The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
WITH READY PISTOL
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN FIRED ON
ROYAL PROCESSION.
sPAIN'S GRAND CHAMBERLAIN
VAS THE OBJECT OF HIS RATHER
IMPERFECT AIM.

reito, as the Crank, Supposedly In
same, Is Named, Waited Until King
AIfonsO's Carriage Had Passed.
Then He Fired on the Grand
Standardization Jumped Up'
mt His Mother Pulled Him Back.
The WOuId-be Assassin Was Seized
by the Crowd.
Madrid. Jan. 10-As King. Alfonso,
Dowager Queen Christina and the
curt were returning from church this
oftarnoon. a man, who afterwards gave
nis name as Feito, fired pistol at
ono Of the carriages in the royal pro-
oossion. The bullet went wild and no
one was injured.
The King heard the shot and put MS
head out of the carriage window, but
he was Immediately dragged back into
tis seat by the Queen mother. the cs-
cort of civil guards threw themselves
unon the would-be assassin and over
powered him.
Faito was taken to the police sta
.,oo where he said he did not desire
70 kill the King, but the Grand Cham
horlain the Duke of Sotomayor, at
,,.boee carriage he had aimed. He was
seorcbed and in his pockets were found
,,rr,ailed letters marked Registered
ord addressed to President Roosevelt
King Edward, the Emperor OF Ger
many and the President of the High
Court of Justice at Mexico, and also
raceints for a number of registered let
tors and a visiting card of the Mayor
of Madrid.
Feito later was put under examina-
ton by a magistrate, to whom ne re-
heated his statement as to the OBJECT
of his shooting. He insisted that ne
was not an anarchist and said that his
wife, a French woman, had confined
him in a lunatic asylum. The. prisoner,
in making this statement, did not APP
pear excited, but there are indications
that he is insane.
The Minister of the Interior has tele-
graphed to the projects in the provinces
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 passed,
Feito, who was standing in front of
me, raised pistol and fired at the Sec
ond 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 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 .oc-
cupied by the Marquis de la Nina, the
court grand equerry, and two palace
officials.
Duke Had Turned Him Down.
1t is the custom of the Spanish court
to attend divine service every Satur-
day at the Church of Atocha. This
church, however is being rebuilt, and
the King now goes to the Church or
Buen Suceso. On these occasions the
court proceeds in state, preceded and
followed by mounted attachments OF
the royal bodyguard ana accompanied
by carriages containing the court Dig
nitaries and grandees of Spain.
After the shooting the people gath
cred along the route from the church
to the palace and gave the King
great ovation as the carriage proceed
ed slowly towards the royal residence.
The project of Madrid, who was In the
last carriage, left the procession 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 reasons he
had for wishing to kill the Grand
Chamberlain, Feito said the Duke of
sotomayor had offered him a position
at the palace, but had failed to fulfill
ms promise.