The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-07-13
TOLEDO TAMA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 49, 1866
Attempted Political Assasslna.
tlOnS Since 1850

Attempted Political Assasslna. !.
tl0ns Since 1850
The Union Cdttol;ca gives the follow.
ing curious list Of al the attempts ~
political assasinations that have been
made since 1850:
Queen Victoria can count four At
tempts on her life. On June %, 1850,
she received violent blow with q stick
from one Robert Pate, a retired Lieu.
tenant of the Tenth Huzzars.
In May, 1850, the late King Of Prue
sia received, As he Was mounting rail
road carriage, shot from . holster
pistol Of . large bore, in the forearm ;
the assassin, Sefelage, Of We,xlow,
cried out as he fred, "liber,y forever" "
The life of the present king of Prus
sia was in danger at Baden. on the
morning Of July IA, 1861. Two pistol
shots were fred at him by Oscar
Becke:, law STUDENT Of Leip.ic. The
rcg,cide declared that he wished to kill
the King, because he was not capable
Of tffecting the unity Of Germany.
On February ls, 1853, at Vienna.
Francis Joseph 1, was struck with a
knife in the nape Of the neck. The
m"rderer's name was Libeny Albe, in
Hungary, aged twenty, resident at
Vienna, and = tailor by trade.
On March 90. 1854, Ferdinand Char.
les III, Duke ofLarna, returning home
from an excursion, was hustled by ar
individual who at the same time stab
bed him IN the abdomen, left the poig
nard in the W, md, and subsequently
escaped. The Duke expired in cruel
tor,ures at the end Of twenty three
hours.
On May %, 1856, a. Queen Isabella
was passing in her carriage along the
Rue de I Arsenal, at Madrid, \ young
man named Raymond Fucntes, drew a
pistol from his pocket. aud would have
discharged it at her head, had not III.
arm been caught. ard his weapon ,aker
from him by an agent OF the police.
On December g, 1855, wtile Ferdin
and IL, was revicwi, & his troops 4,
Naples, colder named Ageaircs
Malino, struck him with his bayonet,
and, at a later period, Gar.haldi honor.
I'd The memory of the regicide.
IL October, 1872, when Napoleon III
who was on the eve Of becoming Fin.
pe,or. was al Marseil!es, there had been
prepared an Internal machine, formed
by two Hundred and fifty gun barrel,
charged with fifteen hundred balls, in.
tended to 60 off all at once against the
Prince and his cortege. Rut the at
tempt was not carried out. July 5
1858, fresh attempt was made to a.
sassinate him as he vas going to tn,
Opera Com;qne. Twelve Frenchme.
were arrested a. concerned in the con
spiracy. I'm April cs. 1855. Jean Ii
verani fred two shots At the Empero,
in the Grand Avenue Of the Champ.
Flyscce. In 1887, Thibaldi Bartolott
and Grill: came from England to Paris
to assasainate the E,npe, or, but were
discovered, arrested. tried and punished
On January II, 1888, O.sini Comes
Pierri and Rudio. threw their murder
Gus shells At the Emperor Of the Frenct
and shed the blood Of great nnmhe
"f honest citizens Of Paris. On Decem
Der q, 1868, Greco, Tnbucco, Inpera
tore and Scaglioni, who had come owe
from London with the intention of xii
ling the French Emperor, were arrested
in Paris.
On September, Is. 1862, the Once,
OF Greece, directing public affair,
during the kings absence, was return
ing from q ride on horseback, when sh,
vas fred at without effect, near III,
palace, by Aristide Donsios, student
aged nineteen years.
In 1859, al attempt was made on tn.
life Of Victor Emanuel, and Count Ca
YOU, gave an account OF il IN the sittin,
Of April 10.
April Il, 1865, at Pods Theatre /,
W ashington. Abraham Lincolu, Psesi
dent of the United States Of Americ,
vas assassin ated by Booth.