The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

| IhrOuSnOut SPAIN.
BARCELONA. Sept. PA tremendous
sensation was caused here today by an
attempt to murder Gen. Martinez Cam
| pos. the famous Spanish commander, ex-
president Of the council and the man
who made the military pronunciamento
which gave the throne of Spain to Al
| fonso III.
Gen. Martinez Campos was present at
a review of the troops of this district,
| and. surrounded by brilliant staff he
watched the maneuvers and seemed high
| ly pleased with the appearance of the
troops. At any rate, he was laughing
and chatting with Gen. Castelho, chief
of the staff. and so doing he rode to the
| reviewing point and the march past COM
menced
Many thousands of people had gath
| cred to witness the review and the
crawds were thickest around the review
ing point, which was backed up close
| with men and 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
grandest figures in Spanish history of
these times.
Wild-LOOking Man.
The troops had already commenced the
march past, when a 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 rudely pushing him
self forward. Several people remonstrat-
ed with this man. but he paid no atten-
ton to anybody around him, while in
tently watching Gen. Martinez Campos.
When the actions Of the Withholding
man began to attract the attention of
the staff he was within a few yards of
the general
Suddenly the man pulled what ap-
peared to be ball from the right-hand
pocket of his trousers and threw it at
Gen. Campos.
An Awful Scene.
A terrific explosion followed. Before
the report had died away and while the
people were too petrified with astonish-
ment to move. the man quickly took a
second of the strange balls from the in
side pocket of his coat and hurled it at
the general, who was then Frustrated
upon the ground. Happily man in the
crowd struck the bomb-thrower's arm
Just as the second deadly missile was
thrown. and while it exploded among the
staff officers. it did not fall close to Gen.
Campos. Then the man who had thrown
the bombs was seized and thrown to the
ground. half a 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 termed here. was found to have ex-
ploded right under the horse upon which
Gen. Martinez Campos was sitting at
the reviewing point The force of the
explosion shattered into a bleeding mass
the four legs of the horse and also tore
open it's belly, infiicting injuries suffi-
cient to kill the animal almost instantly.
To put it out of its misery it was shot
by an officer, at the command of the gem
eral. who was lying bleeding near his
charger, his thigh badly lacerated by a
fragment of the bomb
The Brave CampOs.
The general fell heavily when his
horses legs were blown from under him.
and being sixty years old, he was at first
thought to have sustained severe inter
nal injuries The general, however, was
only partly stunned and soon staggered
to his feet. wiped the dust and blood
from his uniform. mounted the horse of
his aide-de-camp and, without deigning
to glance in the direction of the man
who tried to take his life in so dastardly
a manner. the gallant soldier calmly or
dered 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 as
sist him out Of the saddle, when his
wound was attended to by the surgeons
in attendance. who tried to persuade him
to leave the field. But the hero of the
attack Of Montev Moru in 1874, when he
fought the desperate Carlists at the head
of his troops. was not to be scared away
from the field by the loss of a little
blood. The general laughed sternly at
the suggestion Of his officers, and enter
ing a carriage. had Il driven to the front
Of the reviewing point and then the
march was continued, the crowds cheer
Ing the general until they were hoarse
In addition to Gen. Martinez Campos,
Gen. CASTILLO. chief of the staff, an aide
de-csmp. n civic guard ond two police
men were badly wounded by the exp.o-
sions while several other people sus-
tained slight injuries. The explosion
caused great excitement in Barcelona
and several attempts were made to kill
the bomb-thrower. who appeared to be
alone.
The Result OF a Plot.
At any rate he was the only man ar
rested and is said to have been detailed
TO murder the general by the branch so
ciety OF the anarchist brotherhood TO
which he belonged. When the troops