Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-01
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HE attempt TO sssnssinate Nmpo-
leon bRR,

~" coiud.h....i 3oU 70 uI lou nj IN 0ui&A 4
HE attempt 10 aSSnssinate Nnpo-
leon h2R.
The t0 wing is clndcnsad from O very Long
bat thrilling sec uot ot the attempt to ss,sssi
Gate Napoleon iii 10 1858. rs related by oac
OF the surviving c,nspiralors 10 later pub.
lshed 10 last Sundays New York Times:
Whcu the Italian revolution # 1881 failed,
thousands who had tax n part IN !, soush,
as}Iums 10 SRi!zerl.ud, Frauc2, uni EJgaot.
Among the ltsIlau refugees IL Frsurs xss
lalr Nlilanese, tae Prioc ss DeIli jJsu-besuLi- :
'r', facilitating, a!cIupls4d, anu innepscly
Icl. With the k.Ug at Paris s1u USED Der 10
hl9rce ttequeU ly tOr the bclc65 OF er exil4
c'mnatrlots Som after his or u adventure At
Boul gne, bis trlal aud ieah otrnc', l. ui4
NaooIeon Vas scot for lie to Ham iorlrcss
n Norna0y, heIng at hot periud sui nem
b,r ct The "Glovaue ltails He was TO b :
liberated by th' soclety's s,crs i,hu &C, anG
'heu wJrk for ely as llsig WAS bow working
f.r hIGl.
Inc story of NapoIeon's ghs 10 B .!giun
and + kIa and the baushulent from Fleoch
soil OF Ills t,lr llDer.tor is We'll kuouD, together
"Ith his ullLae relutn sud ell cluu to thu
hsssnby, Whlca WAS t. !el5 brousht abou: by
!ne mouty OF the "Gluvana ltais." 1t was
tbs b.dy. also, who jciueu B ,osp rtls : ia
e &C log NaD2 90 to the Pr; sluency, 10 lS49.
How Well y .pOEao0 rsIald the "s .ls!sLc, elyeu
tlm b. lvaIlaus is krown. the Oaiilu tXpodl.
moo 10 Il M dl-r'y ns tho bsss lpgra u iu OK
the EuiuerJr. As c1cmper OF the GiupsGe
l:slIa. be Was bOun1 Dy solemn oath TO
s5:isl the patriots 10 th-r struggle egaios do
nesjrc ADD tUreeu tyranny, nud 10 the s sb-
isG Gnsut Of th.ic Ii iep odeocs as 8 ns,iop,
thus it came about inst Nap Icon was selected
tUf the a,sas:lyS n nd.
Tue nsuDrr 10 wGiul !hc des,ruciou OF the
u=u:pcr Tas 10 DO btousnt aoout by Ur.0i
and thr cJIsi l!stots WIS UIl,l0sly s,m.thlog
Tx bis:
He wGs to b0 XII Cd 10 public, surrounded ~
Ills mcTco Ia:lt7. 0T tbo same Saves WAC had,
aevGn year h. fore, u .drr lhv i, fuapoY of coy
nac, massacre1, al the hdtIng VI th, Ut. S er,
80 100 clz n5 10 the stGrrts OF Psrls. Blu. 10
cteot thls .hr you'd be assaS,ips had to LII ke
~ 10 d"sIIuC V5oeoS what they scket 10 Du II.
bees CJaSlJurlog ha opposition 20 Overcome,
FJvuustely, an x Coapei Of the Ausrlgu ar
til3fy, Hun.arlsu p1ttlot and XIe, came to
Jhelr aid. de had lpvruted a new arm of tx,
trAOrdiusrg Destructive quail les Was spe.
crs Of hsDd grenade. Inc secret Of witch 20
III
constructed 10 suoh way ns TO have il cast 10
10 Qu,l pltc1s 10 Brni 3Khhm foundry, 10
ORDER iha inc purpose Tor which tho missile
was to s+Ive might not be found Gui This
| lngeniou missile Was oval Iu Sh5pa, thicker at
the bottom than at tie toy, COMPOSED Of tour
pieces hermt tcslIy fssleoed by au ir3n band or
Iiug. Zach grenade was OF d'tf:reot dimensions
SO that the separate rlccss cOud not be put
together by the ulloIiisted without the key 70
the ctet Tne lower part of the grenade vas
studded With nipples fer caps, aud being rouGd.
er aud heavier than the upper, II was houLu BY
the tolc, Of gravtati2n 20 touch the ground
fi!s', when eoue OF the caps were c.rtaio to ex
plode.
