The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-08
KA|SER'S WOUND
A SEVERE ONE
Came Near Causing the Loss
of His Right Eye.
BAR OF IRON CUT
BAD CASH IN CHEEK
Assailant. All Unfortunate Epi-
leptic, Under Arrest.

aAAANGu mere DIT . o CLOCK LllS morning.
The empress and Count Won BueIow
met him at the station. When they
reached the castle Professor Bergman
visited the emperor. His majesty has
abandoned his intention of visiting the
riding class of the officers of the Pots
dam cavalry regiment.
In the attack upon Emperor William
by Dieterich Weiland, while the former
was driving from the Rathskeller to
the railway station, the emperor was
struck with a piece of iron on the
cheek, just below the right eye. He
was not seriously injured and refrained
from commenting upon the subject.
The burgOmaster VINO accompanied a
member of the staff to the station,
pointed out that his majesty's cheek
was bleeding.
The assailant of Emperor William, in
trying to escape, fell under the horses
of the escort riding behind the car
riage. The escort handed the man over
20 the police. During an examination
at the town hall he suffered from sew
eral epileptic fits. During the intervals
between these attacks he replied to
several questions, but did not give out
any important information. The mo-
tive of the outrage was evident when
the pockets of the prisoner were
pockets showing that he had been
chronic sufferer from epiIeptic fits.
Nothing new was discovered in con-
nectiOn with the examination of Well
and He pretends to know nothing of
the occurrence. He is evidently weak
minded. After the surgeons visit to
his majesty a bulletin was issued as
follows:
The wound is in the right cheek
and about an inch and a half long. 1t
passes over the Zygoma and penetrates
to the bone. 1t has the character of a
confused wound. There has been much
| bleeding, but the wound has been
closed with bandaging without sewing
! The emperor passed a fairly good
night, is free from headache and his
general condition is good"
The emperor has been obliged to
I forego his projected visit to Koenigs-
berg.
Rejoice at His Escape.
Count Won Ballestrem, president OF
the reichstag, in communicating to
that body today the news of the at
tack on Emperor William, expressed in
behalf of the house the horror felt at
the abOmindble act, thanked God for
having preserved the emperor and the
country from a grievous misfortune
and prayed that their beloved monarch
might soon be restored to health. and
that God would keep his majesty under
his protection.
! The members of the xeichstag in at
tendance stood during the presidents
speech he social democrats were not
/ present
In the lower house of the Prussian
/ diet the president, Herr Won Kroocher
announced that the emperor's wound
was not serious, but that he would be
Obliged to keep to his bed for a few
days. The president also expressed
horror at the damnable net and called
Tor three cheers for his majesty, which
were given with enthusiasm.
emperor William received the i'm
periaI chancellor, Count Won Buelow,
! in audience at noon today
The North German Gazette officially
describing the outrage on Emperor
William, says: With hearts filled
with gratitude, we thank the mercifllI
/ late which guarded the precious life
of the emperor at a moment of danger.
After the outrage the emperor pre-
served extraordinary cOmpOSure and
/ betrayed no sign of the pain he must
1 nave experienced from such a blow. 1t
was only when little boy at the sta
/ ton exclaimed: Look, the emperor is
/ bleeding that a member of his suite
| was directed to tie up the wound The
: loss Of blood was UGH that there were
/ blOOdStains even on his majesty's cloak.
/ During the journey the emperor tele-
| graphed to Count Won Buelow, inform
ing him of the occurrence, and adding:
. i feel a certain amount of pain. but
: otherwise / am WE'LL "
! The North German Gazette under
! stands that the emperor will be Obliged
/ to keep to his room for a fortnight as
/ the wound is so near mis- eye, and the
/ latter must be used as Sparingly as
possible.
Congratulate the Emperor.
Inquiries, congratulations and con
/ dOlences poured in throughout the day
1 from the whole diplomatic corps, in
/ Guiding the United States mbassy. as
/ well as from many thousands of Ger
mans, including the municipalities of
| Berlin, Charlottenburg, POtsdam and
KOenigsburg.
/ The opinion prevails that the en-
! peror viii suffer much pain and prob
! ably some fever and Inflammation for
+. the next few days, and that it will re-
! quire at least a fortnight before the
! wound is healed. Professor Won Berg
| man has ordered the room in which the
! emperor is to be kept darkened be-
cause of the danger that his eye may
be affected.
Among the provincial bodies the AL
satan diet unanimously resolved to
send the emperor a cOngratulatory tel
egrarn.
A representative Of the Associated
| Press spoke today with several highly
placed members of the kaisers entOur-
age, who expressed the opinion thai
! the prevailing system of police surveil-
lance over the emperor was ineffective
and needlessly onOrous to him, and that
hereafter he would insist upon the pub
lie being entrusted with a large snare
in preventing such outrages as that OF
last night, which, if one of the sur
I rounding police had been quick and in
| telligent, would not have occurred, OF
/ if the sightseeing public had had a
hand, would have been nipped in the
! bE6
The empress received a terrible ner-
vOus shock on learning of the attack
| at midnight.
The German press today calmly COM
ment upon the event. The only paper
/ which has thus far endeavored to in
| culpate the socialists is the DeutscheI
Tages Zeitung, which claims that Wei
land became CraZed with SubsersiVe
/ literature.
Weiland's examination proved that he
was not responsible for his actions. He
| said he felt unwell yesterday, and
feared an epileptic attack. While ne
| was waiting for the arrival of the en-
peror the sound of a fountain playing
in the court yard caused him to mag
| inc that he was sailing a ship. his
! former vocation having been that OF
a ship captain.
| Under this deIusion Elis excitement
increased, and ne attempted to heave
a lead and three pieces of iron Their
ne lost consciousness. The missile was
a fish plate Weighing $50 drammes.
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Don't Want Mrs Nation.