The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-09-13

that of King Humbert, of Italy.
which occurred on July 80, 1900.
The King was shot at Monza, whore
he was in attendance upon distribu-
ton Of prizes in connection with a
gymnastic competition. His muir
derer was the Anarchist Bresci, who
at one time was resident Of Patter
son, N j.
King Humbert had Just entered
his carriage with his aide do camp
when he was struck by three revol-
YER shots, fired in quick succession.
One pierced the Kings hoart. He
fell back and expired in a few min
utes. The assassin was immediately
arrested and with some difficulty was
saved from the fury Of the populace.
Capital punishment having been
abolished in Italy, Bresci was son
tenced to solitary imprisonment for
life. Some time ago I've was reported
to have committed suicide in the
dungeon in which he was confined.
Other reports we're that he was killed
by the guards in whose custody he
WAS.
Empress Elizabeth, of Austria,
was assassinated by an Italian Anar.
chist on a quay at Geneva, Switzer,
land, on the afternoon of Saturday,
September 10, 1898. The Empress,
who had been at the Hotel Beauri.
wage for several days, left q few Ia,
dies Of her snite, and was walking
from the hotel to the pier of the lake
steamers. She had almost reached
the pier when mnn ran up behind
her and plunged sharp file into her
back
The Empress WAS hurriedly car
ried back 10 the hotel and doctors
were Summoned, but all efforts to
save her life were unavailing and she
died without regaining consciousness.
The assassin made little or no effort
to escape and was Immediately placed
under arrest. He declared that he
had gone to Geneva with the pur-
pose of killing the Due dOrleans,
but as the latter had already left he
killed the Empress instead. The
assassrn's name was Luigini.
"The assassination Of the Emperor
Alexander III, of Russia, in the streets
Of st. Petersburg on March 13, 1881,
the same year as the assassination Of
Garfield is Of sufficient recent date
to be still wildly remembered. The
event was unexpected and startling.
1t had been more than year since
the last and most desperate attempt
on his life-the explosion at the
Winter Palace-had occurred. Be-
fore the explosion and before the
Moscow Railway plot the Nihilists
had announced that the Gar had
been doomed to death by their secret
tribunal, but Immediately before the
murder none of the customary threats
and proclamations had been issued.
The Emperor had driven in car
riage to view the parade of the ma
rine corps. He was attended as
usual by his military staff, his ad-
jutant riding with him, and the rest
following the carriage. The numer-
GUS bodyguard Of mounted Cossacks
preceded and surrounded the car.
riage. Suddenly, as the cortege
reached the Catherine Canal, where
some laborers were at work removing
snow near the bridge, the Anarchist
Ryssakoff, who had pressed to the
front among the working mujilSs,
threw the first bomb. 1t fell behind
the carriage, wounding two Cossacks.
The Emperor stepped down from the
carriage and at that moment SOC
ond bomb WAS thrown, which OK.
ploded at his feet, the fragments
breaking both his legs and penetrat-
ing the abdomen. The Gar breathed
his last two hours afterward. Gren
evitslky, the man who threw the fatal
bomb, perished himself from tho OK
plosion. There have been many
other attempts at the life of the Rus
sian Gar, both before and since the
assassination of Alexander II.
SOME OTHER ATTACKS.
In Germany there have been sever.
al attempts to assassinate tho head