The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-14
THE EMPEROR WILLIAM.
BULLETS SHOT AT HIM FROM IN
TER-DEN-LINDEN AVENUE.
The Person Who Fired the Shots Ar.
rested.
Who He Is and What He Says About It.

BERLIN, May ll.--At 3 80 this afternoon
as the emperor William was return 1g from
a drive with the grand duchess Of Baden
several shots from revolver were fired at
him in the avenue Unter-den-L Linden. No
body was hurt. The person who fired the
shots was arrested.
An accomplice, who attempted to rescue
the would-be assassin, was arrested.
The city is greatly excited in consequence
Of the event Great crowds assembled in
front of the palace, to whom the emperor
several times presented himself, in acknowl-
edgment of their expressions of sympathy.
Members Of the ministry, foreign ambassa-
doris and officers of the army fastened to
the palace, rendering their congratulations
upon the emperor's e,cape. The woud-be
assasins are in the hands or the police, who
decline to furnish any information, and the
character of the perpetrators and motive OF
| their crime is unknown.
Two shots were fired into the Emperors
carriage from the sidewalk without effect.
The assassin ran into Middle avenue, fol-
lowed by crowd An attempt being made
to capture him he fired three more shots
and threw his revolver away. He was then
secured. The emperor's carriage was
stopped, and the footman sprang from the
box and assisted at the capture. Another
man, who, it is alleged, attempted to rescue
the one who fred the shot was arrested a
few minutes afterwards in Middle avenue.
The man who attempted to assassnatc the
emperor is tinsmith named Emil Max
hoedel, said to be from Lehsc. He was
taken to the nearest police station where a
preliminary investigation was instituted.
The accomplice arrested is named Kruger,
a laborcr belonging to Berlin. There were
unceasing demonstrations before the palace
throughout the evening. Dense masses
were streaming in from the remotest suburbs
to manifest their loyalty and sympathy,
singing the national anthem. The emperor
went to the opera and Royal theatre last
night and received great oyations.
EXAMINATION OF THE woULD-BE ASSASSIN.
| BERLIN. May l2.-At the official examip-
alton of Hudel, the prisoner stated that he
was native of Leipsic and was born in
| 1857. He denied that he fired at the en-
peror. He affirmed that he was withou,
work and intended 10 shoot himself public
ly to show the rich the present condition OF
the people He stated that he shot once at
himself and could not account for the 9th
or three shots which were wanting in tn,
chamber of the revolver. He though
that he might have discharged them u
absent mindedness. The prisoner was il
possession of several Socialistic and Demo
cratic writings. tickets OF membership o
several Berlin Socialistic unions and tn,
likeness of two Socalistic leaders. HI
declared he belonged to no par,.', but was
an anarchist, the enemy of all political par
ties, TO the present condition of socie,y anc
public institutions. 1t further resulted from
the investigation that Hodnell formerly at
tended socalistic meetings near Leipsie
The other prisoner, Kruger, appears iNno-
cent, and is reported to have been liberated
He was arrested because he endeavored It
protect Hoedel against the assaults Of the
excited crowd.
| EMPEROR CONGRATULATED.
kilograms congratulatilY the emperor on
his escape have arrived from all the German
princes and European sovereigns. To-day
the emperor reviewed. the royal family, the
ministry and field marshals who came to
congratulate him.