, 1874-07-31
BISMARCK.


BISMARCK.
The Attu1npt to Assnssinuto Him.
Tho Berlin correspondent Of tho London
Times g,vos tho following description Of the
rocont attempted assassination ol frlnco Bla-
uanrnfs:
"Trinco Bismarck is residing at Kiasongon. IN
villa opposite tho Saalo bridge, tho properly Ut
Dr.. Ditltf. There being hotols md reatnMrantH
close by, tho stroot in front Of tho villa IL
alwnys much frcquented, especially about
noon, whcl> tho chancellor is in tho habit OF
driving out preparatory to taking llis. bath.
at hnlf-past oil tho oyontfuI l9tl, the Prince,
as usual, omereea from the houHo, aud. salut-
Ing tho crowd assembled TO receive him,
pnplol bY DR.. Dlruff, bis hoas and physician
during tho bathing Beasou, tho box being occu-
pod BY valet at the Princes disposal during
his stay ut kinsongen. The carriage left tho
gardon surrounding the villa mud onterod tho
Roman priest stepped out batnre tho horHeB; tho
coachn,an, calling ont TO the intruder, desired
him to stand aHldo tho priest at frat did not
zee seen to nosGs ,he warnings ot the coacan
along tho foolpath, kept up with tho carriage.
Fifty pacos further Oh he agaiu stopped into tho
road right before the carriage. There worc hut
few persons iu this part of the street; one Of
| ceedod aoross Tho road to within few paces in
advance Of the carringc Taking or his Int to
| pay hiB respect to the Prince, lie caused The
latter to give tho military snlnte in return. At
| had 80 far proceeded III to bring Prince Bismarck
| alnost parallel with tho individual In tho roAd.
In anothef instant, and while the priest waA still
| loitoring about before thu horses, tho man drow
pistol from his pocket, atld, deliberately taking
aim. Hired at tho Prince ut u fow. pacos thstnnce.
Tie man being to tho left OF tho carriage, tho
Prince, having raiaod hiB right land In eatntiug
the bullot grazed tho palm just below the thumb.
Tad t1nnt, frAA fftnn f1n
coachman, fearing second shot, struck the at-
sassn right aci OBS the face with the lash Of his
whip. Upon this: hlnElng away tic pistol, the
| mau rhu for his life. I'he. priest docamped tho
on tue spot hardly roalIziug what had happeued:
1p suppressed e1citomont the Prince ordered
tho couchman to drive home, As tho carringo
turned, he glanced hastily to tho villa iuhabited
tionless on tho ba!cony, beckone1 to her to aig-
| nifty that all was vol, but tue Countess hario
waa apparently too overcome by oaiotion to heed
tho aign le gayo.
'.Wtule the Prince was entering the villa
and a gentleman assiatotl tue Countess into tho
room tho nown Of tho atar4ling event spread
among the peoplo in tho street.. A cry Of lndig-
nation arose. and seyoral gentlemen. ran in
tho direction In which the assassin Ind lod.
Thsy found him struggling in tho grasp Of q
gentleman who, having Witnessed The whole
scene from a distance, intercepted the assassin
al no was ouloavorinE to oscape. Although tho
tuaalo had been but Of q few seconds duration,
| tho assassin. setting On his adversary With tho
utmost fury, had button his thumb, torn hs cra-
vat aud attempted to throttle him, But tho
gentleman, Herr Leiieres, an motor at the Grand
Ducal Tleatre at Darmatadt, bad stood hia
ground until those in pursuit came up. By this
time the atrcot waa crowded. Tho fashionable
guests OF the famous Watering place had collect.
