North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-05-17
fAistory of Assassination.


We give brief history of few of the
a.eassnations of ancient and modern times.
which arose by rival aspirants to the throne,
some on account of private revenge, and
some out of hatred to tyrany. We have
only room f'r . portion, leaving out more
ancient examples of the Arabian aesassns,
and the circumstance involving tie death OF
Philip of Macedon, Cesar, TotIla King Of
the Goths; Count WAllenstein; Gustavus
| iii, Of Sweden Peter i'll, of Russia Paul
| I, Of Russia; Henry III, Of France the
Duke OF Guise Henry w, Of France Al
bert I, Arehduke OF Austria and Emperor Of
Germany. We commence with
EDMUND 1, KING OF THE ANGLO sAxoNs.
the son of King Edward the Elder, and suc-
cessor Of A'heIstane, was slain in !46, in the
twenty third year Of his reign, by Leolf.
| EpwARDn,
surnamed Martyr, was the occupant favored
by the St. Dunstan Of Monatic party Of the
Ang go-Sax Cd community. His step-mo,her,
Elirida, claimed the right for her son Ethel
red, only seven years Of age, and in 97S,
three years after his assumption of the scep
tire, Edward was stabbed in the back at Corfe
Castle, his step-.no,her's residence.
EDMUND II
surnamed Ironside, was ssssssinated in 1916
the year of his accession to the throne. He
~as the champion Of the English cause
against the Danes un Ter Csnute, by whom
his death was my.terlOusly procured ar
Oxford,
CHARLES II, OF ENGLAND.
was the object o:a frghtful plot. At Nc.
.l3 Linccln's Inn, London, but the plot was
discovered and the design failed.
| RIcHARD III,
was seen alive and we'll on the 9Th of Octo.
Der, 1898, ard on the 18th Of March, l4OO. \
corpse purportIng to be his was exhibited in
ST. Paul's Cathedrel, London, but the coun-
tenance was displayed only from the eye
brow to the chin, and the impression Of the
multitude was that it was not their soVer-
eign. He was murdered mysterio usly, but
when, and by whom ? History will ask the
question!
EDWARD v. AND MS BROTHER,
disappeared with 'imila- mystery. Tne
were not only supposed To be dead, but after
ward two persons like them were seen alive
in various parts OF the Kingdom.
HENRY vi.
was killed in the Tower Of London. on Tues
Gay, May q, l47l, by The Duke Of Guuces
tor. The weapon was q knife, and the
wound was between the ribs.
THE DUKE OF CLARENCE
wa. put to death in the Tower on the 18th
OF February, 1873. He may have been poi
soned by the order of Richard Of Gloucestor.
GEORGE v4LLIERs, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
was murdered at Portsmouth. in August,
1923, by FELTON,, who left behind HIM letter
claiming that he was justified by the act.
LOUIS PHILIPPE.
very narrowly escaped death on the Boule-
ward du Temple, in Paris, on the 28ih OF
July, 1885, as he was riding along An
Italian named Fleeche, had prepared an in-
ternal machine, consisting of twenty-five
gun-b barrels fastened together and loaded 10
the muzzle with missiles great and smcll-
!, These were so arranged in the windows OF q
house on the Boulevard :has they complete ly
swept the width of the street. The king es-
capped, but Marshal Nor tier and several other
officers and citizens perished. ..
LOUIS EAPoLEAN OF FkAscE
who after having been elected President
seized the liberals and usurped his present
power has, like his immediate predecessor,
Louis PHILIPPE, been fred Ct repeatedly on
the stree is Of Paris. The most startling
plot was the famous Orsni affair. Ferrous
.ion SHELLS manufactured in England, special
ly for the purpose, were thrown by orsini
and his comrades under the Imperial coach
on the evening Of January IA, 1858, rs it ap-
preached the Italian Opera House. The
4 horses were killed and some Of the attend
ants severely injured, but the Emperor es.
capped unharmed. About year ago Napole-
an III, again narrowly cscaped-while riding
in the Champs ElySses. A soldier stepped
from the crowd on the promenade, and FREQ
a pistol at him, but missed his aim.
/ MARAr OF THE FR RrNcH REvoLUTIoN.
Tn French revolutionary records, the
~raa ain fiov ~ tha fvyaut M~rat II, his ha th
in july, 1898, BY the beautiful Charlotte
Corday, is the most striking epsods-a 70,
nance and q whole histor y in itaelf.
ECLEslAsTIcAL MURDERS.
The staying of Thomas A'Beckett, Arch
bishop o: Canterbury, by the four Norman
barons. fr the offsnse of having disobeyed
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