The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-07

The dastardly crime which has re-
suited in the death Of that distinguish
ed English officer, Sir William Curzon
Wylie and the death of an elderly Par
see gentleman, has Brought wildly be-
fore the public the altered methods OF
assassination.
No longer 10 the bomb the favorits
method of dealing death in the case
of political criminals. The assassin
| prefers some weapon contain g res
ervoir of cartridges, such as the revolt
yer or the Mauser automatic PISTOL
Next to this weapon the stiletto IL pre-
ferred. says Tit Bits.
The cowardly attempt to- assassinate
| Sir Andrew Fraser was by means OF
shooting, the life of the Lieutenant
Governor of Bengal being saved by the
bravery of an Indian prince. Sir An
drew had issue q warning resardlnS
the growthTo f sedition In India. After
ward quite a number OF political assas-
sinations took place by means OF the
pistol Then these two fanatics who
ran amuck in London. dealing death
right and left, also used the pistol, one
of the anarchists. It Will be remember
ed. being armed with an automatic
pistol and the other with an ordinary
revolver
At the beginning Of last year the
King and Crown Prince OF Portugai
were killed in q similar manner, tne
detestable crime which then shocked
civilization being committed by means
of pistol shots. President MCKINLEY.
the Empress Of Austria, the King OF
italy and the King and Queen OF ser.
via were not killed by bombs.
Bombs May Miscarry.
Political criminals have learned that
the bomb is not nearly so rei'aoie IS
the gun, and assassination oy ponnp'
In a majority of cases, has entreiy
failed. king Alfonso Of Spain has mao
two bombs thrown at him, and In
similar way the depossd Sultan OF Tur-
KEY escaped without the slightest IN
turyy. Even the very best Internal ma
chimes may mtscarry; hence such oeath
dealing articles are out OF FAVOR Win
assassins. -
1t was by pistol that the attempt
was made to kill our own King on APP
ril 4 1900, by the Belgian. Sipido. Tne
miscreant fred at the Prince OF Wales
as he was then, just as the royal tram
was leaving the Nord station. Brus-
sells. on its way to Denmark.
Royalty and Buildings.
The numerous bomb outrages in THIS
| country made by the Irish dynamit-
ards when they attempted to blow up
the tower the houses of Parliament.
| the Nelson column and other public
properties were practically failures, as
were all the other attempts made at
| the time In different parts Of the coun'
nv, The last bomb outrage In this
country simply resulted in the NihiliEt
annihtlating himself near the GREEN
witch Observatory.
| 1t is the Russian royal family which
has been most marked out by anar-
chists. In 1880 an attempt was made
to wipe out the whole of the royal
family "a cellar underneath the royal
dining room of the winter palace, st.
Petersburg, being filled with ia
pounds of dynamite. The explosion took
place a few minutes too soon. as the
royal family were not in the room at
the time. In this case the royal dining
room was not injured much. although
other portions of the palace were blown
to atoms, ten persons being killed and
fifty-three injured.
Laying a Mine.
Some years ago an exceedingly IN
genious scheme to assassinate the pres
ent Gar came to naught. 1t was known
that the Car and Czarina would pass
down the Novy Swat, warsaw, at a
given time on their way to the royal
castle, and the anarchists made their
preparations accordingly. They under
| mined a portion OF the street, under
which they laid dynamite bombs which
were connected with an electric bat
terry at a considerable distance from
tho place few hours before the roy
al procession started the excavated
portion began to fall in, and some ma
sons communicated with the authori-
ties. A number of anarchists were cap
tured in the mine itself, while over 100
persons were arrested in the town