The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-05
ToIrO TO KILL THE PRINCE.
,yk FIRED TWO SHOTS AT HIS
ROYAL RICHNESS.

RoiIrOad station Was the
of the Attempted Crime-sh-
tbe Young Socialist Made a
mo of His Plan and Is Now in
,aiI-The Prince Was unharme"
- unaffected by the Serious In
cident.
..s1s Belgium, April A sensation
,,,,,t to assassinate the Prince OF
a. nos made at a railroad station here
va 1a,. NV sipido, a young socialist VINO
- tvo shots, but the Prince escaped
,armed. The would-be assassin was
tromediately arrested.
nh rain bearing the Prince was just
.,iIfro out of the Northern Railway sta
49,, ri 3.s5. when Sipido jumped upon the
md Of the Princes salon car, aimed
ra,olver at His Royal Highness and
fired twice.
r1so,i7g the shots, the station master
tl tn the scene and knocked down
eirt5,.s arm as the latter prepared to
third shot, while bystanders rushed
.rd threw themselves on the Prince
.,f,rt In the confusion another man,
cha was innooent, was seized, roughly
handled and beaten.
rcrerse excitement prevailed for the mo-
uent. as il was feared the Prince mad
tser bit. The shots having been fired al
most point blank. The railway carriage
a,or was hastily thrown open, and great
-.iief WAS felt when the Prince himself
snneared at the window unhurt
Roth the Prince and Princess, however,
b,da very narrow escape. The policemen
an dnty took Sipido in charge. The latter
,nne9red proud of his exploit and seemed
ante calm Sipido told the authorities
hat he lived on the Rue de la Forge at
81 Giles. Two miles south of Brussels.
After the Prince of Wales had ascer-
tanned that the man who fired the shots
had been arrested, he declared himself
and the Princess uninjured and the train
Immediately started. An eyewitness says
,5at The train was already in motion, and
when the engineer heard The pistol he
ebut off steam, applied the brakes and
s-onnad the train. AS the train restarted
alter Sipido's arrest the public loudly
cbeered the Prince, who acknowledged
the demonstration from the car window.
Prince Was Unaffected.
The Prince appeared quite unaffected
nv the incident. He asked whether the
revolver was loaded, and on being in
formed in the affirmative, smiled and beg
ged that the culprit might not be treated
100 severely
When examined by the station officials
sipido declared he intended to kill che
Prince OF Wales, that he did not regret
his action and that he was ready to do
il again if given chance to do so
subsequently he declared he wanted to
kin the Prince because he caused thou
mar RI ha
South Africa"
The would-he assassin is a tinsmth,
resident of Brussels, 16 years of age. His
pockets We're found to be full of anarch-
list literature. He has a round, boyish
face black eyes and dark hair. AT the
examination before the magistrate it was
ascertained that he had purchased a pen
ny ticket in order 90 reach the departure
platform where he walked up and down
while the Prince was promenading.
An examination of Sipidos revolver
showed that four chambers had been dis
charged but that two of the cartridges
had missed fire. The weapon is of the
cheapest sx-chamber description, such as
is usually sold here for three and a half
francs.
Made a Bet He Would Do 1t.
Persons who attended the Maison du
Peuple yesterday say they heard Sipido
declare that if the Prince of Wales came
to Brussels he ought to have a bullet in
his head, and they also heard him offer
to bet five francs that he would fire at
the Prince
According to lie Patriotic some news of
the views expire ssed at he meeting re-
fewel to was conveyed to the station mas
ter VINO had taken what he thought We're
extra precautions.
Spilo appeared at the station in his best
clothing, having explained to his father
mat he was going to seek employment.
The attack is condemned even at the Ia
Dor headquarters here, and at the Maison
du Peuple, where the extreme anarchists
meet leading member of the young So
clalst guard was loud in his denunciation
This evening of Sipidos action.
lie Patriotic, in a special edition, de
hounees the attempt as 'cowardly and
senseless,' and says it will create general
Indignation and the worst enemy of Bel
gum could not have dealt the country a
more foul blow.
Inc Journal de Bruxelles says:
Ihls outrage will provoke the indigna-
non OF all honest people in every civilized
country, and especially Belgium. We
susmatize it as the crime of a youth of
Gsoidered brain We deeply regret that
was committed in Belgium and We con-
Hatulate the Prince of Wales on his fort
innate escape from the bullet of a regi-