Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-01
BOMB FOR
BRIDAL PAIR
Attempt to Kill King and Queen Of Spain
on Way Home From Church,
SIXTEEN PERSONS SLAIN BY EXPLOSION
One of the Horses Drawing the Royal Gar
riage Is Killed
BOMB IS THROWN FROM WINDOW
I Was Made of Polished Steel and Con-
oealed in Bouquet
PROCESSION WAS NEARING THE PALACE
King and Queen Quickly Transferred to
Another Carriage
AWFUL SCENES IN THE STREET
Carriages and Horses spattered WIN
King and Queen Quickly Transferred to
Another Carriage,
AWFUL SCENES IN THE STREET
Carriages and Horses spatteFed WIN
Blood of Victims-POlice Quickly
Surround House and Make
One Arrest.

MADRID. May s1.-The public reioicings
over the marriage of King Alfonso and
Princess Victoria had terribly dramatic
sequel at 2:SO o'clock this afternoon. as a
bomb thrown from an upper window ex-
ploded with deadly effect near the coach
occupied by the king and queen. Provi-
dentially King Alfonso and Queen Vic
torla escaped when an electric wire de-
fiected the bomb, but at least sixteen per-
sons, most of them belonging to the per-
sonal and military escorts were killed
Many others were injured. The following
are the killed:
CAPTAIN BARROsA. commanding part
of the kings escort
LIEUTENANT REYSIENT.
LIEUTENANT PRENDERGAsT
THE MARQUlSB OF COLOSA.
HER DAUGHTER
DON ANTONIO CALVO.
HIS NIECE. aged years.
JOSE s0L1A -e,, 20 years OF age.
ONE ROYAL GROOM. who was leading
one of the horses drawing the coach carry
ing the king and queen.
Several OF those killed we're standing on
the balcony of the house from which the
bomb was thrown. The explosion occurred
just as the royal couple was about to
enter the palace. The route of the cortege
had been diverted from Arsenal street TO
Mayor street, owing to the popular desires.
The procession had just passed through
Mayor street and was about to turn into
the esplanade leading TO the palace when
an explosion shook the buildings in the
vicinity, stunning a large number Of peo-
pie and throwing the cortege EsE's ANfx-
tricable confusion. 49,
Bridal Couple UninJured.
The royal coach was brought to a sud
den stop by the shock, officers and soldiers
of the escort falling to the ground about
the equerry and horses that had been
killed. The screams of the terrified null
titude mingled with the groans of the
dying. 1t was Immediately seen that the
royal coach was intact except as 1t had
been damaged by flying splinters. King
Alfonso Immediately alighted and assisted
Queen Victoria out of the carriage. They
then entered another coach and were
driven swiftly to the palace.
All this happened so quickly that people
away from the immediate vicinity were
not aware of the tragedy and continued
70 acclaim their soverelgns Soon, how
ever there appeared the empty royal
coach with two horses missing and the
others spattered with blood. The Eroons
and drivers looked deathly pale in their
spangled uniforms. Then came a boy
shouting that a bomb had been thrown at
the king.
The appearance OF the king and queen
in a coach brought out delirious Ovations.
Bomb Hidden I'm Bouquet.
The bomb which was concealed In a
bouquet, was of polished steel, half cent?
meter thick. 1t thrown from third
floor window. The house, according TO
some reports, belongs 10 the queens mother.
having been bequeathed TO her by philan-
thropist, and being the only house she owns
in Madrid. The house is opposite the
| Church OF the Sacrament and the captain
! Generals residence. The royal procession
/ had come to a temporary stop with the
royal carriage exactly opposite the house
/ when the bomb was thrown. The missile
! fell to the right OF the royal carriage, be-
! tween the leaders and the wheelers The
| explosion killed two horses and a groom.
! The Duke Of Sotomayer, who was riding
| on the right OF the carriages, was slightly
4 wounded The scene OF the tragedy pre-
| sented a horrible spectacle with dead men
and horses lying about literally torn to
pieces. Intense excitement prevailed. the
mob invading the streets, while the forces
OF the guards sought to maintain order
and block the approaching streets. The
bodies we're wrapped up In blankets and
removed on litters, while the wounded were
taken to hospitals in ambulanoes. The
ground was literally covered with blood ana
the lower stories Of buildings nearest were
spattered by II.
One Man Arrested.
The house from which the bomb was
thrown Is a boarding house The chamber
from which the bomb was thrown Wa1
taken May O. by q man fran BspSeiona,
giving the name OF Maral. 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 70 be a son-in-lav OF
Premier Moret's private secretary.
According to an official statement. Il "a
not known whether one or more bonha
were thrown. The statement CONTINUES
| that It is impossible to ascertain at present
the author Of the outrage, although IL I.
known that a Catalonian named Manual
Duran took an apartment I'm the house
from which the bomb was thrown MAY ~
paying In advance with q 500 peseta hill
He was well dressed. Of elegant appearano.
and showed a fondness for flowers FRA
| erick w. WhitTidge, the American spao,.I
envoy, went 20 the royal palace late fh,.
/ afternoon, where he was Assured that ,h.
king and queen were reasonably tranoni,
/ considering the circumstances. The AMI
! OF sotOmayer was entering the palao. =,
the time Mr. Whitridge Was there sbov,,n|,
| that his wounds are not serious ~.
( WI itridge also called at the Foreien o,,,--
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