 1856, whilst Ferdinand III.
was reviewing his troops at Naples, q soldier,
named Agesiras Milano, struck at him with
his bayonet, and at a later period. Garibaldi
honored the memory of the regicide.
In October, 1852, when Napoleon ILL.,, who
was on the eve of becoming Emperor was at
Marseilies, there had been prepared an infer
nal machine, formed by $50 gun barrels charg
ed with 1900 balls, intended to go off all al
once against the Prince and his cOrtege But
the attempt was not carried out. July 9TH
1853, fresh attempt was made to assassinate
him as he was going to the Opera Comique
Twelve Frenchmen were arrested as concern
ed in the conspiracy. On April %, 1S46, Jean
Liverani fred two shots at the Emperor la
the Grand Avenue of the Champs Eysees.
In 1857, Thibaldi, Bartollotti and Grill came
from England to Paris to assassinate the En-
peror, but were discovered, arrested, tried ani
punished. On January IA, 1858, Orsini
Comes. Pieri and Rudio, threw their murder
Gus shells at the Emperor of the French an'
shed the blood of great number OF homes
citizens in Paris. Oh OecsmueI ~, loVo
; Greco, Trabucco, Imperatore and Scagiionl
who had come over from London with the Ia
tention of killing the French Emperor, wer'
arrested in Paris. a asa .n
On September 18, 1852, the Queen OF Greece
directing public affairs during the king Ab
sence, was returning from ride on horse
back, when she was fred at without effecl
near the palace, by Aristide Donsios, stu
dent, aged 10 years. sl'dq
n 10 l. % n
Victor Emmanuel H., aud Count Cavour CAV,
an account of it in the sitting Of April 16.
April IA, 1865. at Fords Theatre in Wash
ington, Abraham Lincoln, President OF tn
Unfted States Of America, was assassinate
by Booth" t 3Ras naa et sIpa