Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-30
BLOODY SPAIN.

The Attempted Assassination OF Senior
Zortlla-Discovery of Wide-xpre al
Plot for = General Massnc re-Arrest OF
Disttnguished Generals.
The Madrid correspondent of the
New York World, under date of Feb.
10, writes as follows.
"The president OF the late cortes,
Senior Don Ruiz Gorilla, who, in the
present Serrano cabinet, holds the port
folio of Forscento, public works and
Instruction., was fired ON this morning
in the Gale Peg, when returning from
friends house to his own, but happily
the balls missed him, and found rest
ing place, not in his body, but in the
wall of house No. 10 in that street,
where I have just seen their marks, and
counted seven of them.
Everybody knows the authorities,
with all their vigilance and all their eff
forts, have as yet done nothing to dis
cover the assassins of Prim. Numer-
GUS arrests, it is true, have boen made,
but no practical result appears to have
taken place. That a deep conspiracy
exists there is no doubt, but who are
the conspirators Anonymous letters
have been received by Serrano, Sagas-
ia, Gorilla, and others, warning them
that they must die, but no clue can be
got to their writer's. Poor Prim's widow
got one the day he was carried to
Atocha church, saying, owe are salts
fed with our work, and intend to con-
tinue It'll" Ruiz Zorrilla has never
gone about without police escort till
Ali, ool %h,c
life has been attempted. Yester-
day morning a mysterious parsonage
went to his house, Gale San Mateo,
and asked if he would appoint time
and place to see certain parties who
could tell him all about the assassins
of Prim. Gorilla loved Prim, and
would sacrifice his life to detect and
punish his murderers. He said he
would see them in his own house. That
would not do, it must be in some other
AS he had engaged to spend last even
ing with friend who lived in Gale
Peg, he fixed to meet his unknown in
formants there at 10 p. m. He waited
till 1:30 this morning, but no one came
A little before2 o'clock he left for home,
accompanied by a friend, Senior Don.
Louis Hernandez A few seconds
after the door closed upon them, they
observed man emerge from a
dark portal and run rapid
ly past them. This was doubtless one
who had been watching the house they
had been in, and who now ran ahead TO
advise his fellows of their approach. A
few minutes more, and they were pass
ing the curriers' shop, No. 10 Gale
Peg, exactly opposite Gale San Rogue;
they saw by the gas-light two men
emerge from dark corner in the latter
street, who the same moment fired ON
them. Fortunately the balls struck the
wall, having missed them by few inch
es. Instantly they gave chase up the
Call San Rogue, firing their revolvers as
they went, but at dark interval between
two lamps they suddenly lost sight
of the assassins, who must have entered
one of the houses, probably left open
for the purpose. Police were quickly
on the scene and blockaded the houses
till daylight, when strict search was
made, which resulted in the arrest of
four men and one woman, but whether
guilty or not is out of my power to say.
Many distinguished generals have
fatty refused to swear allegiance to the
new King The Duke of Montpensier
is one of them. They have been or
dered to report themselves at the castle
of Mola, in the Balearic Isles. Great
agitation prevails on the subject, and
it is generally thought the government
is pursuing suicidal course"