The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-13
The Attempted AssassinatiOn of
Prince Bismarck.
Correspondence of the London Time

I
BERLIN, Wednesday, July Is, "a.
Prince Bismarck is residing at Kiss
ingen, in villa opposite the Saale
Bridge, the property OF d.. liruE.
There being hotels and restaurants
clsse by, the street in front of the villa
is always much frequented, especially
about noon, when the Chancellor is in
the habit of driving out preparatory to
taking his bath. At l:3O on the event
full 18th, the Prince, as usual, emerged
from the house, and saluting the crowd
assembled to receive him, took his seat
in the carriage. He was accompanied
by DR.. Diruh, his host and physician
during the bathing season, the box be-
ing occupied by valet at the Princes
disposal during his stay at Kissingen.
The carriage left the garden surround
ing the villa and entered the street. A
short, thick-set man, in the garb Of a
Roman priest, stepped before the horses;
the coachman, calling out to the intrud-
er, desired him to stand aside
the priest, at first, did not
seem to notice the warm
ings of the coachman, but eventually
left the road, and moving rapidly along
the footpath, kept up with the carriage.
Fifty PAGES further on he again stepped
into the road right before the carriage
There were but few persons in this part
of the street; one of these detaching
himself from the rest proceeded across
the road to within few PAGES in ad-
vance of the carriage. Taking off his
hat to pay his respects to the Prince he
caused the latter to give the military
salute in return. At this moment the
carriage in it's onward course had so far
proceeded as to bring Prince Bismarck
almost parallel with the individual in
the road. In another instant, and while
the priest was still lettering about be-
fore the horses, the man drew pistol
from his pocket and, deliberately taking
aim, fired at the Prince at
few PAGES distance. The
man being to the left of the carriage,
the Prince having raised his hand in
saluting, the bullet grazed the palm
just below the thumb. The shot haG
no sooner been fired than the coachman,
fearing second shot, struck the assas-
sin right across the face with the lash
ofhis whip. Upon this, flinging away
the pistol. the man ran for his life. The
priest decamped the moment the shot
was fired, the few spectators on the
spot hardly realizing what had happen
ed. In suppressed excitement the
Prince ordered the coachman to drive
he
glanced hastily towards the villa in
habited by him, and seeing his daughter
standing motionless on the balcony,
beckoned to her to signify all was well,
but the Countess Marie was apparently
too overcome by emotion to heed the
sign he gave.
While the Prince was entering the
villa and gentleman assisted the
Countess into the room, the news of the
startling event spread among the peo-
pie ir the street. A cry of indignation
arose, and several gentlemen ran in the
direction in which the assassin had fed.
| They found him struggling in the grasp
of gentleman who. having witnessed
the whole scene from distance, inter-
cepted the assassin as he was endeavor-
ing to escape. Although the tussle
had been but of few seconds dura-
ton, the assassin, setting on his adver-
sary with the utmost fury, had bitten
his thumb, tore his cravat and at
tented to throttle him. But the gen.
tleman, Herr Lederer, an actor at the
Grand Ducal Theater at Darmstadt,
had stoUd his ground until those in pur-
suit cane up. By this time the street
was crowded. The fashiona BILE
guests at the famous watering place had
collected, turpea oct in a body, and,
mingling with all classes of the inhabi-
tants, FASTENED forward in terrible ex-
citement. One-half, in which the ladies
were numerously represented, made for
the Princes villa; the gentlemen most
ly hurrying on to join those were con-
Quoting the prisoner to jail. There