The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-05

having been informed in the affirmative
smiled and begged the culprit might not
be treated too severely. La Chronio,e
says: 0iique
Belgium should not be held responsible
Tor the act Of a madman whose conduct
she repudiates.''
ATTACK CONDEMNED.
The attack Is condemned, even at the
labor headquarters here, and at the Madi-
son du PubliQue, where the extremists
meet, leading member of the young So
cl&lIst guard was loud in his denunciat ticn
or Sclpidos action. LIE Patrlote in =
speclal .a EDITION denounces the attempt as
cowardly and senseless," and SAYS:
IL VIII create general indignation ana
the worst enemy of Belgium could NOT
have dealt the country a fouler blow
An eye witness says that the train was
ALREADY In motion and when the engineer
heard the pistol he shut off steam an
pied the brakes and stopped the train
AS the train resfarted after Scipido's ar
rest, the people loudly cheered the prince.
VINO acknowledged the demonstration
from the car window
An examination of Scipido's rec,ol1,e,.
showed that four chambers had been dis
charged, but that two of the cartridges
mad missed fire. The weapon is Of tho
cheapest x-chambered description such
as is usually sold here for 3]b francs.
Sclpldo has round, boyish face, black
eyes and dark hair. At the examination
before the magistrate 1t was ascertained
that ne had purchased q penny ticket IN
order to reach the departure platform.
where he walked up and down a vs,iIs
at the same time the prince was prom
enading.
INCITED TO THE DEED.
For a time Scipido seemed more in
cIlned to cry than to give coherent an
swers to the questions of the commissary.
meanwhile the police had ascertained
that on the previous evening he had at
tended meeting at the local theater
In favor of the Beers. Several Of the
speakers had advised those present to
make demonstration in such a way
that the Prince of Wales in passing
through BRUSSELS could no longer be
mistaken in respect to the sympathies
OF the Belgians, or doubt that the people
We're overwhelmingly in favor of the
Beers 1t is supposed that these utter
ances influenced Scipido who Is a sickly
and impressionable youth.
The news of the attempt spread quick
~ through BRUSSELS. A great crowd
rapidly assembled at the railway and
cheers were raised when it was learned
that the prince was not hurt
King Leopold also wired Queen Vic
toria at Dublin a reinsurance that the
prince was safe and an expression of
his deep regret at the attempt
The papers express adherence of the
crime and thankfulness that the prince
escaped. They also hope, as the Courier
de Brussels says, that England will
not cast upon the Belgian people the re-
sponsibility for a boys miserable crime
La Gazette says:
'The attempt is an act of folly as
odious as unjustifable. against the heir
apparent to the throne OF nation which
has rendered so many signal services to
the Belgians.'
La Gazette attributes the following
words of Scipido:
''All l regret is that I did not kill this
man, who, instead of disavowlng Cham
berlain in his inhuman policy, became his
accomplice."
La Gazette adds that when taken to the
prison at Saint Giles Scipido declared
that he would have fired six shots If he
had not been arrested.