Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-12-28

tween the attempt of the Anarchist Palas
20 assassinate General Martinez de Campos
and the dynamite outrage at the Lycelm
iheatre. Pallas, who was shot to death
on Mont Juioh, standing with his. back to
the hiring party, prOphesled that his
memory would be avenged, and it has
4 inow been established that number of his
IN comrades attempted to make his words
tcome true. Pallas claimed that he alone
was responsible for the attempt on the life
" of General de Campos, but the police have
reason to believe that the attempted assas-
Bination was the outcome of widespread
conspiracy. 1t is stated that five out of
six of Pallas' confederates are now under
Y arrest, and every effort Is being made to
capture the xth man. Jose Codina, the
Anarchist who, subsequent to his arrest,
confessed that he had thrown the bomb
that caused such heavy loss of life in the
lyceum Theatre, has Willingly or unwit-
tingly given the police information that, it
Is hoped. will lead to the arrest of more
Anarchists. The police have definitely
ascertained that the bomb thrown in the
Lyceum Theatre was hurled from the top
gallery.
1t will berecalled that on the night of the
outrage second bomb which had not ex-
ploded was found beneath one of the seats
in the lower part of the theatre. Many
theories were advanced to account for the
nonexplosion of this bomb everyne tax.
ing it for granted that it, too, had been
thrown from one Of the galleries. 1t has
now been learned that the bomb was
placed where found by TN Anarchist, who
left the theatre before the bomb thrown
by Codina exploded.
All the prisoners will be tried by court
martial.
The alarm caused by the Lyceum explo-
sion has resulted disastrously TO the
theatre'owners, actors and all connected
with the theatrical business. Instead of
the alarm subsiding, the continual reports
of Anarchist plots and threats of further
outrages have SO frightened the people
that few of them would, under any cir
cumstances, attend theatrical perform
ances. As result, plays were presented
for q time to almost empty houses, and
finally majority of the theatres were
compelled to close.
1t can be said that never before have the
Anarchists succeeded in augurating such a
reign OF terror as now prevails here. Trade
and industry are paralyzed. and it is feared
that number of houses will NOT be able
to weather the storm. The more cool
headed of the residents are doing every
thing in their power to aid in restoring
confidence, and the police profess to be,
lieve that they have nearly all the danger
Gus Anarchists in custody. They have,
however, not relaxed their vigilance. and
daily searches are made in every direction
for men who are suspected of being the
principals in Anarchist doings or of aiding
and abetting the Anarchists in their in
fernal work.
PARIS, Dec 2l.--An Austrian Socialist
named lack left Paris, yesterday, for
London, An Italian shoemaker named
Dorzanni has been expelled from France.
Two Anarchists, Moulinier and Colas, have
been arrested at st. Jean, near Orleans.
Papers ard letters from Anarchists in
i'arls were found and seized in their lodg.
ings.
NJ. Raynal, minister of the interior. has
bad conversations with several of the pre-
fects and advised them to watch Socialist
meetings and suppress inhammatory Ian
guages. -.
BARCELONA, Dec. 23.-Jose Codina,
the Anarchist who has already con.
fessed that he threw the bomb that
caused upward of 30 deaths in the
Lyceum Theatre, has made further
confession, giving details of his crimes.
He says that he was selected by an
Anarchist group to assassinate General
Martinez de Campos in September last.
he, in company with two or three COM
rades, including Pallas, went TO view
the march past of the troops, it being
his intention to then assassinate General
de Campos, who was the reviewing
officer.
HIS HEART FAILED HIM.
He took position from which it
would have been an easy task to have
carried out his project but when the
troops arrived his courage failed,
The reason for this, he says, was that he
realized that if he threw bomb amid
the vast crowd that surrounded General
de Campos, he would have killed or
wounded hundreds of persons. He had
the bomb ready to throw, but the
thought of the many innocent persons
that would suffer restrained him from
throwing it. Pallas, as the time set for
the assassination drew near, urged
Codina to throw the bomb. Seeing that
Codina hesitated, Pailas angrily snatched
the bomb from him saying "You are
no good"
SAVED By THE DELAY.
Pallas' nerves were evidently un-
strung by the wrangle, and for a time
he hesitated TO throw the bomb that he
had seized. Had he thrown it as he
originally intended he would have
killed General de Campos, but the delay
allowed the crowd surging about
the reviewing stand to grow thicker,
saved the life of the general.
PALLIs WOULD NOT BETRAY.
Pallas, when arrested, and until his
execution, insisted that he alone was re-
sponsible for the attempted assassina-
ton, and despite the close questioning
OF the authorities, he never by word
betrayed that Codina or any one else
had anything to do with the crime. II
was this fact that made him a hero in
the eyes of Anarchists who knew all
the facts. His stoicism and willingness
to accept death rather than to betray
his comrade, led Codina to determine
that he would give effect to Pallas'
threat that his execution would be
avenged.
Shortly after Pallas was shot at Mount
Juich, Codina began his preparations to
avenge his comrades death, and the ex-
plosion at the Lyceum Theatre followed.
LONDON, Dec. pa dispatch FROM
Madrid TO. the Central News says that the
arrest of Jose Codina, who has confessed
that he was the author of the bomb ex-
plosion in the Lycenm Theatre ut BARGE.
Iona, has afforded relief to workingmen.
who are now less harrassed by police WISH
tations to their homes.
Hundreds. of families are in great dis.
tress, lacking the necessaries of life, owing
to the Wholesale arrest of men who were
suspected OF being implicated i'll Anarchist
plots.
One of the men in custody, soapnaker
named Mariana Ceruelo, has confessed
that he assisted Pallas in his attempt to
assassinate General Martinez de Campos at
Barcelona. He also says that he acted as
confederate to Codina in planning and
causing the explosion in the Lyceum
Theatre.
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