The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-26
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In other coiintric, this secret ser
vice precaution is carried to far
greater extent than here, bat it is
doubtful if it j. more effective. In
Englaud, for instance, it is said that
50 many are the disu,iiscs assumed by
the dctcrt, cs about Victoria that that
poor lady , life is made miserable by
wondering who these people are and
by what right they are permitted TO
roam about her estates In France
the system is carried on very much as
it is here, save that the secret service
is increased by officers and guards in
uniform. and scntincs stationed at
every door and gateway.
There have been only three bona
tide assassinations in France posi-
lively known to history One victim
was Henry Ill, killed by .Jacobim
monk, Henry " was assassinatcd by
the Roman fanatic llavaillac, the third
being President Garnet The former
was assassinated in 1910. That period
was rcplctc with assassinations of all
kinds, and the wonder is that more
crowned heads did not fall victim to
the knife. Many attempts on the
lives of rulers are recorded. but very
few successful attempts.
Louis NJ was believed to have been
murdered for rcbclling against his
father, but it was never proven.
Over i'll England Edward the First
was assassinatcd by musselman while
the former was crusading. but he
seems to have had no right there and
the feeling against him was bitter and
deep. Edward the Second was muir
dcrcd after his deposition William
Rufus was supposed to have been as
sassinated in New Forest and not
accidentally shot with an arrow by
Walter Trrcll, as stated in history.
Richard the Second was killed by Ex-
ton after his deposition, and Henry
the Sixth is supposed to have been
assassinatcd by the Yorkists. but it
was never proven. Edward the Fifth
goes down in history with an improba-
bic death at the hands of Richard the
Third, but recent historians put little
faith in the story.
flro &c tLn ,,,oet ,.,u.ll
tions was that of William Of Orange,
surnamed the Silent, the founder of
the Dutch republic. He was called
the Silent from the fact that he
heard without comment from Henry
the Second of France of plot to mas
sacrc the Protestants, he himself being
one at the time. He was assassinated
by Balthazer Gerard, a Catholic
fanatic.
ASsAsSiNATIONs IN SCOTLAND
In Scotland assassinations was the
favoritc way of securing change of
governmental policy. They Of all
people seemed to have been given
more freely to assassination. The
assassinations Of rulers, consorts and
paramours are too numerous to men
ton. In studying history one is
likely to emerge from youth with the
idea that nearly every other ruler was
assassinatcd for the reason that the
historian seems to revel in detailing
the attempts on the lives of sover-
eigns, and dwelling with much color
on the various plots. But to review
the men who have met death in this
way there are comparatively very few,
but sufficient to cause those who have
the keeping of the lives of rulers safe
to still use precaution; for modern
history boasts about as many assassi-
nations as the history of the period
known as the dark ages. a. W. B.
A Pretty story.