The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-02
DAY OF FUNERALS
IN GAY MADRID
Despite Bomb Outrage Wed
dina Is Being Carried Out
as Planned.
SEVENTEEN FATALITIES
THE CASUALTY LIST STEADILY
GROWING, NOW NUMBERING
NINETY-THREE-T MADRID
POLICE ARE BEING CRITICISED.
Publishers Press1

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that the city is plunged into the deep.
est of mourning, owing to the attempt
to assassinate the King and Queen on
their wedding day. and other fatal re-
suits following the bomb throwing all
the festivities planned to follow after
the wedding, are being carried out.
A magnificent state luncheon was
given at the Palace Friday in honor of
the royal visitors, and this was follow
ed by a brilliant reception. The King
personally received the guests.
The bull fight, which was among
the forms of entertainments to follow
the wedding festivities, will also take
place.
A few of the victims of the outrage
the casualties of which were placed at
II dead, and 76 injured, some of them
fatally, were buried Friday evening.
The funeral professions were wit
messed by thousands Of people who
crowded the streets and paid homage
to the dead. The royal family was
represented at the funeral.
Twenty-Five Arrests.
The police have thus far arrested
twenty-five persons who are suspect
ed of being implicated in the attempt
ed assassination, and among those it
is stated on the best of authority Is
the assassin himself
A search of the assassifl's room
brought to light chemical substances S
which prove that the bomb was made
but a few minutes before it was
thrown, and it is known that the
thrower of the bomb himself was in
iured, because of the bomb striking
against the balcony and breaking in
to small pieces, which fell all around
him and over the crowd in the vicini-
W of the royal coach, which had a mi
raculous escape from the full force of
the explosion.
The police of Madrid are being
criticised for the ease with which the
would-be assassin was able to perpe-
crate the bomb outrage.
Police Were Informed.
The police were informed in advance
that an attempt would be made to as
sassinate the king, and for that reason
made the request upon other Europe
en- governments that their best detec-
tives would be sent to Madrid All
the skilled detectives in the Spanish
provinces, especially from Barcelona
was ordered to the capital as we'll.
But the police did their work badly
and for that reason are blamed for
the ease with which the assassin car.
ried out the plot. One foreign detec.
tive who was sent here to assist in
protecting the king, said tonight to
the correspondent of the Publishers
Press Association:
THE Spanish detectives left every.
thing to us. They had no plan OF
action, or did not know how to keep
track of the anarchists known to be
in the city. They only began watch
ing the railway depots a week before
the wedding day, and kept no watch
on Barcelona for anarchists leaving
that city. They worked like anna
teurs.'
Vigilance Was Lax.
An incident which occurred Thurs
day night substantiates the complaint
iidue dSdl1St tue OpdulSn ponce du
thorities. No search was made OF
the southern express leaving Madrid
at s o'clock before the train left the
Capital. Detectives did not enter
the train until it had reached Valla
doild in the morning, and it had made
three stops prior to that time. Even
then the detectives made only the
smallest kind of an examination. They
did not turn on the lights in the sleep
ing compartments, but cotented them
selves with lighting matches.
The reason the assassin escaped al
the time was because the police lost
their heads completely. They rush
ed about Gale Mayor street waving
their arms and shouting, joining in
the general panic. Officers did moi
enter the house from which the bomt
was thrown until several minutes af
ter the incident occurred, giving the
assassin plenty of time to escape over
the roofs of other houses. The police
continued to search the first house fol
two hours, as they were convinced
| that the assassin was concealed some
where in the building and did no
| search neighboring houses until two
hours later.