The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-02-05
kING.KILLlNG.
The Attempt Upon the Life or the
Spanish King and the Emotion OF
His Young Bride.

The Attempt Upon the Life or the
spanish King and the Emotion OF
His Young Bride.
A letter from Madrid, Spain, to the
London Standard, describes the re.
cent attempt upon the life of King AL
tonso as follows: King Alfonso and
Queen Christine had driven out before
three, 1t being one of the mildest after
moons that we have seen in this severe
winter. The glorious sunshine had
brought out large crowds of loungers in
the streets, and the Retro was alive
with fine equipages and teams. Asusual,
the thrCng of carriages had gone to the
drive, where the king and queen took
several turns. His majesty himself was
driving handsome phGton, and his
pair of young and fiery horses were not
very tractable. The queen looked quite
happy and lovely as she returned the
many marks of sympathy that greeted
her in the Retro. Toward dusk King
Alfonso drove back by the Puerta del
Sol and down the Gale Mayo, to de-
bouch by the Armory square, ut the
principal entrance of the palace. just
as he neared the armory his animals
grew uneasy, and he pushed on to enter
by the Puerta del Principe. Behind
him were two servants in plain royal
liveries, and ahead n single outrider.
Thus he approached the spot where the
assassin was hiding, and, sackening
the pace OF his horses, the king wheeled
them to enter under the portico slowly,
on account of the bystanders
just rs the horses had come abreast
of the sentry box the regicide sprapg
out, and, leaning on the very carriage,
fired his first shot ut the king. His
majesty stopped slightly, and, gathering
his reins firmly, dashed the carriage un-
der the poitico, rs the queen uttered n
cry, clasping her royal partners arm as
n second bullet whizzed past, singeing
the hair mt the back Of the head of one
Of the royal servants behind the queen.
Then, in his turn, rs he pulled up, King
Alfonso leaned down anxiously AMI
kindly to see if his youthful bride was
hurt. Though painfully shocked and
awfully alarmed at this abominable and
dastardly outrage, her majesty was able,
with the assistance of King Alfonso, to
alight, and he slowly assisted her up
the great staircase. King Alfonso never
in the whole scene lost his presence OF
mind, and Gained the fears Of the palace
attendants and Of many members of the
foreign office, who had all rushed into the
courtyard around the ph9ton. AS soon
as her MAJESTY was able to reach the
great saloon in the first floor of the
palace, She sank, nearly overpowered by
emotion, on chair, where she was soon
surrounded by all the royal family and
by her household. The Princess of As.
turias, the Infantas Paz and Eulalin,
Countesses Najera, Llorente and Cal
doron, and her own Austrian physician,
were in attendance, and the queen soon
tranquillzed all, and confessed that her
fearful alarm had been for Don Alfonso
who was nearest the regicide.
We soon reached door guarded by
two military policemen, and giving ac-
cess to room well lighted up. There
sat on sofa, his arms pinioned, his feet
in irons, staring round vacantly and
listlessly, Otero, the regicide. When he
stood up he looked much like what most
"gallegos of the water-carrier clas:
seem in MaGrid. He was better dressed
than his fellows are as a rule, and his
velveteen trousers, dark fustian coat
his broad red and yellow sash, his clear
shirt front and neat cravat in sort Of
ring, looked much better than might be
expected in n criminal who avows that
his main impulse TO commit his crime
was destitution. Otero is below middle
height, thick build, broad shouldered
and of muscular limbs. His head is
not very large, and the broad cheek
bones, large sensual mouth, brown rest.
less eyes, low forehead, shaggy hair anG
heavy chin gave him look of great
energy and brute force. Not word OF
repentance or regret dropped from the
lips of this very young criminal, ever
when his mother and brothers name
where mentioned