Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
VEIL OVER REG|c|OE RED HAND OF ANARCHY
Plot Against Carlos Likely to 0enuncaton of Father Leos
Remain Mystery. Murderer.
ONLY HIGH OFFICIAL SKNOW WORDS OF REV. VIM. O'RYAN
They Wish the Details Covered Burial the
Up Always. Today.
AIMED WHOLE FAMILY SIN AGAINST GOD AND SOCIETY
the Heveso tions Are
Plot Against Carlos Likely to
Remain a Mystery.
ONLY HIGH OFFICIALSKNOW
They Wish the Details to Be Covered
Up Always.
AIMED AT WHOLE FAMILY
Little Doubt the Intention Was to
Wipe Out the Entire Brag-
ANA Dynasty.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LISBON. February 2s.-The council o.
ministers yesterday decided to annul tht
tor. dissolving the chamber and reforming
the house of peers. Elections for a new
chamber will not be held earlier thar
April ).
Insurance Money Paid.
LISBON. February 26.-A French insur
ance company, the Urbaine, has pait
1.3OO, ,OOOf. (s2eO.OOO), the amount of the
policy on the late King Carlos life. which
had been pledged with the Bank of Portu
gal as collateral security.
Another policy for 100000. with the
Equitable Of the United States remain!
to be paid.
Mystery of the Murders.
By Associated Press.
LISBON, February 26.-The mystery be,
hind the murder of King Carlos and Primo.
Luiz is likely to never be lifted. The
Portuguese government prefers that the
crime should be regarded both at home
and abroad as the deed Of individuals
carried away by the political passions o.
the moment. and. jnasmuch as the repub
licans are also anxious to clear theil
skirts of responsibility for regicide, boti
sides are glad to see an investigation
which would probe the affair to the bot
tom smothered. Yet there is undoubted
ly much that could be cleared up.
1t is a matter of common knowledgt
that there were intrigues in high places
as we'll as low before the tragedy occur
red and the rage Of the leaders and lieu
tenants of the two "rotative' partie:
against which Premier Franco and Kinl
Carlos were warning exceeded all bounds
Was Widespread Plot.
There is no suggestion that there va!
a repetition Of the Belgrade plot aimee
at the kings person. but that some oi
the desperate political leaders were in
volved in the series Of abortive plot!
against Frances life which preceded the
murder Is believed in well-informed cir
cles here. Franco himself told a FRIEND
the day before he left Lisbon (virtually
upon the order of the governmenD thai
II was impossible to reveal to the world
what he had learned of the intrigues Oi
the enemies OF the. king and himself, ane
it was. therefore. better for him to retire
forever from the political arena. The
connection between the republicans ant
the regicides is equally difficult to estab
liSh.
The disclaimers Of leaders like Bernar.
dino MachadO must be accepted so far As
the peaceful wing is concerned, but
bf hn nf he ohy
radical wing, as there is plenty OF evil
dence that they had planned a rising on
the night Of the crime. Signals to the
ships in the harbor and the barracks on
the slope of st. Georges Hill were shown
toward midnight from the roof Of the
National Library, and bands of men went
to tine barracks Of an artillery and infan-
try regiment, which were to JON in the
proclamation of a republic. The signals
brought no responses and the doors OF the
barracks were found locked.
Authorities Were Warned.
The entire conspiracy fell through. it
is related. because of the treason of a
young lieutenant, who. after the assassi-
nation Of the king, confessed to his faith
err an officer. the role he was to play.
The young man claimed that he had been
deceived: that he did not know regicide
was contemplated. having been led to
suppose that only the life of the dictator
was to be taken.
This advance warning enabled the mill
tary authorities to take the necessary
precautions and thus frustrate the mill
tary support. which was counted upor
to give success to the plot Notwithstand
ing the betrayal some Of the advanced
republicans assert that if the active lead
been free that night in Lisbon history
would have told a different tale.
Story fthe Millings.
Whether the plot aimed at the murder
of the entire royal family is also likely
to remain in dispute, as the official view
attempts to make it appear that the
crown prince was killed by mistake
This view, however. is not supported BY
the testimony Of eye-witnesses. One OF
these. the tutor of the princes. was stand.
ing in the arcade at the corner Of Black.
horse square as the royal carriage ap.
preached. He stood with his shoulde,
against the shoulder of Boissa. the man
who fired the shot that killed the king
AS the carriage reached r. point almost
directly opposite him there was a report
from the curb thirty or forty feet behind
the carriage. The tutor saw the king
straighten up. but he had no idea that g
shot had been fired or that the king was
hit. Thinking the report was the explo-
sion of a frecracker. he turned to the
man at his side and said: Take off your
hat. 1t is the king
Shot by Prince Luiz.
The words were not out OF his mouth
before the man darted forward. revolver
in hand. and, running up to within five
feet OF the rear Of the carriage. fired point
blank The king sank down and his head
fell forward. In the confusion which fol-
lowed the tutor saw the man who had
fired first kneeling in the street, with a
carbine at his shoulder, firing shots In
rapid succession. The crown prince was
on his feet as the king received the fatal
bullet, and the tutor is certain that the
man whom he killed was the murderer
Of his father
Boissa was shot from the front through
the heart. Whether it was the crown
princes bullet which killed him or not.
It is certain that the prince fired twice, for
two chambers of his revolver were empty.
Everything goes to prove that the plot
was to kill the entire royal family, thus
obliterate the Braganza dynasty and pre-
cipitate a change in the regime.
Big Cash Shipment to Philippines.