Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-07
SUSPECT CAPTURED.


The place from which the bomb was
thrown is a boarding house The cham
Der from which the missile was hurl-
cd was taken May % by a man from
| Barcelona. giving the name of Moral.
When the police surrounded the house
| the man attempted to fee, but was
captured, Another man escaped over
! the roofs of houses.
one of the injured proved to be a
| son-in-law of Premier Morets score
| tary.
| According to an official statement. it
| Is not known whether one or more bombs
were thrown. The statement continues
| that it is impossible 10 ascertain at pres
ent the author Of the outrage though
| 1t is known that a Catalonian named
| Manuel Duran took an apartment in the
| house from which the bomb was thrown
/ May y, paying In advance with a 800
I peseta bill. He was we'll dressed, of
| elegant appearance, and showed a fond
ness for flowers.
FREDERICK w. Whitrdge. the American
special envoy. cabled to President Roose-
Welt at four O'Clock this afternoon, giving
details concerning the occurrence. Later
in the day, Mr.. Whitridge went to the
J
! the King and Queen We're reasona bly
! quiet considering the circumstances. The
| Duke of Sotomayor was entering the
/ palace at the time Mr.. Whitridge was
there thus showing that his wounds are
not serious. Mr. Whitridge also called
at the foreign office and on behalf of
| the United States expressed profound
, sympathy with the Spanish sovereigns
| and people.
HARD TO GET UPON THE SCENE.
The scene in the vicinity of the explosion
was horrible. AS the municipal guards
hastily improvised Filters to bear off the
lmangled Corpses. dense crowds pressed in
upon them, causing indescribabe confu-
sion. Soldiers occupied all the streets
leading to the locality making it almost
/ impossible to reach the spot from a dis
lance. However. the Associated Press cor
! respondent was on the scene within five
minutes after the explosion and received
an account of the affair from the Duke Of
| Neragua, who was one of the grandees
participating in the Sortege and Colonel
Rafael De Chague, the officer who assisted
Queen Victoria as she alighted from her
damaged coach to take another.
/ The bomb was thrown from above. strik-
ing the ground ana eXllOdnE not far from
the royal carriage and one Of the horses
drawing the royal coach was killed, while
the bomb. which was concealed in a bou-
quet was of polished steel, half a cent?
metre thick. 1t was thrown from n third
floor window. The house. according to
some reports belongs to the Queen moth
err, having been bcqueathed to her by a
philanthropist. and being the only house
she owns IN Madrid. The house is oppo-
site the Church of the Sacrament and the
captain-general's residence.
PEOPLE VERY INDIGNANT
| The Indignation of the people over the
loutrage was great. Some French detectives
were almost lynched merely because they
| had a foreign appearance
After the outrage a visitors book was
opened at the palace. 1t was signed dur
ing the afternoon by the foreign princes,
ENJOYS, diplomates, ministers and Of
fcials of all ranks.
The mayor of Madrid has posted an adj
dress to the people stigmatiztng the at