The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27
MADRID ASSASSIN A SUICIDE
Anarchist Morales Kills Himself
After Staying a Policeman.
Bomb Thrower's Body Identified aud
Indignantly Denied Burial--N as
Trying to Escape in Disguise.

Madrid. Spain.-It is announced Off
cially that the body of Manuel Morales,
whose capture and suicide occurred at
Torreion de Ardos. has been fully iden'
titled as that of the anarchist who
threw the bomb at King Alfonso and
Queen Victoria. and that the reward of
$4,000 pesetas ($45OO) offered for the
arrest of the perpetrator of the out
rage will be given to the widow Of
Suarez Valdez, the policeman who was
killed in arresting Morales.
Burial has been Indignantly denied
the body of the anarchist. His father
has repudiated kinship with the object
Of SO much detestatiOn, and public
wrath has sought in every way to heap
contumely upon the body, which was
exposed in the crypt of the church of
Buen Suceso.
At Jadraqua, village near Torrejon
de Ardos, an arrest has been made,
that of a youth, who before the bomb
outrage called for two mules to go to
Madrid. He is charged with having
been an accomplice of Morales.
1t has been learned that the bomb
was made Of the iron of small safe,
such as may readily be rented in Ma
drid for So to ST month. 1t was
filled with pieces of steel and eIplos-
ives.
Among many. details of the identifi-
cation of Morales as the bomb thrower
in the testimony of Senor Cuesta, pro-
prietor of the hotel from the balcony
of which the deadly missile was
thrown. He viewed the body and pro-
nounced it unQuestionably that of his
recent patron.
II has been ascertained that on May
20 Morales attended the republican fes-
tivities at Barcelona, and the same day
left for Madrid in the train de luxe III
the company of several we'll known
people with whom he discussed poll
tics. He represented himself as the
owner of q factory at Barcelona.
When Morales at S o'clock Saturday
night entered the station at Torreton
he was disguised as a workingman.
wearing q blue suit and white canvas
shoes. He asked a girl in charge OF
the office at what time the night train
left for Barcelona. She said 1t was
late at night. At a workman's inn
Morales called for fish, wine and bread,
but ate little.
Policeman Suarez Ealdes, who had
read the descriptions of the man seen
on the balcony, noticed Morales re-
semblance to it and suspected that he
was the author of the bomb outrages.
When he ordered him to halt Morales
attempted flight, but there We're other
policemen in the bus, who followed
the murderer. When Morales saw the
hopelessness of his flight, he turned
his weapon upon himself and sent
bullet into his head.
An examination Of the pockets OF
the dead man showed that they con-
tained $3G in money and small supply
of bread and cheese, but there was
nothing in them that would give q
clew as to his identity. This fact
created q doubt that the man was
Morales but when the Governor OF
Madrid arrived with Senor Cuesta,
Identification was immediate and posi-
tive. The body was then brought to
Madrid. At first there was desire
to bury it at Torrejon de Ardos, but
when this was suggested the villagers
Indignantly refused to permit the body
to repose in their town.
Villagers of Torrejon de Ardos give
graphic description of the capture
and death of Morales. They say he
appeared to be greatly fatigued and
fell asleep on a bench in the station.
On entering the inn he called for
dinner. but scarcely tasted morsel:
The proprietress of the inn discussed
with him the prevailing topic of the
throwing of the bomb at Madrid, de-
claring it was heinous crime. AT this
the stranger shifted nervously. saying,
Every one has his own ideas, which
should be respected" Soon after that
he tried to leave the town.
The body of Morales was exposed in
the afternoon for the purpose Of allay-
ing public Indignation. Thousands or
persons surged before the municipal
morgue seeking to get i'll line to be
admitted to the room where the body
lay, but cavalry and infantry blocked
the efforts of the throng, which muir
INJURED imprecations against the
assassin. Public feeling was intense,
chiefly because Of the great number or
victims.