New-York tribune., 1900-04-05
SHOT AT PRINCE OF WALES.
ATTEMPT OF A YOUNG ANARCHIST TO
KILL THE HEIR APPARENT.
FIRED TWICE AT THE PRINCE AS HE SAT-
WITH THE PRINCESS IN RAILWAY
CAR IN BRUSSELS

| occurs on April S.
As their train leaving the Northern Sta
! tion in this city, for the Southern Railroad
| Station, individual fired a revolver twice at
| the Prince of Wales but missed His Royal
! Highness.
The attempt occurred at J:35 p. The would
be assassin Jumped upon the footboard of the
Princes saloon as the train was starting
and fired into the car aiming at the Prince of
Wales. The criminal was Immediately arrested.
He Is unsmtth named Sipido a resident of
Brussels sixteen years of age. His pockets
were found TO be full of Anarchist literature
The Princess of Wales and others were in the
| car, but was touched.
PREPARED FOR A THIRD SHOT
| Hearing the shots. the stationmaster rushed
| 70 the scene and knocked down Sipidos arm as
he prepared to fire third shot and a number
| Of persons threw themselves on the Princes
| assailant
In the confusion second man. who was quite
innocent seized. roughly handled and
beaten.
After the Prince had ascertained that the man
| who fired the shots had been arrested he de-
clared himself and the Princess uninjured and
the train started
Intense excitement prevailed for the moment
as 1t feared the Prince had been hit the
| shots having been fired almost point blank. The
railway carriage door hastily thrown open
and great relief felt when the Prince him
self appeared at the window unhurt
Both the Prince and the Princess. however
had very narrow escape. The policeman on
duty took Sipido in charge. The latter appeared
proud of his exploit and seemed quite calm
SpidO told the authorities that he lived on the
Rue de la Forge, at Saint-GiIles, two miles
south of Brussels
When examined by the railroad station Off
cials Sipido declared he intended TO kill the
Prince of Wales that he did not regret mis-
action. and that he ready TO do 1t again
if he got chance TO do
Sipsdo subsequently said he wanted 10 kill
the Prince OF Wales because he caused thou
sands of TO be slaughtered in South
Africa"
An eye witness says that the train was al
ready in motion, and when the engineer heard
the pistol he shut off steam. applied the brakes
and stopped the train. AS the train restarted
after Sipido's arrest. the public loudly cheered
the Prince. who acknowledged the demonstration
from the car window
An examination of Sipido's revolver showed
that four chambers had been discharged, but
that two OF the cartridges had missed fire. The
weapon is of the cheapest six chambered de-
scription, such is usually sold here for three
and a half francs.
THE CRIMINAL A YOUTH.
sipido has a round, boyish face black eyes
and dark hair. At the examination before the
magistrate it was ascertaned that he had pur-
chased penny ticket in order to reach the de-
parture platform, where he walked up and down
quite awhile the time that the Prince
was promenadng
Persons who attended the Maison du Peuple
yesterday, where the extreme Anarchists meet
say they heard Sipido declare that if the Prince
Of Wales came TO Brussels he ought to have
bullet in his head; and they also heard him
offer 10 bet five francs that he would fire at
the Prince.
According 10 lie Patriotic" some news Of the
views expressed at the meeting referred TO was
conveyed to the stationmaster, who had taken
what he thought were extra precautions. Sipido
appeared the station in his best clothing
having explained to his father that he was going
to seek employment.
The Prince Of Wales appeared quite unaffected
by the incident. He asked whether the revolver
was loaded, and being informed in the af-
firmative, smiled and begged that the culprit
might not be treated too severely.
La Gazette" attributes the following words
to Spido:
All regret is that I did kill this man,
who, instead Of disavowing Chamberlain in his
inhuman policy became his accomplice.
WOULD HAVE FIRED SIX SHOTS.
La Gazette" adds that when taken to the
prison at Saint-Gilles Sipdo declared that he
would have fired six shots IL he had not been
arrested.
lie Vingtieme Steele" SAYS:
We deeply regret that the Prince Of Wales has
been the victim OF an imbecie and 0dious at
tack. Under a pretext of condemning British
policy, certain newspapers which never know
how keep within bounds abusiVely attack
England and the reignng family They see
the danger OF those indictments
Other papers express the hope that the Incl
dent will not provoke fresh complicatio with
Great Britain which Is not too friendly toward
Belgium account of the latter's pro- Boerism'
Several papers announce that a student who
threw himself on Sipido had his hand injured in
the scufie
Immediately after the attempt the Prince Of
Wales sent kilograms to the Queen and to the
Duchess OF York announcing his safety.
A dispatch from the Prince 10 the Duchess of
Fife at Brighton ran thus
man jumped on the carriage just as we
were departing Fired pistol in the carriage.
Believed II not loaded. All well.
The Queen sent TO Cologne a telegram con-
graduating her son on his happy escape
Sipido has been connected for nearly year
with band Of young Socialists. II that
he left his parents about 30 D. N. yesterday on
the pretext OF going TO the MaisOn du Peuple.
where he had been trying to get appointment
They have not seen him since, and only learned
OF the affair from journalist. Both parents as
that he never had revolver before His
mother says the lad had lived very regular
life, and had been saving money 70 go to the
Paris Exposition. She declares that II he is
guilty he must have been instigated by others
and was probably given TOO much 10 drink He
fifteen last December.
Among the papers found upon his was an ar
Al H. oh nat.