Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-07
KILL KING AND
CROWN PRINCE
AssAssiNs ARMED WITH CAR
siNgs FIRE ON ROYAL FAM
iLY OF PORTUGAL.
SECOND SON SURVIVES
QUEEN AMELIA WAS IN THE CAR
RiAoG BUT ESCAPED
UNHuRT.

I.lsbsn, Feb. king Carlos OF
Portugal and III. Crown Prince i.uiE
Philippe were assaRsinatsd today and
the city is in a stat. OF uprosr. the
Kings second son. the infant Manuel.
was slightly wounded. hut Queen
Ameile, who stroy. to say. tho Crown
Princes lif. by throwing herself upon
him. was unhurt.
A band OF men waiting at the corner
Of the praco do Commcreio and tho
Rua d. Arsenal suddenly sprang to-
ward ih. open carriage In which th.
royal family were driving To the taiaos
and Ieyeiing rarbin-s which they had
concealed upon them. ntcd.
The Kins and Crown Prince. upon
whom tho attack was directed. ~cro
each shot thr-. times and they lived
only long enough To he carried to tho
marine arsenal nearby. where they cS-
plred. Almost nj tho first shot. tho
King fell back ON the cushions dying.
and. at the sam, moment III. Crown
Prince was nccn to half rise and then
sink back on tn. seat. Queen Am'iio
jumped up aud threw herself toward
ih. Crown Prince. In an apparent ci-
own. but tho Prince already had re-
cciycd his death wound.
TIL. police guard fircd upon III" HH-
snssins aud killed three Of them,
The royal family were returning
from Villa vicona, where they had b.-n
sojournins, and were on their way
from the railroad station To the pal.
ace. A strong guard was In attend.
ancc. because of the recent uprininE In
the city and the discovery Of n plot
To aNnassinatc Premier Franco and
overthrow the monarchy. Hut the
band Of murdcrcrH had selected the
most advantageous spot for tho com
mission Of their crime. for they were
concealed from the eyes OF the party
until the vehicle had com" Into tho
Pracc de Commercial. a large square.
Before amy OF tho guard were avian"
Of what was happening. the aasaiusinf'
icapcd to the carriage and Instantly
a fuHiiiadc OF shots rnng out. In "a
moment all was terrible confusion. the
King and Crown Prince being shot
down without tho slightest chr nee To
save themselves.
Police and guards sprang upon the
rcgicidcs. the number OF whom iH
somewhat uncertain and killed two OF
them and captured three others. One
Of these committed suicide after be-
Ing placed In prison. II In charged
that ono Of the murdcrcrs wns a Span
lard named Cordova.
The bodies Of the King and Crown
Prince were removed from the Mnrino
arsenal In two closed carriages tn ihr
royal palace. the Paco dcs Ncccssi-
dados. the late residence Of the King.
and escorted by municipal guards
mounted.
An examination Of the wounds Of tho
King, who was already dead when he
reached tho arsenal. showed that three
bullets had found their mark. One
wound was situated Mt the napc OF the
neck, n second In the shoulder and the
third, which was the fatal wound. sew
cred the carotoid artery.
The Crown Prince. who was still
breathing. but who died almost immc-
diatcly after admission to the arsenal.
had suffered three wounds In the head
and chest. Two bullets had struck
Prince Manuel. one on the lower jaw
and the other in the arm.
Queen Maria. Pin, tho mother OF
King Carlos. the Duke of Oport0. his
brother, number of the ministers and
court officers hastened at once to the
arsenal when the news reached them
OF the attack upon the royal family.
The news Of the assassination swept
through the city like fire through dry
grass and tonight half the populacc IL
panic stricken, not knowing where tho
Esxt blow may fall. There is tho
greatest dread fG- the future of the
country, which seems on mo fsSgc OF
being plunged into the awful thro-s
of a revolution with all the attendant
horrors and bloodshed.
Throughout the city CONSERVATION
reigns and all the houses and business
places are barricaded.