The Washington times., 1901-09-08

In this frame was an adjustable screw
which on being frightened slowly strangled
him. Some five minutes were required to
rid Gonzalez of life.
An unknown man accomplished the end
of Alexander III of Russia. The bomb
which he hurled at the Emperors sledge
not only accomplished its purpose. but
blew the assassin into pieces. In Russia
name Ivan" Eight persons were exc
cuted for completely in the affair which
took place in 1881. One of the condemned
was woman. Sophia Petrovitch.
Eighteen other persons supposed to have
knowledge of the plot were banished to
Siberia. Sophia PetrovItch is supposed to
before she was executed, but authentic
details as TO how these things are done
are rarely made public in Russia. People
whisper about them, bu, that is all.
Five attempts were made to assassnate
Alexander before the last one. His winter
palace was mined and his special train
blown up. During his lifetime IL is said
more than 200 people were banished or
executed for completely in efforts to de-
stroy him.
Charles j. Guiteau shot President James
A. Garfield in the depot of the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad. at Sixth and 3
Streets northwest, on July 2, 1881. Every
effort was made to prove Guiteau insane.
but he was hanged June 80. 1882.
Carter III. Harrison. mayor of Chicago
in 1893 one evening admitted to his house
a disappointed Office seeker and half
witted fellow by the name of Thomas j.
Prendergast. Prendergast shot the mayor
he gave himself up. He was found sane
by jury and was hanged.
The great French statesman and PreSi-
dent, Sadi-Carnot, was stabbed to death
by Cesario Santo on June "a 1894. The
President was visiting the Lyons EXPOSE
ton, and was going from the Palais de
Commerce, where BANQUET had been
held in his honor, to the Grand Theatre.
when Santo jumped on the footstep of
Carnots carriage and stabbed him in the
liver. Santo was gnillotined.
Spain's Prime Minister, 'senor Canovas
del Castillo. also met his fate at the hand
of an italian Anarchist. While at the
baths at Santa Equeda. Spain. on August
4. 1891 he was shot by Rinaldi. The Pre-
mier fell dying at the feet of his horrited
wife.
Angolillo was tried on the rack and
then garroted. Avelino Arredondo. slay-
er of President Borda. of Uruguay, Au-
factor in the country. Arnulfo. who at
tempted the life OF President Diaz in 1897.
was pardoned. Oscar Solinger. murderer
of President Barrios, of Guatemala Feb
ruary 9, 1898. was shot to death.
Luccheni, who stabbed to the heart En-
press Eliza beth of Austria, was sentenced
to Imprisonment for life in Switzerland.
which, owing to an Italian law similar
to that in Switzerland. is all can be done
with the assassin of King Humbert. The
slayer of William Goebel Governor of
kentucky, Is YET UNKNOWN. 1 he aSSaSSin
who shot Nasr-ed-dn. Shah OF Persia,
May |, 1896, was stranglcd with Il cord
by due process of law. The execution
was public.
The practice of intiicting torture ceased
long ago as a means of Furnishing assas-
sins. But the way OF the assassin is not
a comfortable one. There is shame for
his family. everlasting scorn for himself,
and his name. Once in a long while his
act works a sudden change in the social
order and for the best. bur rarely. As
rule his deed has left conditions un-
changed and increased the sufferinSs OF
the very people he proposed to relieve
A powerful sentiment lives in The breasts
of all right-mtnded people against death
by cowardly means. Bold are the An
archists In their methods. and deplorable
as are the social conditions In Europe
and the state of the common people. yet
the organized society to asSaSsinate rul-
ers and leaders receives no encourage
ment from any but the half-witted, the
monomaniac. the idle. and the vicious
Assassination is the law of one of the
lowest states of society. and drags down,
does not elevate mankind. depression
follows in its footsteps. and the cry Of
vengeance checks for the time all efforts
for reform. Assas assination is anarchy,
and anarchy is assassination.