St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-25
CAMpOS' CLOSE CALL
Desperate Attempt to Kill
the Spanish General.
B0MB EXPLODED UNDER HfM.
The Deadly Missile Tears His
Horse to Pieces.
GEN. cA@P0S SLIGHTLY HURT.
An Anarchist Brotherhood
Crank Threw the Petard.
GEN. cA@P0S SLIGHTLY HURT:
EFFORTS MaDE TO KILL HLX.

BARCELONA, Sept. a. "A tremen-
CiOus sensation was caused here today by
an attempt to murder Gen. Martinez
Campas, the famous Spanish COM
mander, eX-president of the council,
and the man who made the military
prOnunciamentO which gave the throne
of Spain to Alfonso III. Gen. Martinez
CampOs was present at review OF the
troops of this district. and. surrounded
by brilliant staff. he watched the
maneuvres and seemed highly pleased
with the appearance of the troops. At
any rate, he was laughing and chatting
with Gen. CastelOi. chief of the staff.
amt, SO doing, he rode to the reviewing
point aud the march past commenced.
Many thousands of people had gathered
to witness the review. and the crowds
were thickest around the reviewing
point, which was backed up close with
men and women eager to see the SOL
diers pass in review before the great
general who mad made king who had
been for many years past one of the
grandest figures in the Spanish history
OF the times. The troops had already
commenced the march past when Il
WILD, EXCITED-LooKING MAN
was noticed 10 be pushing his way
through ihe crowds nearest to the Staff
Of the general. At first it was imagined
that the man was only an individual
who. carried away by the excitement of
the moment. was rudely pushing him.
self forward. Several people remon-
S,rated with this man, but he pail no
attent on 10 anybody around him. while
intently watching Gen. Martinez Campos.
When the actions OF the wld-luOking
man began to attract the attention of the
statf, he was within few yards Of the
general. Suddenly the man pulled what
appeared 10 be ball from the right
hand pocket of his trousers. and threw
ii at Gen. Camp0s. A terrific explosion
followed. Before the report had died
away. and while people were too perri-
fed WITH astOnishment 10 move, the
man quickly took a second of the
strange balls from the inside pocket of
his coat. and hurled it at the general.
who was then Frustrated upon the
ground. Happily, a man in the
crowd struck the bomb-thrOwer's arm
just as the second deadly missile WAS
thrown, and, while it exploded
AMONG TIE STAFF OFFICERS.
1t did not fall close 10 Gen. Martinez
CampOS. Then the man who had thrown
the bombs was seized and thrown 10 tie
ground, half a dozen people holding
him down until the staff officers crowd
ed around the PROSTATE form of the
great general. One of the bombs, or
'petards," as they are termed here,
was found to have exploded right under
the horse upon which Gen. Martinez
CampOs was sitting at the reviewing
point. The force of the explosion shat
tered into bleeding mass the four legs
OF the horse, and also tore open its belly.
lniilcting injuries sufficient 10 Kill the
animal almost Instantly. 10 put it out
OF its misery il was shot bv an officer at
tile command of the general. who was
lying bleeding near his charger. his
thigh badly lacerated by fragment of
the bomb. The general fell heavily
when his horses legs were blown from
under him, and, being man
sixty years of age, he was at
hrsl thought TO have sustained Sc
we're Internal injuries. The general.
however, was only partly stunned, and
soon staggered 10 his feet, wiped the
dust ana blood from his uniform. and.
mounting The horse of his aid.de-camp.
without deigning 10 glance in the direc-
ton of the man VINO tried 10 take his
lile III SO daStardIy a manner. the gal
lahI Old soldier calmly ordered the re-
view TO continue; but the exertion was
too much for the veteran, and,
SUFFERING FROM LOSS OF BLOOD.
he was obliged 10 allow his staff officers
10 assist him out of the saddle. when
his wound was attended to by the sur-
geonS in attendance, who tried to per
snade him TO leave the field. But the
he. of the attack of Monte Moru in
1914, when he fought the desperate
CarIists at the head OF his troops. was
not to be seated away from the field by
the loss of little blood. The general
laughed lightly at the suggestion
o his officers. and, entering a
carriage, was driven to the front
OF The reviewing pHint, and then
the march past was continued.
the crnwds cheering the general until
they were hOarse. In addition TO Gen.
Martinez CampOS. Gen. Cdstelloi. chief
oi-lhe-Staff. Gen BuStOs and Molius, an
aldt-de-camp, and two policemen were
badly wounded by the explosions.
civic guard standing near Gen. Mar
tinez Campos was Instantly killed. and
several persons in the crowd were IN
Jured. The explosions caused the great
est excitement and alarm in Barcelona.
and several attempts were made to kill
the bomd-thruwer, who appeared to be
alone. At any rate, he was the onlv
man arrested. and is said to have been
detailed 10 murder the general by the
brancn society Of the anarchist brother
h0nd TO which he belonged. When the
troops hear the general learned of the
attempt upon his life, it was with diff
Guilty that tney could be kept in their
ranks, as they wanted to make short
work of the
COWARDLN BOMB-TIROWER
When the news of the attempt upon
the life of Gen. Martinez Campos be-
came known in Madrid the greatest ex
eiiemeLt prevailed, and q review which
was TO be held there III honor of The