Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-10-14
ITALIAN ROYALTY.
The Kings Precautions Against Assassin
tiOn-HOw He Travels

The Kings Precautions Against Assassina.
tiOn-HOw He Travels.
The royal family of Italy is now stay
ing in this city. The King is especially
popular in Piedmont. He is, indeed, un-
popular nowhere IN his country; but the
greatest care, nevertheless, is taken to
guard his safety when travelling or riding.
Whenever Humbert Is about to start
from his palace, the Quirinal. at Rome,
| on ride, the fact besomes rapidly known
to all, ewing to the large number of func-
tionar1es sent in advance to guard the
route taken by the royal carriage. Ev-
erywhere numbers cf carbineers, police
men, municipal guards and detectives
are to be met watching over His Majesty.
When he travels by railroad, hardly
telegraph-pole on the way is without its
sentinel. armed to the teeth, and thus
the train speeds literally between double
hedge of soldiers. Like all the member
Of his house, Humbert is essentially
brave; and if he only had his way about
it, he would oblige the police rather to
turn their attention to the brigands, who
are again renewing their depredations in
some of the Provinces.
But, if the Italian police are taking
precautionary measures as regards their
sovereign, they have good reasons for so
doing. Humbert and the House of Sa-
voy are lncontestably popular in Italy,
but group of so-called International
lists nevertheless exists, which, as expert
ence has shown, do not shrink from as
sasslnation for the attainment of their
ends.
The police have, at this moment, gain
ed the conviction that during the night
of the 10Th of July, an attempt was made
on the life of the King, while the latter
was travelling on the Rome and Naples
railroad. During the journey, Humbert
was awakened and informed that there
were indications that suspicious-lookiDg
persons were loltering near the track,
and that assassination would perhaps be
attempted. This piece OF news in nOwise
disconnected the monarch, who, after re-
marking that there was nothing to be
feared, ordered the journey to continue.
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two other officers enter his private car,
where it was decided that any aggression
should be met with force.
By way of precaHtion, however, anoth-
er train was sent in advance of the ROYAL
train. The latter train arrived in Naples
an hour late, but without any incident.
Another attempt at assassination was
to take place in Rome two months ago.
You published the fact of man having
thrown stones at some Deputies Mem
bers of the Chamber), at Montecltarlo,
In the month of June. One OF these
stones narrowly missed striking NJ Bac-
carlnl, the Minister of Public Works.
The thrower, when arrested, was imme-
diately recognized as being certain Cor
digliani, tailor living at Velletri.
Cordigliani was made to talk, and
| finally confessed to having attempted an
ASSASSINATION of the KING. Ia 1875, it
appears, he became acquainted at Velle-
tri with stranger, who offered him a
large sum of money for the killing of
King Victor Emanual. Cordigliani hes
itated, and then refused the offer alto
gether, but he became more or less afili-
ated with the sect of InternatioHalists.
In May he went to gunsmith's in Rome
and bought revolver, with which he.
waited for King Humbert one dav at the
corner of the Corso. When the King ap-
PCdICuS uO"CNOAS IuC WOuIO-oG dSSdSS1u
let drop his arm, and changed his mind
on the spot. do not know whether the
police believe in Cordlgllani's sensibili-
ty, but he, nevertheless, persists in this
statement. He says that the frank and
noble countenance of the King, coupled
with his courteous manner. inspired him
| with the idea that Humbert must be too
good and generous to be responsible for
the evils which curse Italy. Cerdig-
lianl's hatred was-oh. prodigy trans
formed into sympathy He resolved to
disclose all to the police, and to ask for
their protection against the vengeance of
the Internationalists; then he resolved up
on suicide. But being without courage
to do either the one thing or the other,
and in mortal fear OF being murdered by
his comrades, he tried to get into prison.
1t was to this end that he threw the
stones at the Deputies, whom he coHsid-
ers to be 'the real and sole cause of the
misery in Italy"