The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-03
WEAPON WAS KICKED ASIDE
GRAND vIzIER WITH ExTRAORDI.
NARY PRESENCE OF MIND DIS
ARMED wOULn-BE ASSASSIN
ANOTHER PLOT APPREHENDED
His Majesty Received a Letter Tell
ing Him He Would BE A.sassin-
ated-Thought to BE an
Italian.


OIL Persia, who has been visitor to tba
exposition since Saturday as the ereat
OF France, narrowly. escaped an assassin.
Duliet this morning. 1t had been ar
ranged that he should today visit sevres
ana see the national pottery works. 90
ing afterwards to Versailles, and it was
just after he had left the sovereior,s.
palace on his way to the seine to 90 o.,
board a yacht placed at his djsnosal eor
the trip, tfat the attempt upon his lire
was made. Only five minutes before the
pistol was placed at his breast 10 was
the recipient of a letter, which warned
MIN that his life was In danger No
serious thought however, was given to
inc contents, so numerous hs,d been
warnings Of the same character. AS he
was seated in the landau, before leaving
the court Of tne palace his secretarv
brought him a letter dated Naples. hi,
posted in Paris last night signed with
a name bearing an italian termination
1t said:
Today you shall meet the same fate
as Humbert."
Nowise disconnected the. shah handed
the letter to the oficer on guar and
gave orders for the carriage to start
The gates of the palace were thrown
open, and as the monarch emerged.
large crowd of curious onlookers broke
into cries Of ''vive le shah" and '.vive Ia
rarse." Hardly had these acclar,a tions
died away when a man dressed In the
ordinary clothing Of a Paris workman.
DARIED FORWARD
from between two automobiles, whero
he was hidden, and lushed toward the
imperial carriage, overthrowlng a bicycle
policeman, who rolled urder the feet OF
the horses.
In an instant he was on the carriage
step Holding the door with his left
hand with his right he pushed a revolver
toward the breast of the shah He
seemed to hesitate for a moment, as
though undecided where to aim This
hesitation saved the Persian monarch's
life, for before the would-be ASST dn
could pull the trigger a strong hand
gra' led his whist and wreched it so that
the weapon dropped harInleSSly to the
bottom of the landau.
III like to have a photograph of that
man, nonchalantly exclaimed the shah
Then addressing a few words in his
A4OtAFO lOl6 OG ~ his COIu1aDlOHS III Inc
carriage, he told the coachman to drive
on.
Seated in the landau with the shah at
the time the assault was made, were the
grand vizier, the personal physician Of
the monarch and Gen. Barent, his per
sonal aide. Gen. Parent, in the course of
an interview subsequently,, said:
ut was the court physician who met
the first criminal advance. It was he
who seized the individual by the wrist
and arrested the moSen&,.t of aggres-
sion for a sufficient time to ALLOW the
pistol to be knocked from the assailant's
hand am inclined to the belief that
the man is an Italian
CoNCEALs HIS IDENTITY.
This afternoon the shah carried out his
programme for a trip down the Seine to
Versailles. The wouid-he assassin de-
clines absolutely to give his name or
nationality. He speaks but little, and that
with a Southern accent The police be-
lieve him to be an Italian. He is about
twenty-six years of age, has chestnut
coiored hair, a large naustache and blue
gray eyes. He was dressed In blouse
and wide trousers, the usual clothes OF
carpenter In his pocket was found
an ugly knife and a handkerchief marked
'l2Sth regiment infantry" WheA thls
was discovered the man said:
That will not ala you in your INQUIRIES
concerning my IDENTIFY Later In the
day, to some officials Of the household CT
the shah, who tried 20 interrogatz hlrn'
the prisoner said:
''Your master will do we'll to resign;
otherwise we will Kill him.
An eve witness, OF the attempted as
sassination says the courage of the shah
was remarkable. He acted with perIect
coolness and was among the hrst TO selze
his would-be murderer. holding him with
both hands, until the man was thrown
to the ground by the police
Just before starting from the PalaCe nc
shah received a letter dated from .; lay,
signed with an Italian name, pul postsu
in Paris, announcing to him that ne Woulo
he assassinated today The police beheve
the man who attacked the shah was not
alone in his effort The whole OF the ponce
department is atwork seeking for MS ac-
completes. ,os+,
Up to midnight the nVesu-
cation. of the police had not resuiteo IN
any developments-te tending to estaolsh the
identity of the wouId-be-assassin or as
socia ating any others with him. When the
officials tried to interregate the prisoner
this afternoon he maintained absolute 81
lence Nothing would induce him to say
a word. He struggled desperately TO
avoid picture being taken. and mao 10
be bound mana ana IoOI 7ett4le SSsNt 49,
between the knees of the photographer
assistant The impression is gaining
ground that he is an Italian. He certainly
is a native of Southern cauntry
8 Another eye witness of the affair said:
when the gate of the palace opened
the first carriage to appear contained the
shah. He sat at the right hand side OF
the carriage with his doctor at his side.
Opposite was the grand vizier and at MS
side Gen. Parent. the personal aide OF the
shah. They were on their way to the
Pont Alexander III. where they were TO
take the boat on the Seine for Sevres to
visit the pottery works there. The landau
turned to the left towards the avenue Bois
de Boulogne.s 1t had not gone far when
a man dressed as a carpenter rushed to-
ward the carriage and put his right foot
on the step, resting his left hand on the
door to assist him to mount. Then draw
ing his right hand from his pocket he
pushed it toward the breast of the shah.
This hand carried a revolver At this time
the shaw was looking around and did not
pay much attention to the man until he
raised his hand. Then he rai ised his cane.
bringing it down on the head of his assail-
ant Then the men jumped forward and
seized the man, twisting his arm and