Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04
REPROACHED HIMSELF
KING ALFoNso's REFLECTIONS
SUICIDE OF THE ASSASSIN.

King Alfonso OF Spain. whose life during
his brief reign has twice been attempted
looks forward with apparent resignation to
death by assassination. When In converse
tion with the American envoy to the royal
wedding, MI Whitridge, at the palace re-
ception saturday evening, the talk turned
20 the attempt on the life of the king and
queen Victoria, Alfonso shrugged his
shoulders and said.
Eyes fortnna.ef,y :. ,,,-<,,,. ~.
. ~, - ~ was unsuccessful ou'
II VIII come again 1t may be any time
perhaps tomorrow, perhaps within a month.
perhaps within year-but IT VII come,
The faoa 10 IT, -, -.
.o.,a, 80 =. ',,e Mig wore look OF cam
as lac gave tiiis forecast OF .he
future.
,Aithough AiIonso bore himself splendidiy
lhIoushout the Terrible experience, the
o,,ns Witnessed trying scene. as, with
Sueen sN.oria, ne hurried WITHIN the cas-
We ai,er the attempt was made to assassi-
nate them. For moment Alfonso's nerves
Here coInpIeteiy unstrung, and turning 10
queen Vcto,la, ner oress spattered with
pioUu, ne s1ciaimed:
why olo pring you to this country?
I was wrong you never should have come
~
theu .he queen mother and one or the
lnIahtas canned the overwrought nerves
OF tne orioai couple, VINO went sadly to the
nuptai chambers
Dead Assassin Tdon+;Aad
Ina, the man VINO was captured and COM
mitted suicide Saturday night at Tbrreyon
de Ardos was Manuel Morales the wretcn
vbo nm Th,rsa., 80, a.. 49,, d
'ie" .e oo'o ~
mayor street was estaohshed at MADRID
yesterday. Senior Cuesta. proprietor Of the
hotel from the balcony of which the bomb
was thrown, viewed the body yesterday
the death of twenty-four persons and the
wounding of eighty. added another to his
list or crimes before killing himself. He
s sno' anu nAiieu INC sehuai nie "no arresteu
A. q o,clock Saturday even,ng Mora;es
waar,no rnachanin,s b,,a hInn.a NJ a.
ting trousers and sandals In Mace ~ shoes
attracted the attention Of the villa gers at
Torrevon de- Araos hy HE trayel.woIn and
fati1nad annaaranoa and ha his e,,,dant
narTonsrasa and rnonnars Th,nh S,d nnt
comnort With bis 1uorLuan,s nIothss He
went 10 tho railwav stotion ond oeLad a :
9ossa ON being told there was no train
nntiI tho ,igbt ro,;l he antaraa % ,,aor m,
called the Venforra de los Iaraices near
tha s+,tion an5 araarod 80, ~ 49,,
20 ,sad orI,, ~ naosants anS ,,rIat.ars
and smnnIias oni,, 800 aooo-n-,adatin,, q :
trace da,,ena 60 ooI5 800 80 ha s
a bottle of wine were placed before the
II
ever. hut sat restless and iii at ease His
hunted, forlorn appearance attracted the
notice OF the other customers, as It had
stna+ u .ie ,r.oat ~ n
susnicion that he was a fugitive from ms
tice although nobody suspected his iden-
tity.
Questions Aroused Suspicion.
A,,o,,, ~, ,.,,os., 40, ,o.a, a,,
ne '.,e "s -. s. .'ieA
er VI the name VI Reyes whose suspicioiis
were confirmed by the anxious questions
the traveller put concerning trains to a
serving maid
,rh,s ro.td ,o,,.o;o,,. ,uo-,., a,sors.
Us, 80. s w.
ed the prevaiilng topic OF the pomp-throw-
ihg deciarlng II was heinous crime. Al
TINS TINS the stranger shl1teo herVously, saying;
every one mas MS own ioeas, whlcn should
pc respected. Shortly aiter ne ie1t the
hoteI ana trled TO leaVe the .oWn.
Reyes, IN the meantime, mad conferred
WIN the landlord ana tney communicated
WIN the rural poiice. iheFeupoii gen
oaIme named vega went 10 the Inn, &C
costeo the stranger, ana asked Whelher
ne nau papeis VI ne iepiy
penn. nelng IN the negasaW te rne gehoarme SAID:
What for?" the man queried.
You'll see at the police Office" the gen
darme responded.
Murder and Suicide.
The stranger rose and walked to the street,
closely followed by Vega. the other occu-
pants of the cabarat following them to the
door. Vega and the other man had only
gone a few wards when the prisoner made
.,,,o ro,,ark En- tho oendarr,a ana noin.ad
49, ~ =. 80 ~
across tne street. vega tuIneu 10 look III
the oirectlon inncateo' Whersupon .ne prs.
oher Grew reVoiver from mas piouse anu
shot the gendarme through the mead vega
zen oeao. instantly the muraeIer s.aIteo "
run put smalI group OF VAlasers parreo
his progress, seeing that escape was nope
less. ne turned the revolver upon ms own
breast, hred and fell dying In the road.
The villagers advanced toward the spot
where the murderer lay. with the most ven
turesome OF them. francisco Martinez.
ahead. Through the moonlight Martinez
saw Morales make desperate effort to
raise himself on his elbow, his right hand
still grasping the revolver. Then the wound
ed man fell backward. but the villagers
waited fifteen minutes before going closer,
fearing that he might still be able to use the
weapon. When they did venture to the spot
where the man lay Morales was dead The
weapon used by him was a seven-shot re-
yolver.
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