The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
AU0SE CALL
FOR ALFONSO
Royal Wedding IN Madrid Marred
By Death Dealing Bombs.
SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED
Mangled Corpses Were Strewa ALI
Around Carriage in Which Spanish
King and New Queen Rode Unhurt.
SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED


torla of Battenburg were married in
the Church of San Jeronimo. Just as
they were pronounced man and wife,
the news was signalled to the wait
ing crowds, and all Madrid broke into
frantic demonstrations n joy. while
cannon doomed and clvlrch bells
chimed.
Entering the royal coach the King
and queen of Spain began the return
journey to the palace amid scenes of
the widest enthusiasm, the throngs
shouting Long live Queen Victoria!"
Just as they we're nearing the end
of the progress to the royal palace,
a bomb narrowly missed ending their
lives.
An official statement indicates the
possibility that two bombs were
thrown, one exploding in the air by
striking a telegraph wire, and the
other falling SO close to the royal
carriage that'a groom at the head Of
the wheel horses was killed, as also
were the wheel horses.
At least sixteen persons were killed
and large number wounded. sus-
picion points to Catalonian named
Manuel Duran, as the leader of the
regicidal conspiracy, and he is in
prison awaiting examination.
The following were killed: Captain
Parrcsa, commanding part Of the
kings escort: Lieutenant Reysient;
Lieutenant Pendargast; six soldiers;
the Marquise of Colosa; her daugh-
ter; Don Antonio Calvo; his niece,
aged six years; Jose Sofa; military;
Luis Fonseca; one royal groom, who
was leading horse drawing the
coach carrying the king and queen.
Several of those killed we're stand
ing on the balcony Of the house, from
which the bomb was thrown.
The explosion occurred just as the
royal couple were about to enter the
palace. The route of the cortege had
been diverted from Arsenal street to
Mayor street, owing to popular de-
sires. The procession had just pass
ed through Mayor street, and was
about to turn into the Esplanade lead
ing to the palace, when an explosion
shook the buildings in the vicin-
ity, stunning a large number Of peo-
pie and throwing the cortege into in
extricable confusion.
The royal coach was brought to a
sudden stop by the shock, officers and
soldiers of the escort falling to the
ground about the eQuerry and horses
that had been killed. The screams Of
the terrified multitude mingled with
the groans of the dying. 1t was i'm
mediately seen that the royal coach
was intact, except as it had been
damaged by flying splinters. King AL
fonso Immediately alighted and assist
ed Queen Victoria out of the car
rage. They then entered another
coach and were driven swiftly to the
palace.
All this happened SO quickly that
the people away from the immediate
vicinity were not aware of the trag-
edy. Soon, however, there appeared
the empty royal coach with two
horses missing and the other spat-
tered with blood, several Of them
bleeding from wounds. The grooms
and drivers looked deathly pale in the
spangled uniforms. Then came a boy
shouting that a bomb had been
thrown at the king. The appearance
of the king and queen in coach
brought out delirious ovations. The
fact was recognized that the sover-
eigns had been spared.
In the meantime the scene of the
tragedy presented a horrible specta-
Gle, with dead men and horses lying
about literally torn to pieces. In
tense excitement prevailed, the mob
invading the streets, while the guards
sought to maintain order and block
the approaching streets. The bod
les were wrapped up in blankets and
removed on filters, while the wound
ed were taken to hospitals in ambu-
lances. The pavement was covered
with blood and the upper stories Of
the buildings nearest were spattered
with it.
The place from which the bomb
was thrown is a boarding house
The tragic event and the narrow
margin by which King Alfonso and
the new queen escaped death has
caused the brilliancy of the royal we'd
ding to be temporarily forgotten, all
though it was to have inaugurated
period of unprecedented festivities.