ed, turned out in body, aud, mingling with oil
clasaos OF the iilhab1tante, hastonod forward in
torribIe excitement. Oue-half. i'l which tho la-
dies were uumerouBly represented, mndo for the
prince'H villa tho gentlemen mostly huETying on
to join those who were conducting tue prisoner
to gaol. There seems to be no doubt thu but fol
the many fashionable elements contained in 9
Kissengeu crowd IN midsummer tho criminal
would hayo been lyucned Oh the spot. The
street III front OF tho Prinoos villa meanwhile
resouudcd with hurrahH. Everybody wanted tc
eco mud congratulate tho ilIustttoua statesman
| WHO hau Just had such q narroW escape. Thf
Prince appeared q moneut on the balcony, ant
then, descending the Btalrs Joined tue crowd
outside. Tie hirrahB r0doubled as the public
convinced themselves TINT the object Of thoil
in tile doorway, the Prince Withdrew. Ho, how
ever, appeared again half M hour later, when be
drove to the prison to haVo q private iutorvieO
with his intended musderer. On this occnslo,
bis aim waa in q sllpg. Coming homo ho 70
coiyed Herr Lederer, aud thanked him heartil5
for his timely MD In stopping tho ASSASSIN
Later nj especial thanksgiving service was per
formed by tho Protestant cleTgy Of the piace
IL kOIcnlltnL FToE0Hbtou III kuo b4Ao NGL4QaL
atyle closed the day.
d Etwatd huffman il journoyman cooper
20 ycarH old, Roman Catholic, and member Of
several religious societies. lie il nntsyo oi
AIagdoburg, whittier his parents removed from
Eichsfel, peculiarly barron ana imposer1she,.
county In tho PrusHian Province Of Saxony and
tho ouly 1ionlauat district tar and wdo. Iii
father ia . huckstcr. selling dried ilah III tho low
or neishborhood Of Magdeburg;, His mothel
has boon III b lunatio asylum at Halle for tht
I 1HAE Frwnr1 thh W0nf1 .hn nAHnHHih.
tho ago Of X WIS apprnntcod to mastol
cooper IN his natiyo city Upou tue expiration
Of his term OF four years, Ao travelled for I
year or 80, working III different cities at Iii
t.ado, lib III tho custom Of the German work
men. 1Ic then returned to Magaoburg, ant
Eoon utter, in colnpauy with some dssol1te
comrades. attaoked Ills into ilaster i'll tue
street., Htabblng and wo,lna'ug bini. though no
dangerously. for which ha was Boot to prison foi
threa months. After this he wont to SaszWedel
where lie joined the Cnlhulie Jourueymons so
cioty, and Three mouths ugo ho diuappoaref
without lowing any cleu bon1 him. He Il
cool. aud determined. at the iutesvlew with tn
Prince bismarck; utter tho decd, ho IL stated te
Aavo opouly avowud hls intont1on to kin the maj
who, III bis oplulon.. III injurlng tho Pope "s.e
!,aso said III prison that he had ucco1n'llces Wig
know what ho was nuout to do,-,-a aratemon!
apparently borno out by q slip ot pans3l
fontd on his person, containing nlsmaIEh .a.;"r
a;'d1oss at Kiasongon, IN eIesanMt IT, ~1l,lls tnrna.
Tho priest who stepped before tue horses i1s
i at the critical moment, aud was also a1restou 9
few hours later, had boon soon rrononaaing Up
. a1a auwn in front Of Dismarek'a y!lla, 10 Nun.
mans company, fDr III hour and hn!l po1ore
tho attempt. Thoao and otAor ey!nptoms II.
dicating tho oxiHteuce, of a conspiracy havo to
causod number Of tho police 70 % SOM "
klsBougen to protect tho Cilancollotr. from /
! repetition Of tho mrrlorous attack. Tho evont
llus Ind an undesirable iniuonco upon tue aoa-
SOU Ut ktssougen. While tho psaensa ta,ll,l taEns
the .n!1egai waters OF the famous spa arc Itlent
, o1Ioa By tho possibility OF recurrence OF baei
nctH Of VIOLENCE, tllo curious are thronglng ~
ro a sus to Inspect The Locality ed ~ wto, !,
evidence il already iu Tho hands Of tho Judge of
, Inquiry.
Jules Jias.tn'A Ison1stct.
Forty yours 20 there oxlsted, and stili M oslats
| noar tha corridor Which loats to tAo Theatre
, franchise, tlowor-shop, known Az tho best u
thai quarter OF pariB. 1t was kops by ono Mmo