The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-13
WHO KILLED PRIM?
New Particulars of tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
murderers Hired and Paid-By Whom s-Le
the Kings servants Answer.

New Particulars of tho Assassination-Th
murderers Hired and Paid-By Whom e-Let
the Kings Servants Answer.
Madrid (Jan ~ Cor. London Times.
A deputy of the Republican minority Senior
Rogue Barcia has published an extraordinary
letter in the IgudIddd, with the object of clear
ing his party from the odium of being the insti-
gators of the assassination of General Prim. He
gives some particulars of the affair which have
not before been made public, aud which, If true,
add melancholy interest to what we already
know. lie contends they must have been hired
and paid "The malefactors of the Gale Turco
must have been impelled by malefactors who
tread on carpets. No crime like that is ever
born in poor mans house. The most stupen-
dous crimes are eBgendered in great houses"
He says
We must look upwards and not downwards for
the explanation OF this mystery; II cursed be the
paid. Despots in corruption and luxury above
parahs slaves assassins, in misery, superstitons,
intoxcation, and brutality below. Somebody must
have paid the workmen The men who waited for
the two carriage lights were the workmen. Who
were the masters? Cursed were the hands which
received-curt ed the hands which gave.
In one section of his article, which is headed
"The 30th of December" Senor Barcia says
Prim comprehended the gravity of his situation in
O moment Mounting the stone staircase OF the
Ministry of War, he held on by the hand-rail, which
remained wet with his blood. Arrived at his own
apartments, to the inquiry OF his anxious and
alarmed wife he prudently and considerably an
swered that he was slightly wounded. When the
first operations were over, friend asked him.
"Ifeel death, replied Prim, calmly.
"Can you give any guess at the assassins?"
'No, cannot. don't know who they were, but
those who killed me were not republicans"
The day he died he said to General Bregna -
What day OF the month is it?"
''The 30th."
''The 3Oth! The king will disembark to-day, and
shall die. Long live the king! (EL dia 30! EI Rey
desem.barca hoy, q 90 me nluero! YiUa el RsuD
Sad enthusiasm He vivaed the new King and
the new King killed him; not by leaden bullet or
steel weapon, but by his coming. II Amadeo mad
not come Don Juan Prim would not now lie in the
sepulchre At That night he tried TO take leave OF
his family. The congestion OF his brain disturbed
his thoughts. Passing his left hand before his eyes,
as If to clear his vision, he artculated accents
which could not be understood Oh God Eternal
Did he see the shades OF Carvaja OF CULLEN, and
Ct BohOrquez-the boy Behorquez, whose young
life was so cruelty snatched from tender father?
These references may not be understood in
England, but they are here. Carvajal and
| CULLEN were two republican deputies, who per-
| ished in the insurrection in Andalusia, shot In
| action" say the authorities; murdered in cold
blood after defeat, and without trial." say their
| friends. Bohorquez was the half-witted boy
| after making use of him as guide to conduct
| him to a rebel haunt. After making this allu
| sion, SenOr Barcia bursts OUT
| Juan Prm, breathe thy last breath without an
| guish, without sorrow, without remorse Those
victims pardoned thee pardon thou likewise the in
| famous ones who took thy life! Pardon them
| Sonora widow Pardon them, children of the assas
| snated Pardon them, all of as! Oh! when shall
| we he done with these fearful carriages? WheI
| shall we live like men?
Senior Barcia concludes his article with an i'm
| pasioned appeal to the Duquesa de Prim not Il
| carry out threat she had made in the first burs
| of her agony, to the effect that she woHld tax,
| her husbands body away from Spain, and shake
off the dust of her feet and that of her children
from the country of SO much ingratlGude and 81
| much tr9acherY,