The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-04
MANUEL MORALES
COMMITS SUICIDE
Threw Bomb in Royal Marriage
Procession
is FULLY IDENTIFIED
King Alfonso Predicts that the Bomb
Throwing Incident will be Re-
peated-Every Possible Pre-
caution Is Being Taken.

| Morales, the chief suspect in the DomD
outrage against King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria, adds another dramatic chap
ter to the incidents surrounding the royal
wedding. Morales was recognized in the
| little town of Tore jon de Ardos, mid
way between Madrid and Alcala. A
| guard sought to detain him but Morales,
drawing revolver, shot the guard dead.
| Then he turned to flee but a number OF
inhabitants of the town were upon him,
and turning the revolver upon himself
he sent a bullet in the region of his heart,
expiring a few minutes later. Senior
Cuesta, proprietor of the hotel from the
balcony of which Morales threw the
bomb viewed the body this morning and
completely identified it as that of his
recent guest.
1t was o'clock Saturday evening when
Morales, disguised in the garb of work
ing man, entered the station at Tore jon
de Ardos, he asked a child who was in
charge of the office the time the next
train would depart for Barcelona. He
then sought food In a nearby shop. His
! Catalonan accent first attracted atten-
ton to him. 1t was then noticed that
his workman suit was entirely new, and
| did no correspond in texture to that
usually worn by person of his station
in life. his face and manners showing him
to be a man of some distinction.
Is Revoutionlzed.
A private Waterman from a neighboring
estate CHANGED to be present ana ne
noticed the facial resemblance of Morales
to the descriptions given out of the man
seen on the balcony from which the bomb
was thrown. particularly the long, thin
and deeply seered face, and the closely
cropped mustache. He then observed that
a. finger on the mans left hand winch
the stranger was trying to conceal was
| badly hurt. and also that there was d
| small fresh scar on his forehead The
stranger sought to take a road leading
into the country, but the Waterman inter-
| cepted him and demanded to KNOW ms
indentity. Morales declined to give this'
whereupon a guard arrested hih' IN
stantly Morales drew a revolver from MS
nocket and fired, the guard falling DEAD
| Morales started UP the road but siaah
sroun of Villagers ahead barred his pas
sage Then turning he deliberately point
! cd tho vveapon to his heart, fired, ana
| nitehed forward in the roadway.
An examination of the pockets OF the
| dead man showed that they contained 300
In money and small supply OF preao
and cheese. but there was nothihs III
them that would give clue as TO ms
| IDENTITY This fact created a doubt that
49, ',,,ar was Morales. but when the gov
ernor of Madrid arrived with Cuesta'
| ,aantiecation was immediate and posi-
| tive.
Refused Burial.
The body was then brought to Madrid.
| At FIRST there was desire to bury 1t
| at Tore ion de Ardos, but when this
was suggested the villagers Indignantly
rafused To permit the body to repose In
their town.
Villagers of Tore jon de Ardos gave
a arapbic description of the capture ana
death of Morales. They say lie appeafeu
| TO be greatly fatgued and fell asleep on
| a bench at the station. On entering the
| inn he called for dinner but scarcely tast-
| ed a morsel The loquacious proprie-
tress of the inn discussed with him the
prevailing topic of the throwing OF the
bomb at Madrid declaring 1t was a hein-
Gus crime. At this the stranger shifted
nervously, saying: Every one mas ms
| own Ideas, winch Snouiu NC iSSPSSeN''
Shortly after this he tried to leave
| town.
The body of Morales was exposed this
afternoon for the purpose of allaying pub
| lie Indignation. Thousands of persons
| surged before the municipal morgue seek
| ing to get in line to be admitted to the
| room where the body lay, but cavalry
and infantry blocked the efforts of the
| throng which murmured against the
assassin. Public feeling was Intense,
| chiefly because of the great crime OF the
victim. 1t is seldom that bomb ex-
plosion has such deadly effect, the cas-
! ualtiesr in this instance being twenty-four
| persons killed, and more than eighty
| wounded.
| Final disposition of the body OF Mo-
raes has not been determined upon, but
the public demand an ignominous burial.
| The American envoy to the royal we'd
ding, Frederick whitridge, and his suite
! had an opportunity for brief CONVERSE
ton with King Alfonso during the re-
ception at the palace Saturday night.
| When the conversation naturally turned
| to the attempt on the King and Queen,
| King Alfonso shrugged his shoulders and
made the following significant statement,
showing how he views the future;
The Kings Prediction.
YES fortunately 1t was unsuccessful,
but 1t will come again. 1t may be any
| time-perhaps tomorrow or within a
month, perhaps within year-but 1t will
| come"
The face of the King wore look of
calm resignation as he gave this forecast
of the future Although he bore HIM
self splendidly throughout the terrible ex-
perience the courtiers witnessed trying
scene as King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
hurried within the castle after the attempt
was made to assassinate them.
For moment Alfonso's nerves were
| completely unstrung, and turning to
Queen Victoria. her dress despatched with
blood, he exclaimed: Why did ! bring
you to this country? 1t was wrong; you
never should have come here"
Then the queen-mother and one of the in
fantas Gained the overwrought nerves OF
the king. ind the prslal couple repaired
sadly to the nuptial chambers. A gala
performance was given tonight at this
opera, after remarkable interruption. II
was discovered Saturday night that ore
ticket for the perfo nance was missing
This had a suggestive meaning. as the
officials had scrupu,ously kept track oil
the destination of every one of them.
and new ones of different color wers
given out. The change was the cause
of great confusion. but II was considered
to be imperative in order to guard against
a possibility of the missing ticket giving