The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-14
ATTEMPT
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ed murder of the monarch had spread
throughout the city and the populacc
was flocking toward the vicinity OF
tho shooting. Men and women were so
wildly excited that police and soldiers
had to be rushed to the scene to re-
strain the more enthusiastic who want
ed TO take the horses from the kings
carriage and draw It themselves TO
show their joy that the king has cs-
capped unharmed.
Police and soldiers lined the entire
homcward route and held the people
back at the side of the road but no
attempt was made to restrain the
cheering and not since his accession
to the throne has his majesty recoiv-
cd an ovation that approached that Of
today, King Humbert was assassin
ated by Bresci at Monza His assail-
ant was Immediately arrested and on
August II. 1900. condemned to soli-
tary confinement for life, there being
no death penalty in Italy. That he
was afterward subjected to great tor
ture has been charged but always dem
led by the Italians, However. he COM
mltted suicide i'm his cell, May %, 1901.
That Patterson Nest.
1t was alleged at the time. that the
assassination of the Italian king was
planned in Paterson, New Jersey, by
an International organization of an
archlsts who had t;leir headquarters
there The matter was the subject
OF considerable correspondence between
the United States unu the Italian
correspondence and It was conclu-
siy ely demopstr1ted rnag the; anareh-
lists were not protecteG BY the Ancr-
lean authorities. The headquarters in
Paterson were raided but the individ-
uals supposed to the ringleaders es'
capped most of them fleeing 10 England.
Later some returned 10 America and
were tried and convicted on minor
charges that were the only ones that
could be brought against them as no
legal proof connecting them with the
nurdere OF Humbert was ever discov-
cred by the secret service.
King Returns to Quirinal.
Following his visit to his wounded
aide. the king returned TO the Quirin
al to reassure his children who hat
been greatly worried over the repor
of the attempt of their father's life
lie then visited his mother, the do
| wager Queen Margherlta, widow o
| his murdered father, who was rend
cred ALMOST frantic With terror whe'
she received word That an attemp
! had been made lon hep sop,Slii to- Th
/ meeting between the coupte was toucI
ing in the extreme, the queen mothe
embracing the king and becoming al
most hysterical. n ''r "'
When word Of the attempted murd
,er reached the Vatican, the Pope wa
/ horrined and Immediately sent al
aide to get the latest news. Whet
assured that the king was unharmed
his holiness CALCULATED:
Il thank God most frevehtly 70
having saved the kings life"
After subjectlng d'Alba to a search
ing third degree" the police sait
that he was stone mason, slight,
more than 21 years old and although
known to have held anarchlstic viewt
was never looked on as dangerous
Whether they discovered any accom-
plices was not revealed.
ANloStn NdhTldNts
The attempt on the life of the kinl
took place at 1895 this morning anC
that his majesty did not lose his llf'
Is believed to be due to the fact tha
| the queen, who accompanied him
was indisposed and had asked tha
the trip be made in a closed carriage
This made It hard For the assassin tC
get accurate aim. The usual force
of troops lined the streets, there wa'
no thought Of danger on the part oi
the escort as since the outbreak Of
tho war with Turkey the nation has
been almost overwhelmed by a wave
| of patriotic sentiment.
AS the royal procession approach
cd almost surrounded by the picked
cavalry escort resplendent in thcl;
dress uniforms, d'Alba suddenly pres
sod through the crowd. Abruptly
showing aside a royal guardman stand
! ing on the curb, he raised his pistol
| Three shots came in rapid succession
all going wild, the second striking
| Major Langd, who reeled In his sad
\ die and fell headlong TO the pavement
Neither the king nor queen chang
| ed color or seemed the least hi. eH
| cited. His majesty turned MS lac'
and shot quick glance at the side
where d'Alba was already struggling
with the crowd and then turned hi
gaze toward where soldiers who hat
rushed from the sidewalk were pick
ing up Major Langa.
Tho calvary escort then closed
quickly about the carriage hiding !
from view. simultaneously, came III,
command from his majesty and th'
procession passed on to its destina
! tion.
Il took the best efforts of the po
lice ana soldiers to prevent the enrag
ed crowds from executing summar,
vengeance on the would-be assassin
A Mass of Wounds.
When d'Alba was brought TO the po
lice station his face and body was {