The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-13
PLOT BEHIND
ASSASSINATION
Police OF spain Are Securing the
Country to Uncover Anarchist
Band Which Condemned
canaleIas.
AccoMPLICE ESCAPED
zarrate Failed to XIII himself I'm
mediateiy After the Murder
and Even Now May be
Alive.
AccoMPL1cE ESCAPED

fUnited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l |
MADRID. Nov. 13.-In an effort to
learn more Of the extent OF the plot be-
lieved to have been behind yesterdays
assassination OF Premier Canalejas,
the police were securing Spain today
for the original Of the photograph OF
beautiful girl found among the ef-
fects Of the murdered, Manuel Par
dinas y Zarrete.
The picture bears the inscription:
ITO my unforgettable Manuel
It was admitted that the photo
graph might be that merely OF
sweetheart OF the assassin and that II
found perhaps she would be unable to
| throw any light on possible wide
spread conspiracy back OF the crime.
On the other hand, the police said,
she might prove to be member OF
the same anarchist group as Zarrate
and believe she could be forced to
speak, to furnish valuable informa-
ton.
In the assassin's pocket was found
g memorandum book containing many
mysterious hieroglyphics which the
authorities were trying today to de-
cipher, thinking they might include a
list Of Zarrate's accomplices.
The assertion by some eye-witnesses
of the shooting that Zarrate had an
Iaccomplice who disappeared in the
crowd under cover of the confusion
following the assassination and thai
Canaleias had received advance warn
ing Of his condemnation to death b.
an anarchist organization, wer'
Thought to lend color to suspicious o
plot of considerable proportions.
Statements that Zarrate failed tt
kill himself outright after the mur
der, were confirmed today but wheth
er he has since died could not bt
learned The police said plainly tina
they considered secrecy the bes.. pol
icy pending further investigation.
Zarrate did, as a matter Of fact
wound himself severely in the hea
before he could be seized and the re
port that he was dead probably wa
given out honestly in the first II
stance and then taken advantage {
8 to facilitate the police inquiry.
Ex-Premier Mordt, a prominent III
{ eral, today declined re-appointmer
e as successor to Canalejas. 1t wa
stated that Marquis Priety would col
tinue temporarily in office but tn
general impression was that Gener;
~ Weyler will soon take his place.
l. Contrary to custom King Alfons
n will attend Canalejas' funeral as
t. special mark of honor.
it The story that the premier spoke
d Police Inspector Casado after he ha
been shot was denied today. He W;
r dead, it was stated, before anyor
reached him, one of Zarrate's bullet
s. fired from a large calibre automat
pistol, having passed complete
through his head from behind the e
to the temple.
The bitterness of political liffe
= ences in Spain may be judged fro
- the fact that when Marquis Priet
foreign minister and premier p
= tempore. eulogized Senor Canalejas
- announcing the assassination to t
!. :, chamber Of deputies, declaring It
=. enemies of society will not triumph
- the republican deputies sat in sto
silence while the conservatives a
liberals applauded.
The populace was admitted tod
= to the grand hall of the chamber
deputies for last look at the face
the late premier, whose body was CT
veyed from the ministry Of the
I terror to the chamber last night
: corted by guard of honor of the RI
al halberdiers. 1t will be laid to n
= in the Pantheon after state funer