La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
Assass,t.ArtoNs.
Grimes That Have Changed tbs tt5s-
tory Of the WGrlA.


tory Of the W6rd.
Step by step throughout the worlds
history sassinntion has been factor
In determining the course OF events
and in moldin2 the life OF nations.
Frequently the assassin's weapon
which sent n ruler To death hns sent
upon the worlds stage successor
whose career set irrevocublc mtlestones
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 or. oi the most impoi tant
and early ass.i;,SinntioEs was that OF
Philip oi A.;ic,s.un. which occurred IN
tn. Yea, ,...,j H. &. MOI Un.y did IL ter
...t...., Lee career OF one .. The most
remarkable men of his time. but 1t led
TO the accession OF Alexander the
Great. an event which very likely
would not have taken place ut AL had
Philip continued To rule and had hini-
self selected the successor to his throne
philip Of Muccdon then was ut the
height OF his power. and the battle OF
Chaerouca had made him the undisput-
ed master of Greece. When leaving
the thcater in which his sister had been
united in marriage to Alexander. king
of Epirus. man sprang toward the
ruler and thrust a 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 Abraha III Lin
| colns life In both cases there was an
| individual murderer. the scene was u
| theater, the act was done with incredi-
| ble uu,lacIty 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 We're settled by resort to the
weapon of the assassin. This WAS le
murder Of Tiberius Gracchus, viii Il
soon WAS followed by the enforced Sui
eide Of his brother, Calns GracchLs.
| 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 Tlberius was struck
down to death by one Of his own col
leagues. u tribune Of the people. This
chapter Of death was written In 133
B. c. History has dealt at length with
the assassination Of julius Caesar ON
\ the ides OF NArch-the 18th OF the
mOnth-in the year ~ B. c.. and Of the
Import OF this event In the history OF
ancient Rome.
At the time of the assassination OF
Julius Caesar the Roman people had
reached n degree Of perversity and de-
generacy almost impossible OF modern
comprehension. His death had q most
denornlizing effect upon the people.
| The hand Of the master who might
have controlled the unruiy masses aud
restrained the degenerate nobility lay
palsied I'm death. Later events had
their handspring from this source. and
the years from 81 10 90 A. ID. were
| marked by the assassinations OF Ttbe-
rius, caligulu. Claudius and Nero
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