Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-14
FIRED ON ROYAL PROCESSION
KING ALFONSO AND QUEEN WERE
RETURNING FROM CHURCH.
Guards overpowered WouId.Be Assas
sin Named Feito-He Said the At.
tempt Was Not Against King or
Queen but the Grand Chamberlain
Feito 81 Years Old and Married.

Madrid.-As King Alfonso, Dowager
Queen Christina and the court were
returning from church recently q man,
who afterward gave his name as Feito,
fired pistol at one of the carriages
in the royal procession. The bullet
went wild and no one was injured. The
king heard the shot and put his head
out of the carriage window, but he
was Immediately dragged back into his
seat by the queen mother. The escort
of civil guards threw themselves upon
the would be assassin and overpower.
ed him.
Feito was taken to the police sta
ton, where he said he did not desire
to kill the queen, but the grand cham.
berlain, the duke Of Sotomayor, at
whose carriage he had aimed. He
was searched and in his pockets were
found unmailed letters marked Regis.
tered" and addressed to President
Roosevelt. King Edward, the emperor
Of Germany and the president of the
high court Of justice at Mexico, and
also the receipts for a number of reg
istered letters and a visiting card OF
the mayor Of Madrid.
Feito was later put under examina.
ton by a magistrate, to whom he re.
peated his statement as to the object
Of his shooting. He insisted that he
was not an anarchist and said that his
wife, a French woman, had confined
him in lunatic asylum. The prisoner,
in making this statement, did not ap-
pear excited, but there are indications
that he is insane.
The minister of the interior has tel
egrarhed to the perfect in the provin
ces that the attempt was directed
against the grand chamberlain and
not against the king.
A police sergeant, who was the first
to seize Feito, makes the following
statement:
'After the kings carriage had pass
ed, Feito, who was standing in front
of me, raised a pistol and fred at the
second carriage in the procession. Be
fore he could fire a second time ]
struck him with my sword. He cried
You wish to kill me, but l seek the
life of the duke Of Sotomayor, who Is
the cause of all my troubles The
duke of Sotomayor, however, was not
in the second carriage. 1t was occu.
pied by the marquis de Lemina, the
court grand equerry, and two palace
officials"
It is the custom of the Spanish
court to attend divine services every
Saturday at the Church Of Atocha.
This church, however, is being rebuilt
and the king now goes to the Church
Of Buen Suceso. On these occasions
the court rides in state, preceded and
followed by mounted detachments of
the royal body guard and accompanied
by carriages containing the court dig
nitaries and grandees of Spain.
After the shooting incident the
people gathered along the route from
the church to the palace and gave the
king great ovation as the carriage
proceeded slowly toward the royal res
idence. The project of Madrid, who
was in the last carriage, left the pro-
cession and gave orders for Feito to
be taken to the police station.
Feito is "a years of age and was
born at Posatdas. He returned to
Spain from Mexico last June. He was
slightly cut in the head by the police
sergeant's sword.
Questioned as to what reason he
had for wishing to kill the grand
chamberlain, Feito said the duke of
Sotomayor had promised him a posi-.
ton at the palace, but had failed to
fulfil his promise.