The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-07
KING LAID LOW
BY ASSASSINS
Crown Prince Also Murdered IN
Streets Of Portugal Capital.
Al SHOCKING TRAGEDY
Carlos ana His Family Were Out Riding in
Carriage when Deadly vOIIey Was
Fired from Ambush.

crown prince, LUZ Philippe, were as
gassinated In Lisbon Saturday after
noon at o'clock. The kings second
son, the infant Manual, was slightly
wounded, but Queen Amelie, who
stroye to save the crown princes life.
by throwing herself upon him, was
unhurt.
A band Of men waiting at the corner
If the Prado de Commerce. and the
Rua do Arsenal, suddenly sprang to-
ward the open carriage In which the
royal family were driving to the pal
ace, and, leveling carbines which they
concealed upon them, fired. The king
and crown prince, upon whom the at
tack was directed. were each shot
three times and they lived only long
enough to be carried to the marine
arsenal. near by, where they expired.
Almost at the first shot the king
fell back on the cushions, dying, and
at the same moment the crown prince
was seen to half rise and sink back
on the seat Queen Amelie jumped up
and threw herself toward the crown
prince in an apparent effort to save
his life at the cost Of her own, but the
prince already had received his death
wound.
The royal family were returning
from villa Vicos, where they had been
sojourning, and were on their way
from the railroad station to>the pal
ace. A strong guard was in attend
ance, because Of the recent uprisings
in the city, but the band OF marauders
had selected the most advantageous
spot for the commission Of their crime,
foR they were concealed from the eyes
of the police until the carriage had
wheeled into large square.
Before any Of the guards were aware
Of what was happening, the assassins
leaped to the carriage and instantly
a fusilade OF shots rang out In mo-
ment all was terrible confusion, the
king and crown prince being shot
down without the slightest chance to
save themselves. Police guards
sprang upon the regicides, the number
Of whom Is uncertain, and killed three
OF them and captured three others
One of these committed suicide after
being placed In prison.
The news of the assassination swept
through the city like Are, half the
populace Is panic-stricken
N An examination Of the wounds Of
the king, who was already dead when
he reached the arsenal, showed that
three bullets had found their mark.
One, wound was situated at the nape
of the neck, a second in the shoulder
and the third, which was the fatal
wound, severed the carotid artery.
The crown prince, who was still
breathing, but who died almost imme-
diately 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.
The cold-blooded murder has set a
thrill OF horror throughout the coun-
try, even among those who have been
working politically for the establish
ment Of a renuhlics
Though torn by internal dissensions,
the past few months, terrorized by acts
OF crime and bloodshed, uprisings In
the streets, outrages with knife and
bomb, and always fearful lest these
signs OF revolution would culminate
iii some dreadful outburst of passion,
Portugal was not prepared for the blow
that fell so suddenly.
According to. later dispatches, a boy
king, who henceforth will be known
as Manuel H., is now the ruler of the
kingdom OF Portugal, and the revolu-
ton into which the -instlgators of the
bloody events OF Saturday had hoped
to plunge the country has not yet, at
least, engulfed the nation.
Portugal is rated among the smaller
states Of Europe, occupying most OF
the western part of the Pygenean Pc
ninsula. on which Spain is located.
having Spain at the north and west
beyond natural boundaries of rivers
and mouneaina and having the Atlantic
ocean on all other sides. Its area Is
slightly larger thanA that Of the state
OF Maine Its colonial possessions in