The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-06-08
Manuel Morales, the Chief Sus.
pect In the Recent RegicidaI
Outrage, Kills a Guard and
Commits Suicide When
Recognized at Torreion
de Ardos.
DISGUISED AS WoRKlNOMAN
The Body Taken to Madrid and Tx
posed to Public View-The POpu-
lace Demand and Ignomlnious
Burial-Mnsses of Thanks
giving In the Churches
of Madrid.

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suicide, Saturday. night, at Torrejon de
Ardos, of Manuel Morales, the chief
suspect in the bomb outrage against
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, AIDA
another dramatic chapter to the Incl
dents surrounding the royal wedding.
Morales Recognized.
Morales was recognized in the little
town of Torrejon de Ardos, midway
between Madrid and Alcala. 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 him, and turning the re-
volver upon himself he sent a shot in
the region Of his heart, expiring a few
minutes later. Senior Cuesta, proprie.
tor of the hotel, from the balcony OF
which Morales threw the bomb, viewed
the body, Sunday morning, and com.
pletely identified it as that of his re-
cent guest.
Disguised as WOrkingmnn.
1t was eight o'clock Saturday even.
ing when Morales, disguised in the
garb of a worEingnran, entered the sta.
ton at Torrejon de Ardos. He asked
a child, who was in charge of the of.
flee, the time the next train would de
part for Barcelona. He then sought
food in a nearby shop.
Tailed with Description.
A private Waterman from a neigh.
hnrinu estate chnnoaI en- b1 ,oo,nr&
and he noticed the facial resemblance
OF Morale description gwen out of the
man see on the balcony from which
the bomb was thrown, particularly 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 try.
ing to conceal, was badly hurt, and
also that there was a small, fresh seal
on his forehead. The stranger sought
to take a road leading into the coun
try, but the Waterman intercepted him
and demanded to know his identity,
Morales declined to give this, where.
upon a guard arrested him.
Killed Guard and Shot Himself.
Instantly Morales drew a revolver
from his pocket and fired, the guard
falling dead. Morales started up the
road, hut a small group of villagers
ahead barred his passage. Then,
turning, he deliberately pointed the
weapon to his heart, fired and pitched
forward in the roadway.
The Body Taken to Madrid.
The body was then brought to Ma.
drid. At first there wGs a desire to
bury it at Torrejon de Ardos, but when
this was suggested the villagers in.
dignantly refused to permit the body
to repose in their town.
A close examination Of the dead man
showed that there we're three abra.
ions on the body besides the death
wound-one on the hand, one under
the left eye and n on the forehead.
His disguise was complete to the last
detail, even including the common
steel watch ordinarily carried by
workmen.
Exposed to Public View.
The body Of Morales was exposed,
Sunday afternoon, for the purpose oi
allaying public indignation.
Final disposition of the body of Mo.
rales has not yet been determined
upon; but the public demand an igno.
ninious burial.
Masses of Thanksgiving.
The churches of Madrid, Sunday.
celebrated masses of thanksgiving day
for the escape of the king and queen.
The scene at the cathedral was i'm.
pressiye.