The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-25
ANOTHER DYNAMITER.

Two Bombs Hurled at General Campos Dur
ing q Review at Barcelona.
BARCELONA, Sept. ga tremendous sen.
sation was caused here to-day by an at
tempt to murder Gen. Martinez Campos.
the famous Spanish commander. ex.Presi.
dent 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 u review
of the troops OF this district, and. sur
rounded by brilliant staff, he watched
the maneuvers, and seemed highly pleased
with the appearance of the troops. Al any
rate. he was laughing and chatting with
General Castelloi. chief of the staff. aud.
so doing, he rode to the reviewing pOint,
and the march past commenced. Many
thousands of people had gathered to wit
ness the review. and the crowds were
thiekest around the reviewing point,
which was backed up close with
men ana women eager to see the
soldiers pass in review before the
great General who had made
king, and who had for many years
past been one of the Rrandest figures
in Spanish history of the times
The troops had already commenced the
march when . wild. excIted-loOking man
was noticed to be pushing his way through
the 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 rudeiy pushing himself forward.
Several persons demonstrated with the
man. but he paid no attention to any body
around him. while iDteDtly watching Gen.
Martinez Campos. When the actions of the
wiid-lookIng man began to attract the at
tention of the staff he was within q few
yards of the General. Suddenly the man
pulled what appeared to be q ball from the
right-hapd pocket Of his trousers and
threw 1t at General CamDoo. A terrific ex-
plosion followed. Before the report had
died away and while people were too
astounded to 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 prostrate on the
ground. Happily man In the crowd
struck the bomb thrower's arm just as the
second deadly missile was thrown. and,
while 1t exploded among the staff officers,
it did not fall close to Gen. Martinez Cam
pos. Then the man who had thrown the
bombs was seized and thrown to the
ground. half u dozen men holding him down
until the staff officers crowded around the
prostrate form of the great General One
OF the bombs, or ''petards." as they are
teImeu mere, was 1OunQ 10 nave 6xplOueQ
right under the horse on which Gen. Mar
tinez CamDos was sitting. at the reviewing
point. The force of the explosion shat
tered into q bleeding mass the four legs of
the horse and also tore open It's belly, in
fiicting injuries sufficient To kill the animal
almost instantly. To put 1t out of it's mis-
cry, 1t was shot by an officer at the COM
mand OF the General. who was lying. bleed.
Ing. near his charger. his Ugh badly LAGER.
ated by O fragment OF the bomb.
MOUNTED HIS HORSE AGAIN.
The General fell heavily when his horses
legs were blown from under him, and be-
ing sixty years old. he was at first thought
10 have sustained severe internal Injuries.
The General. however. was only partly
stunned and soon staggered to his feet.
wiped the dust and blood from his uni
form, mounted the horse of his aid.de-
camp. and. without deigning to glance in
the direction OF tho man who tried TO take
his life In so dastardly manner. the GAL
liant old soldier calmly ordered the review
To continue. But the exertion was too
much for the veteran, and. suffering from
loss of blood, he was Obliged TO allow his
staff officers TO assist him out of the saddle
when his wound was attended TO by the
the surgeons In attendance, who tried to
persuade him To leave the field. But the
hero Of the attack Of Montey Moru in 1874.