The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-07
ATTEMPTED KILLING
KING ALFONSO AND BRIDE WERE
OBJECTS OF AN ASSAsSIN's
WRATH.-THEY BOTH
ESCAPED INJURY.
Of Marriage Festivities
stopped by Appalling Tragedy
Sixteen Killed and a Large
Number Wounded.


Madrid, Spain, May 31.-The publ
Tic rejoicings over the marriage of
King Alfonso and Princess Victoria
had a terribly dramatic sequel at
2t30 O'Clock this afternoon, when 4
bomb thrown from an upper window
OF a building along the line of the
procession exploded with
deadiy effect near the coach occupied
by the king and queen. Providen-
TALLY King Alfonso and Queen Vic
toria escaped by an electric wire de-
fecting the bomb, but at least sixteen
persons, most of them Of the personal
and military escort of the royal pair,
were Billed, and many others were
injured, The following are the
killed: Capt. Barrosa, commanding
part of the kings escort; Lieut..
Reysient, Lieut. Prendergast, six
soldiers, Marquise of COlosa and her
daughter, Don Antonio Calvo and his
six-year-old niece, Jose SOla, Luis
Fohseca, and one royal groom who
was ieading a horse drawing the
coach carrying the king and queen.
Several of those killed were 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
palaceE The route of the cortege hat
been diverted from Arsenal street tC
Mayor street, owing to popular de
sires The procession had just pass
ed through Mayor street and wa'
about to turn into the esplanade lead
ing to the palace when an explosion
shook the buildings in the vicinity
stunning number of people an,
throwing the cortege into inextrica
BE confusion.
esroyal coach was brought q
sudd5n stop by The shock, ofhcer L.
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. It was
Immediately seen that the roya
coach was intact, except as it haC
been damaged by flying splinters
King Alfonso alighted and assisted
Queen Victoria down. They entered
another coach and were driven swift
/ ly to the palace.
All this happened so quickly tina
the people away from the immediat,
vicinity were not aware of the trag
edy, and continued to acclaim thei
sovereigns. Soon there appeared th'
empty royal coach, with two horse
missing and the others spattered will
blood, several of them bleeding from
wounds. The grooms and driver
looked deathly pale in the spanglet
uniforms.
Then came a boy shouting that
bomb had been thrown at the king
The appearance Of the king and queer
in a coach brought out delirious ova
tions The fact was recognized tina
the sovereigns had been spared.
In the meantime the scene of tn,
tragedy presented a horrible specta
Gle, with dead men and horses LYNN
about, literally torn to pieces. In
tense excitement prevailed, the mol
invading the streets while the guard
sought to maintain order and blocl
the approaching streets. The bodie
were wrapped up in blankets and re
moved on litters. The wounded wer
taken to hospitals in ambulances
The pavement was covered witt
blood, and the upper stories of tn
buildings nearest were spattered witt
it. The place from which the bonn
was thrown is a boarding house. Tn
chamber from which the missile wa
hurled was taken May % by a maj
from Barcelona giving the name o
Moral When the police surrounde,
the house the man attempted to es
cape. but was captured. Anothe
man escaped over the roofs of tn
Iboneae