The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-15
OUTRAGE BY ANARCHISTS.
Two Dynamite Bombs Hurled
from the Gallery
During the Progress or a Play
at Barcelona.
Scene OF Terror Caused by II Murder
Gus Deed-An American Said to BE
Among the T%iIIeG-Tne Act Arouses
Great Indignation Throughout the
COuntry-Arrest of an Italian.

BARCELONA, Nov. s.-A dynamite
bomb thrown by alleged anarchists into
a crowded theater is the latest outrage
and disaster to be recorded in. Spain.
The Liceo theater. on the Rambla de
Capuchines, the Italian opera house. a
magnificent building which is some
times classed as the largest theater in
Europe. was filed last night with large
and distinguished audience, estimated
to have numbered nearly four thousand
people. The opera william Tell was
being performed for the first time after
a long interval
While the play was proceeding and
the enjoyment was at its hight two
dynamite bombs were suddenly hurled
from the topmost gallery into the
midst of the stalls on the floor of the
house. One of the bombs exploded with
a terrible report, which shook the the
ater to its foundations and which scat
tered death and destruction upon all
sides. The second bomb. happily. did
not explode, having fallen in the lap of
a lady. whence it rolled harmlessly to
the floor.
scene of Horror.
The explosion of the bomb caused a
scene of terror and confusion rarely
Witnessed in a theater. The whole audi
ence rose to their feet with horror and
dismay, hardly knowing what had hap
pened. the building ringing with shrieks
Of fear. cries of pain ana exclamations
of vengeance. For a moment the Liceo
glass and plaster, which, causing a rat
Ting din, added to the horrors of the
situation and increased the feeling of
terror and wild panic which animated
the vast audience.
The terrified crowd fearing that at
any moment another bomb might be
thrown into their midst. completely
lost all sense of control, all regard for
women and children seemed to vanish
and there was a fierce, mad hustIins
rush for the doors, men and women
fiercely fighting with each other as
they crushed weaker once beneath their
feet in the effort to escape from the
dynamite-shaken theater. leaving the
wounded and dying behind them, tended
only by a few of the cooler men, who
remained faithful to their dear ones.
In this mad rush many old people and
children We're severely injured through
being trampled under foot. while others
were severely bruised and crushed by
the outpouring crowd. Thus in a very
few minutes, comparatively the theater
was emptied, except OF the dead and
injured. The stalls presented a terrible
sight The part where the bomb ex-
Of cr,ffu
age amid which lay number of dead
bodies, some of them SO terribly
rnanRled as to be beyond recognition.
score killed and Wounded.
When the wreckage was in some de-
gree cleared away there were found
fifteen dead bodies, of which six were
those Of men and nine the corpses of
women. The bodies Of the unfortunate
ladies lay close together. their bright
colored evening dresses. laces and
jewelry, gloves, hats and bonnets, and
other finery drenched with blood and
torn in the most fearful manner. 1t
was reported, soon after the eXamina-
ton of the dead began, that large
proportion of the killed belonged to one
family, who had taken number of
tickets. II is presumed, forming a
theater party in honor of the birthday
of one of those lying there, shattered
TO death by the anarchist bomb. At
some distance from the fatal spot,
where the fifteen dead bodies lay be
meath the wreckage, We're groaning in
agony many ladies and gentlemen who
had been wounded by splinters of
wood, pieces Of glass ad fragments of
iron. OF those wounded several were
SO seriously hurt that they may not re-
he a the explosion.
The doctors who had been hastily sum-
moned by the police arrived In quick
succession, and Immediately COM
menced a careful examination of the
victims Of this latest horrible outrage
ON the part of the anarchists. Then the
dead were removed and laid together,
and the wounds of those who We're more
seriously hurt were attended to.
TrampIed to Death.
The stairs and corridors were next
searched for dead and wounded people
who fell victims to that terrible rush for
the doors which followed the explosion.
Upon the stairs and I'm the corridors
three persons were found lying dead,
and a large number of seriously injured
people were picked up. Throughout the
night the theater was surrounded by
dense crowd Of people, who packed the
Rambla de Capuchines to the utmost
and who was with difficulty kept back
by a strong body Of police. 1t seemed
from the appearance of the streets thae
the whole of the population of BARGE
Iona was out of DOORS and many were
the expressions of bitter Indignation
from all sides against the anarchists.
But while the people are indignant and
madly incensed at the dynamite bomb
outrage, followed so closely upon the
attempt made by Palias to take the life
of Capt.-Gen Martinez, there is a uni
versal feeling of CONSERVATION at the
helplessness of the government in this
emergency. All the houses inhabited by
suspected anarchists have been searched.
and several arrests have been made.
Among the first arrested were those OF
an Italian named Saldani and French
man named Aragon. 1t is presumed
that the actual bomb-thrower has es-
capped, and tnat the police are simhIy