The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-09
Another Bomb Outrage IN
One Of Rome's Streets.
EIGHT PERSONS WERE WOUNDED.
Machine Was Probably Intended for
Deputies But for Premier Crispps
Cold, Death Would Have Cut
Wide swath Among the Deputies.

RoME, March "a terrible explosion
said to be the work Of anarchists. oc-
CURED here at o'clock last evening on
the Piazza di Monte Citorio, near which
stands the chamber of deputies.
A sitting Of the chamber had just been
concluded, and it is believed that the
bomb or Internal machine was exploded
almost in front of the building.
The explosion shattered all the win
4ows in the chamber of deputies as well
Ds shivering all the windows of the houses
IN the neighborhood.
IL Is believed that the purpose OF the
perpetrator was TO have the bomb ex-
slode nc the hour the debate in the cham
Yer was expected to end and deputies and
ministers would be trooping out.
Premier Crispi had begged the indul-
gence of the chamber to postpone his re-
ply to questions under discussion, on the
ground that his voice had failed him,
owing to . cold. The chamber thus ad-
5ourned earlier than was expected.
Though the sitting of the chamber was
over, few OF the deputies were still In
the lobby when the explosion happened.
So great were the crowds which were at
tracted to the spot after the explosion
that strong force OF military, in addi-
tion to the police, was called upon to dis
perse the people. who were pressing down
all the streets leading to the square.
The police arrested four men, and
among those taken in custody was a
wounded man who is believed to be the
person who exploded the bomb.
The pavement around the spot where
the bomb exploded is torn mp and spat-
tared with blood.
Eight Were Wounded.
Eight persons were wounded by the ex-
plosion. including one woman. Six of
the wounded are in the hospital Three
Of them are in serious condition. and
one of them is reported TO be dying. A
man named Polidori, who was slightly
wounded was placed under arrest. The
police believe him to be the man who
threw the explosive. The public prose-
cutor has opened an inquiry into the out
rage.
President Biancheri. who was in the
chamber Of deputies at the time of the
explosion, sent a doctor to attend the
wounded.
The Tribuna suggests that the explo-
sion was intended as a warning to the
deputies. in view of the impending dis
cussion on the demand for the prosecu-
tion of the socialist deputy, DE Felice, on
. charge of melting the revolution in
Sicily.
City In u Turmoil.
The greatest excitement continues
throughout the city, and everywhere the
latest bomb outrage is being discussed.
An immense throng hovers in the vicinity
of the square. 1t is believed that the ex-
plosive was contained In tin box which
had been concealed in a tall hat worn by
the man who threw it.
Among those injured by the explosion
were two soldiers. One of them is badly
hurt, and it has been necessary to ampu-
tate one OF his legs. The wounded man,
whom the police suspect of having been the
author of the outrage, says that an un-
known man handed him a small box as
he was crossing the piazza. He declares
that he is innocent of the crime.
The people in the square fied i'm great
panic when the explosion occurred. The
pavement near the spot where the bomb
struck is Uttered with broken glass. In
the houses in the vicinity much crockery
and glassware were shattered.