The powder resouhed white sind. Is force
was ,qua per pound to l36 pounds of ordIuary
gu1poHdr, and some OF che grenades were cal
Grated 10 ooneiu four pounds, others only
three p"un's. The nunb:r of grsnades 20 b.
uled w.s - apd these were to b" br Iusht at
q # rent ilmcs and 10 dif4reu nice > to Paris.
They we're passed through The Freach Custom
house as gas macbloery.
The lo,"ntlon wss 70 wait tor an occasion
wheo The Emperor sh1ud Vi I'd to b U2e
r. bouse escorted by his l. ,ncers, and the
streets VI, u 4 be we'll guarded ny gendsrnes and
.reeartS de Vile. AL tho oousplrstorl had
hand sreuades were 10 b tbrowu. TIE Instant
the c,rrisge doUr Was oiened, and Napn ecu 8
| tJot app.ared on ib" step grenade Vas to be
| thrown as near to him SIS possible. linen 10
rapid succ sslo1 were to b. thrown the b I'd
aad fourth, WhlIe The remanDg right 10 Jos
| ssi0n OF tbe other coDspiratOrs were 10 be held
10 reserve. Ii the first four should fail 10 ac-
! complish What the c0nspiralors had right TO
,xpec the remainder were 10 be thrown so as
| to keep back the soldiers aud give them time
| to hulsh tie blood. ~otk with tue revolver and
| sileto. The p!ats however, We're not car
| lied Out as hB1 been 40 lo!pated.
At the sDponted lOe one Of the assassDs
! raised his .pd Bud thteg the grenade. Thu
! cana a lrlho tx plUsl1o. The brilliantly .Ilu 8
mroa,rd street vas suddenly enveI d 10 dark
! :tsj Tor the cjocusslun of the a txtia-
eu,sned the gas. 40 ipdesctiosbc c)ofu,iou
| # p4uic strcken mao AID pluaglog horses fol-
loped. Aoolher greoade vas quickly hurled
right undrr the tore part OF the cnrisga The
hOisrs and tie drlv r were Instantly killed; the
fire wheels .w.re shattered. ard the carIi,pe
was lett mere Wrrc&. ln ab, u two mi, n'es
c,me a third exclusion. this eren.da str klop
the prtu ID, wfon mai the [ f O. anIicipar ed u
ces,iug tbe ,01sre OF pPaly all the hvitg
10 G, o WOuuaed snoyr caught hold o! one Il
the gtcnadJ throWeIs as nc was crsWlug tVtl
his uaoy bu. he sout bis stiI'eito through bin
.od sto, of lis grasp.
OJn of the sssssslus then feigned in:
wouuded e.c,ped to the boulevard, uipgIec
with the crnWj, and Teot II remote pare o.
Parls, suits queutis, hesIig of lhs Isl ura 0
tho plot fore v'c'ocl that oight be W u
tracked to bis hotel. arrested aud tskCu TO 'h
Pretco ure Of P1ilc.. 1t would be inIeras!is
70 follow the detsis OF the txamipatiou, th
ri 0. US c,nfessious Of the cotsprs.ors sot
he u1isl that followed; bu! ii is not poss b.
nere TO more than br,hs siiuds to the same
1t spfeated that the plot Was divulstd to to
90 torl,ies through tie instrumental y of
} woman. o ~ 0! be es 'assps bad mlsIres
uhom be TO d he Was golrg TO cops?lre seaios
Napoleon. Ste Wy promptly cemnuGica.et
the i.c. to the poIic.. He was arrested 81
: divu < d bis place OF org o., which led to th
arrest OF the Others. 0 .lai WAS wounded /