Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-24
YOT since the simple days before
II firearms and explosives has
\ there been any adequate pro-

~ firearms and explosives has
there been any adequate pro-
lection or assurance against as.
sassination. In those early times q
ruler in a dagger proof shirt was safe
enough II the courtier whose privilege
1t was to taste the royal food for poison
was faithful.
But no precaution can Offset the pis-
toll or the bomb in the hands Of the
murderer who disarms suspicion by ap-
pearing as one Of the crowd of we'll
wishers and admirers Of the man
whom he Is about to slay.
Gaetano Bresci was waving his hat
and cheering with the crowd that sur
rounded Italy's king before he fred the
three shots that killed him.
Leon Czolgosz was in line Of patri-
otto American citizens awaiting his
turn to shake hands with Mckinley
when he drew the revolver that robbed
the United States Of president. In
both cases there were troops and police
present. Ten times as many would
have made no difference.
Gaynor's Case an Example.
Mayor Gaynor was on the deck Of
ship surrounded by friends. and beyond
the circle Of those friends was larger
group of admirers of the man. glad to
avail themselves Of the opportunity Of
seeing one about whom they had read
so much. No one could have asked a
safer place or safer conditions for him
an instant before he was shot.
Isolation seems to be the only sure
solution Of the problem Of protecting
men in high Office from violence. But
no man blessed with the essentials for
popularity or Of sufficient force to at
tract the assassin would submit to that
alternative. 1t has happened so often
that the attempt to kill. sometimes sue.
cessful and sometimes not. has been
made on Il festival occasion that it has
almost become a rule.
Lincoln was at the theater. McKin-
Icy WAS in the Temple Of Music at
Buffalo participating in the ceremonies
incidental ~ the Pan-AmericaD expo
si1inn. King Hunbert WIS just STEP
ping into his carriage after watching
the aware! IF prizes to athletes ut q
gymnasium club ut Monga. King Al
fnnSr of Spain and his queen BRIDE
Victoria. were on the way from the
rhurc!: in whi'l, they llld been mar
rird within the hO,lr when the bomb
was thrown Tina, dill not harm them.
hu; killed Il score Of royal wedding day
nlrrryimakrr>.
King Carries Of Portugal and his son
the Crown Prime L.c,,;s Philippe. werr
on their way to their capital from {;
vacation w,rI Il squad # ">>:'SS!!lS
armed with rar,i:r> killed 1!,rin h"t:'
Mayor Gaynor WAS alr:':! to star, "n ;
vacation journey.
Festivities Cause Negligence.
On festival mcaSi"n> the guards III
consciously relax their vigilance H.
spite Of themselves. There seems
be no room for suspicion Cnlnlht'c
~ the aSS:;SSin takes that int" :'c'o1A
when he plans to join il the 'el";'a
ton. He knows tina, on no day in I'll
year is the saying that Il cat may look
ut a king SO true as on the day whrn
the king is to descend from his throne
50 to speak. to get in close touch Will
his people.
Unlike the ordinary murderer. whr
kills to rob or to satisfy a private
grudge. the assassin seldom makes any
arrangements to escape. His plan
ends with the killing. It would hurt
his vanity to have all the world talk
ing about the taking of Of notable
parsonage and not knowing to whom
to give the credit.
There was a marked similarity in