Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-25
AsSASSINATlONS.
Crimes That Have Changed the His
tory Of the World.

tory of the World.
Step by step throughout the worlds
history assassination has been factor
in determining the course of events
and in molding the life of nations.
Frequently the assassin's weapon
which sent ruler to death has sent
upon the worlds stage successor
whose career set irrevocable milestones
upon the pathway of the peoples of the
world. Especially was this true in
those days when conquest was the
guiding star of the rulers of the world.
Probably one of the most important
and early assassinations was that of
Philip of Macedon, which occurred in
the year 1856 B. G. Not only did it ter
inmate the career Of one of the most
remarkable men of his time, but it led
to the accession Of Alexander the
Great, an event which. very likely
would not have taken place at all had
Philip continued to rule and had him
self selected the successor to his throne
Philip of Macedon then was at the
height Of his power, and the battle of
Chaeronea had made him the undisput-
ed master Of Greece. When leaving
the theater in which his sister had been
united in marriage to Alexander, king
Of Epirus, man sprang toward the
ruler and thrust sharp, short sword
into his side. AS the assassin ran to-
ward swift horse his sandal caught
in vine stalk, and his pursuers killed
him with their spears and tore him to
pieces.
Olympias, his former wife, was said
to have aided in the conspiracy. This
assassination, one of the earliest in
point Of time, bore strong resem-
blance in its surroundings to that
which claimed President Abraham Lin
coins life In both cases there was an
individual murderer, the scene was a
theater, the act was done with incredi-
BILE audacity in the presence of large
concourse of people, and the murderer
was crippled by misstep after the
fatal blow.
| In the history Of ancient Rome there
stands out one political assassination
which marks the first occasion on rec
ord in which the conflicting economical
interests of different classes in re-
public were settled by resort to the
weapon of the assassin. This was the
murder of Tiberius Gracious, which
soon was followed by the enforced sui
eide Of his brother, Caius Gracious
This deed was the direct result of the
formers attempt to enforce an agrarian
law passed as an act of justice to the
poorer classes of Roman citizens.
In the turmoil that attended the vot
ing of the tribes Tiberius was struck
down to death by one Of his own col
leagues, q tribune Of the people. This
chapter of death was written in 13s
b. G. History has dealt at length with
the assassination of julius Caesar or
the ides of March-the 18th Of thu
month-in the year A B. c., and Of th,
import of this event in the history o.
ancient Rome.
At the time Of the assassination Of
julius Caesar the Roman people ha(
reached a degree Of perversity and de
generacy almost impossible of modern
comprehension. His death had mos
demoralizing effect upon the people
The hand of the master who nigh
have controlled the unruly masses ant
restrained the degenerate nobility la.
4 palsied in death. Later events hat
their handspring from this source, ant
the years from 81 to 60 A. D. wer,
marked by the assassinations of Tibe
RUS, Caligula, Claudius and Nero
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