Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-30
ASSASSIN
Shot King Humbert.
Bullet Pierced the Heart
---lnstant Death.
The King Had Attended a
Prize Distribution
And Was Killed While Entering
a Carriage.
The Assassin Lived In Tuscany-Was
Captured.

The Assassin Lived In Tuscany-Was
Captured.
Monza, Italy, July 30.-(Spl)-King
Humbert was shot here last evening
by man named Angelo Bressi de
Plato and died in few minutes.
The King had been attending q dis.
tribution of prizes in connection with
u gymnastic 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, fired in quick succession. One
pierced the heart of his Majesty, who
fell back and expired in few minutes.
The assassin was Immediately arrest
ed and was with some difficulty, saved
from the fury of the populace. He
gave his name as Angelo Bressi de-
scribing himself as of Prate, in Tus-
cany
The news of the terrible event did
not reach Rome until after midnight.
Signor Saracco, the premier, imme-
diMely summoned a meeting of the
Cabinet, and the ministers started at
the earliest possible moment for Mon
"a.
The Prince and Princess of Naples
are OH board the Ycla, catching in the
Levant
Humbert I. King of Italy, by right
of succession to the throne establish
ed for and by his father, Victor En-
manuel, the first sovereign Of the mod
ern kingdom of Italy, was born at
Turin, March IA, 1874. His mother
was the Austrian Archduchess Adc-
laide.
The boyhood of young Prince Hum
bert, or Umberto, as the Italian spell
ing is, was passed during stirring
times. In 1913 gallant but futile efforts
to free Italy from foreign nominations
aud unite the Italian people in one
nation cost the royal house of Savoy
much stress of war and peril. In 1859,
when France Joined Italy against Aus
tria, and made possible The first great
step toward Italian unity, the heir of
Victor Emmanuel served with his faith
er in the field. He was only fifteen.
In 1866, the Prince, then % years
old. had command Of a division, and
showed much aptitude for military
affairs, though 1t was not his fortune
to be victor in any battle. In that
war, which proved another long step
/ toward the unilication Of Italy, the
Austr.ans beat tho Italians, though in
doing so they drew off troops enough
to facilitate the decisive triumphs of
the Prussians at Koeniggratz and
Sndowa.
In 1868 Prince Humbert married his
beautiful and popular cousin, the
Princess Margharita, of Savoy. Late
In 1869 son was born, who is now
elevated to the throne by the terrible
tragedy which has cut short the career
of one of the best-liked and most
worthy sovereigns in Europe. The
new ruler of Italy is Victor Emman-
uel Ferdinand, and he will doubtless
assume the title of Victor Emman-
uol H., counting back into the time
of the independent existence of the
Kingdom of Sardinia for the first King
of that name.
King Humbert succeeded his father
on the death of the latter monarch
January 0. 1878. Soon afterwards an
attempt was made to murder him, but
1t cost only a slight wound King
Humbert's reign was rather unevent-
ful thereafter. He displayed much
bravery and generosity by his visits
to Naples during the cholora epidemic
which ragged in that city in 1854, and