Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-08
M.MORALESSUICIDES
CHIEF SUSPECT OF BOMB OUT
RAGE IN MADRID.
Another Dramatic Chapter to Events
Surrounding Royal Wedding-As-
sassin Kills a Guard, and, Seeing
Escape Impossible, Turned Gun on
Self-ldentfication Is Positive.

Madrid, June 1.-THE capture and
suicide Saturday night at Torrejon de
Ardos of Manuel Morales, the chief
suspect of the bomb outrage against
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, adds
another dramatic chapter to the events
surrounding the royal wedding.
Morales was recognized in the little
town of Torrejon de Ardos, midway be-
tween Madrid and Alcata. A guard
sought to detain him, but Morales.
drawing a revolver, shot the guard
dead. Then he turned to flee, but a
number of the inhabitants of the town
were upon k.n, and, turning the re-
volver upon nimself, he sent a shot 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 has viewed
the body and completely identified il
as that of his recent guest.
1t was o'clock Saturday evening
when Morales, disguised in the garb OF
a working man, entered the station at
Torrejon 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 Catalonian accent
first attracted attention to him. II was
then noticed that, while his working
mans suit was entirely new and cor
responded in texture to that usually
worn by a person of his station in
life, his face and manners showed him
to be a man of some distinction.
private Waterman from a neigh
boring estate CHANGED to be present,
and he noticed the facial resemblance
of Morales to the descriptions given
t. out of the man seen on the balcony
from which the bomb was thrown, par
ticularly the long, thin and deeply
:. serious face and the closely cropped
mustache He then observed that a
finger on the mans left hand, which
. the stranger was trying to conceal.
: was badly hurt, and that there was
: also a small fresh scar on his forehead
. The stranger started out on a road
leading into the country, but the
Waterman intercepted him and de-
, manded to know his identity. Morales
= declined to give this, whereupon the
lBudIu dIItSltu
! drew a revolver from his pocket and
- fired, the guard falling dead. Morales
- started up the road, but a small group
of villagers barred his passage. Then
turning around. he deliberately pointed
% the weapon to his heart, fired and
10 pitched forward in the roadway
70 An examination of the pockets of the
i dead man showed that they contained
III $36 in money and a small supply OF
/ bread and cheese, but there was
Ss nothing in them that would give clev
as to his identity
VI This fact created a doubt that the
D. man was Morales, but when the gov
ID ernor of Madrid arrived with Cuesta
~ Identification was immediate and posi-
"a tive. The body was then brought t.
10 Madrid At first there was a desire Il
+ bury it at Torrejon de Ardos, but wher
IS this was suggested the villagers in
ID dignantly refused to permit the bod,
VI to repose in their town. 4.
10 An autopsy has developed the fac
oI that Manuel Morales, the would b.
assassin of King Alfonzo, was fata
e. degenerate. He belonged to sect o
y. anarchists believing in curtailment o
70 births and marriages to the end tina
l. the rich might be deprived of servants