The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-02

taking train leaving Madrid He is
sald 10 nave arrived here from Cata-
lonla, the hOtbed of agitators, and to
hrst gone to Arsenal street. on the
route Of the wedding procession, where
he engaged a room. but falling to Sc
cure front balcony. the suspect gave
up his room and went to Mayor street
where he offered to pay any price for
a balcony They were all occupied
but CatalOnian artist was induced by
the offer Of a large sum of money, to
give up his apartment. in front of
which was a stone balcony with an iron
railing This Immediately faced one of
the handsome arches under which the
cortege was to pass
Gave the Name of Morales.
The stranger who hired the artists
9Eartment gave the name of Manuel
Morales He lived on a lavish scale. A
lew minutes before he threw the bou-
quet containing the bomb, or as some
reports have it, an internal machine.
which was fired by a storage battery,
Morales summoned the wife of the pro-
prletor OF the house and asked her to
orlng him a glass of soda water, .ap-
parenuy to steady his nerves
The authorities, in spite of the con-
HlcUng statements regarding the sus-
pect have not vet made any announce
o.
It is now possible to assemble an ex-
act picture of the scene from the de-
ScTlpuon of eye witnesses of the occur
renee Don Alvarez De Toledo. one Of
the equerries of the king, and a lady
who occupied balcony facing the spot
where the explosion occurred, give
graphic descriptions of the explosion.
Eight horses of the royal coach had
already passed the tribune and the en-
thusiasm of the multitude had reached
its highest pitch at the sight of the
king and queen and their superb reti-
nue..
Awful Crime Perpetrated
Handkerchiefs and fans were waving.
shouts Of greeting filled the air and
the trumpeterS were sounding a vel
come al the entrance of the palace near
by. when suddenly from above a large
bouquet fell amid the flags and stream
ers, followed by a terrific defamation. /
by flashes of vivid fire and
a crash OF glass. Every one within a
hundred feet was stunned and over
thrown. and those nearest to the spot
where the explosion occurred were
killed outright, while others, horribly
MANNED. were dying
The first horses of the ROYAL coach
met the full force of the explosion. One
Of the animals plunged forward. Gov
cred with blood, and, rearing upOn its
hind legs. fell backward dead. GrOOms
sought to extricate the horses from the
harness and drive the coach on. King
Alfonso was seen at window Of the
coach, mOtiOning calmness. But the
lead horse impeded progress and COM
PEELED the abandonment Of thu. coach.
Queen Became HysterieaI.
Don Alvarez De Toledo. aided nv
colonel ReEagUe, Immediately went to
he kings coach and opened the door.
Their majesties at first did not wish
o alight, the king repeating 1t is Moth
Eg' and trying TO smile. But the spec-
acle soon made him appreciate the
gravity Of the situation and he sun
ported the queen as she got out of the
zach. Her majesty was deeply moved =
Utmost hysterical. raising her hand over.
Ter face and hair as If to shut out the
scene Palace pages sent nv
he queen mother then gaIloped IN i
eekIng 10 assist the young cOupIe. who Il
hereupon entered another coach. which
vas hurried into the huge court ward
T the palace around which de.acb-
nentE Of cavalry Immediately closed.