The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-13
SHOT FIRED At ROYAL CAR
RAGE WENT WILD.
BULLET DID NO DAMAGE
WouId-be Assassin Says He Intended
to Kill the Duke of
Sotomayor.

Madrid, Jan. 11.-An attempt to as
sassinate King Alfonso was made last
evening. While his majesty was re-
turning from church a man fired "a re-
volver at a carriage of the royal pro-
cession, in which the king was sup
posed to be riding. The bullet went
wide and no one was injured. The
civil guard Immediately overpowered
the kings Would-be assassin, who
gave the name of Jose Collado. 1t
appears that the second carriage of
the royal procession at which the shot
was fired was occupied by the Mar
quis de Lamina, the court grand
equerry and two. palace officials, and
not by King Alfonso.
Madrid, jan 11.-As King Alfonso,
Dowager Queen Christiana and the
court were returning from church yes
terday afternoon a man, who after
ward gave his name as Feito, fired
pistol at one of the carriages in the
royal procession. The bullet went
wide 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 es-
cort of civil guards threw themselves
upon the would-be assassin and over,
powered him.
Feito was taken to the police sta
tion, where he said he did not de-
sire to kill the king, but the grand
chamberlain, the duke Of Sotomayor,
at whose carriage he had aimed. He
was searched and in his pockets were
found unmailed letters marked reg
istered" and addressed to President
Roosevelt, King Edward, the emperor
of Germany and the president of the
high court of justice at Mexico. Also
receipts for a number of registered
letters and visiting card of the may
or of Madrid.
Feito later was put under eXamina-
tion by a magistrate, to whom he re-
peated his statement as to the object
of his shooting He insisted that he
was not am anarchist, and said that
his wife, French woman, had con-
fined him in a lunatic asylum. The
prisoner in making this statement
did not appear excited, and there are
indications that he is insane.
The minister of the interior has tel
egraphed to the project in the prov
inces 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 fired at the
second carriage in the pocession. Be-.
fore he could fire 2 second time l
struck him with my sword. He cried:
You wish to kill me, but | seek the
life of Duke Sotomayor, who is the
cause of all my troubles The duke
of Sotomayor, however, was not in
the second carriage. 1t was occupied
by the Marquis de Lamina, the court
grand equerry and two palace officials.
1t is the custom of the Spanish court
to attend divine service every Sat
urday 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 fol-
lowed by mounted detachments of the
royal body guard and accompanied by
carriages containing the court, digni-
taries and grandees of Spain.
After the shooting incident the peo-
pie gathered along the route from the
church and gave the king a great ova-
ton as the carriage, proceeded slowly
towards the royal residence. The pre-
feet 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 came to Spain
from Mexico last June He was slight
ly cut in the head by the police SER
geant's sword.
Questioned as to what reason he