The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-31
The King Expired in Very Few Min
utes After Being Shot.
THE ASSASSIN ARRESTED.
The Murderer Cynical,y Confessed is
Crime, and it Was With Difficulty
That He Was Sased from the
Fury Of the Populace-Mes-
sages OF Condolencc Sent
by the President.
nv Associated Press.

MONA, ITALY, july 3o.-king Hum
t,er; has been assassinated. He was shot
here last evening by n man named Angelo
Bressi and died iE few minutes.
The King had been attending distribu-
sion of prizes in connection with GYM
aastic competition. He had just entered
his carriage with his aide-de-camp. amid
the cheers Of the crowd, when he was
struck by three revolver shots tired in
quick succession.
One pierced the heart OF His Majesty.
who fell back and expired in a few min
utes
1ae assassin was Immediately arrested,
snC was with some difficulty saved from
the fury OF The popuiace.
lie gave his name as Angelo Bress de-
scr.bil. himself as of Prato, in Tuscany.
The prize distribution look place about
10 O'Clock.
A1onZa is a summer resort few miles
north OF Milan, in Lombardy, ana imme-
u;aItiy south OF the ABS. IL is u town ei
II uUl naptants, and is about go nIlts
northwest from home.
rE.StI "DETAILS.
Few adGitiUnai uetatis OF the terrible
tragedy are obtaInable. 1t happened so
uu4ciMy that the King was dead before the
spectators realized Wnat had occurred NO
special precaut ons mad been taken; 1e"
ponce We're in attendance and only small
guard oi soldiers was keeping the, way
ciear for the carriage.
The King, amid The cheers OF the crowd,
came out smiling, accompanied by Hen-
eral Runzio I5aEiia, his aide-de-camp He
alad entered the carriage ana was just
driving off wnen the revolver shots We're
fired in quick succession. some witnesses
assert that Bressi was seen just previously
waving his hands and cheering
The first shot wounded the King III the
neck, the second the fatal one, pierced MS
heart and tbs. third broke the arm of the
already dying Sovereign. The crowd was
stunned by the unexpected scene, but
speedily a rush was made toward ile as
sassin He did not attempt to escape anu
was roughly treated until the caraniheef5
formed a GORDON and secured hlm from
the injured people.
An eye witness says that immediately
after the shots were fired the King fell
hack pressing his hand TO his heart Tie
WAS instantly supported by General PonZio
Raglta. who told the coachman to drive
with all speed to the castle. Alter ms
exclamation: 1T Is nothing de did not
utter a sound. Blood gushed from his
mouth.
TORN by. ANGRY CROWD.
Ihe ASSASSIN on ItdCiliiiS tiie S""''N
of the Garabfneers. was In pitiable condi-
ton, his hands and arms being facefaieo
and bloody and his clothes torn by the
angry crowd. Replying to questions, ne
Missed through his clenched teeth: 1eli
them ] came from America on purpose 10
Kill Humbert ] have only just arrived
and know nobody. l spent day at 30
logna and then came on to Milan
A search of his home at Prato resulted
nT pOrNDrDmiSinU
letters from New York. One signed by a
woman, was dated June 18th. In this let
ter the writer asks whether all is ready,
and expresses the hope that he will soon
return.
pressj had been absent from Prato for
six or seven years. His parents i've there
and he has a brother in an infantry regi-
nent.
In reference to the finding of another
revolver it Is asserted that Bressi had
been seen In company with young man
In the park at MonZa, where the hihS Is
in the habit OF riding.
After his arrest he appeared wakeiul
and nervous until about sunrise. but af-
ter that time slept until midday.
II now appears that the revolver was OF
American manufacture the caliibre beng
nine ,nilametres. or the three shots hred.
one entered the fourth intercostai space
penetrating the heart. another struck tEe
left cnllarbone and the third entered the
fourth intercostal space, along the anterior
axillary line
Queen MarGharita has received an eAor-
nous number of telegrams of sympathy
from ali parts Of the world and from the
1,aa5c of all States.