The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-02
Declines to AnsWerQ Ques-
 tions of the Police.
.RowD TRIES TO LYNCH HIM
Escape of the Young King and
 Queen Was Miraculous.
Jewel Worn by Alfonso Broken by Piece of the Flying steei--Roy- al Couple Appear on Streets of Madrid without At-
 tendants.

Madrid, June IA man in custody at the Medic Dai police station under sus- ptcion of being the person who threw the bomb at the King and Queen yes- terday is said to be an Englishman hud gives the name of Robert Han1il- ton. He is about 50 years of age and was pointed out in the streets to the Spanish police by English detectives who came here to attend the wedding festivities.
 His arrest caused great excitement among the people, men and women try ing to strike him while others shouted lynch him. Soldiers had to assist the police in taking the man to the station. He Is of good appearance and some what resembles the man the police have been looking for.
 The suspect says he went to a bull hght yesterday afternoon but he does not explain how he passed his time yesterday morning. He refuses to give the Spanish police any further infoi- nation but adds that he is willing to answer aany questions the British Con sul may put to him. The prisoner speaks English. Spanish and Italian. When searched at the police station a Knife and fork and seventy five peso tas were found in the mans possession.
 The authorities arc considering the edvisabiilty of postponing the battle Of flowers, owing to the danger to which the King and Queen might be exposed
 Royal Couple Appear.
 King Alfonso and Queen Victoria ap- peared at noon in an open automobile and rode through the main thorough fares without an escort This unex- pected sight caused tremendous enthu- siasm among the crowds. who tesified their joy at their majesties' escape from death yesterday by the widest ovations. The King and Queen appear ed to be calm and undisturbed His majesty wore the uniform of a General and smiIingly waved his hand to the people. There were no troops in the streets, only few scattered mounted civil guards.
 The searches made by the police dis close the fact that the author of the outrage was a man of luxury and wealth. He left many valuables and fine clothes behind him in his hurried flight. He bought a boauet of flowers before the attempt and concealed the bomb within it. This bouquet was thrown amid the strewing of the flow CTS, which fell upon the coaches as a greeting to their majesties. The would be assassin rented an overlooking bal cony at fabulous price.
 The individual arrested this morn ing and taken to the Medic Dia police station closely corresponds with the description of the author of yesterdays explosion.
 General Weyier Wounded
 General Weyler was seriously wound ed by the bomb explosion yesterday. Five of the wounded are dying.
 The magnitude of the attempt on the lives of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria increases. The number of killed Is now given at twenty and the wounded at sixty. During the night thirty arrests were made The min istry has decided to continue the fetes for the purpose of allaying public ap- prehension.
 A jewelled decoration worn by King Alfonso was shattered by a splinter of the bomb. Queen Victoria Is ir- teconcilable, declaring that she is re- sponsible for so many persons being Killed
 The officials here are beginning to believe that two bombs were thrown at the King and Queen yesterday and that the missiles exploded simultan- eously with only one vivid flash. The scene which followed was ike that witnessed on a battlefield. Corpses, pools of blood and wreckage were strewn on the ground The front of the house, No. ss Mayor street, before which the explosion occurred, was cov-
 
 the curtains of a window on the first floor. In the apartment of the Duke Of Ahumada the Marehioness Tolosa end her daughter were killed One body was damned in the balcony rail ing and was removed with difficulty.
 Houses Surrounded.
 No. S3 Mayor street and all the near by houses were surrounded by police who prevented ingress or egress until they had been thoroughly searched A tenant on the third floor and a young man who was leaving the house were among those arrested The crowd tried to lynch the prisoners and the police only prevented it by charg- ing.
 Numbers of people hurried to the scene to seek news of relatives, but they were not allowed to enter the buildings. The Marquis of Tolosa, ig- norant of the death of his wife was enc of those who arrived and the guards at first refused to admit him. Finally however, he was allowed to enter and heart rending scene fol- lowed
 The coolness of the young King was marvellous. On reaching the palace after the explosion. he sent adjutants tc assist the wounded and later sent officers among the families of the vic tims doing everything possible to con sole with and assist the sufferers.
 queen CnrlStlan, the Prince and and Princess of Wales and the Arch duke and Archduchess Francis Ferdi- nand of Austria had already reached the palace and were waiting for the King and Queen with the Infantas.
 When some time elapsed without the royal coach appearing. the Prince of Wales and Infanta Thereas who stood waiting at the palace entrance became deeply anxious and they were more disturbed when they saw the empty coach arrive with it's bloody horses. But the royal family were finally re- lieved when they saw the King and Queen arrive. Queen Christina am braced them and uttered her deep thankfulness at their escape. The Princess of Wales was also solicitious regarding the victims and asked for Information about the fate of the Mar chioness Tolosa-
 Not the Last Attempt.
 It Is asserted that letters were re- eeived in government quarters last night saying that this would not be the last attempt as the band of con-