The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-18
THIRTY YEARS. REGICIDES.
Attempts to Assassinate sovereigns Since
1904 Bloody Record.
From the Manchester Examiner.l

Apaper published at Berne has complied a
list OF all the known attempts at assassina-
tion that have been made since 1850, under
the heading Recent Regicides," term which,
asmuch as the compilation includes attempts
on the lives OF magistrates and statesmen as
well as on the livesof princes and potentates.
The first crime recorded In this register is the
attempt made In May, 1850, by the .Westpha-
liam, Safelage to shoot the King OF Prussia.
to the cry OF "Liberty for ALL" On June rs OF
the same year Robert Pate, q retired lietIten-
ant OF Hussars, struck the Queen of England
with cane-an insult, certainly, but not an
assault with intent to kill. In October, 1852.
q conspiracy to blow up Louis Napoleon with
an Internal machine containing 1900 proiec-
tiles was frustrated by the activity OF the
police. On February IL, 1853, the Emperor OF
Austria was stabbed In the back by q
Libeny. On the fifth OF July following sec
ond attempt was made ON the life OF Louis
Napoleon, on his way to the Opera Comique.
On March 20, 1854, Ferdinand Charles LII,
Duke of Parma, was stabbed By an unknown
hand. Part of the dagger remained In the
wound which 1t inflicted, and the Duke died
after twenty-three hours OF terrible suffering
The murderer escaped. In 1856, the Italian
Pianori shot twice at the French Emperor In
the Tuilerles garden. In March, 1866,
Spaniard OF the name OF Raimond Fuemee
was arrested just as he was In the act OF firing
a pistol at his sovereign, and the execution
Of his murderous design prevented. On
December 8, In the same year, Ferdinand III,
King of the Two Sicilies, was attacked at
review by one of his own soldiers, who
wounded him with his bayonet. In 1857, the
Italian conspirators, Tibaldi, Bartoletti and
Grelli, arrived In Paris with the intention OF
numbering the Emperor, but fell into the
hands of the police before their design
could be carried into execution. On
January IA, of the following year,
Orsini, Comes. Piert and Rudio made their
fo
Empress with bombshels ON their way to the
Opera. Their Majesties escaped with some
slight contustons, but more than 100 persons
OF their escort we're killed and wounded. In
December. 1868, another attempt on the life
of Napoleon was made by q band Of Italian
assassins. The attempt failed and the would
be murderers we're captured. The same year
the then Queen Of Greece was wounded by
pistol shot fired by the student Dcsios On
the fourteenth of April, 1865, President Lin
coin was murdered In Ford's theatre at Wash
ington, and Secretary Seward dangerously
wounded, by the actor Booth. A year later
almost to day the Emperor OF Russia was
snot at by man OF good position OF the name
OF Petrouik in the garden Of his palace at St.
Petersburg. A peasant who struck up Pc
trouik g pistol and 80 turned the shot aside,
and In all probability saved the Emperor's
life. was rewarded with title OF nobility and
The month afterward, or. to be precise, In
May, 1866, Eugene Cohen fired five shots at
Bismarck while the latter was walking Inter
den Linden, In Berlin, one of which struck
and slightly wounded the great minister. On
June 10, 1868, Prince Michael OF Servia and
a lady of his family were brutally murdered
In the park OF Topeider. In 1872 Bis
marcks life was again attempted, this time
ny man OF the name OF Westerwelle, and In
1874, yet again, this time by KulIman, at
kissingen. On'August 6. 1875, the President
OF the republic Of Ecuador, Gabriel Garcia
Moreno, was murdered In the government
house at Quito, and In April, 1877, similar
fate befell the president OF the Republic of
Paraguay. On May H. 1878, the German
Emperor was shot at by HoedeI, and on June
2, less than month later by NobilinQ. re-
ceiving on the latter occasion wounds bv
which his life was seriously endangered. No
billing killed himself in prison, while Hoedel
perisned on the seaffold. On October as OF
the same year an attempt to assasstnate the
King OF Spain was made by the Socialist
~ oncas, who, taken red handed, paid with his
lie the penalty OF his crime. Less than q
month thereafter, November II, the life OF
hlng Humbert OF Italy was attempted by
Passanante, whose sentence OF death was
commuted, at his Maiasty's own instance TO
one OF perpetual imprisonment. Last year
as Will be fresh In the memory OF all, the EN-
peror OIL Russia had two narrow escapes from
death at the hands of his NihiHst subjects.
ana the closing day OF the old year witnessed
tne latest essay at regictde at present on rec
ord, the attempt Of OGero to shoot the King
and Queen Of Spain.