The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-15
8 SHOTS FIRED
At EMMANUEL
ALL OF THEM, HOWEVER, WENT
WILD AND HE WAS NOT
INJURED.
Commander of Body Guard, Badly
Wounded, Rushes to Kings Aid as
PopuIace Tries to Lynch Anarchist
in Streets of Capital.

Rome, March 14.-An attempt was
made to assassinate King Victor En-
manuel this morning. Several shots
were fired at the king, hpt all missed
their target and his majesty escaped
unhurt. His assailant was arrested.
AS the Pantheon procession was
passing along the Via Lata three
shots rang out from amid the crowd.
The soldiers behind the carriage inn
mediately. dashed forward, and as
they cid so their commander fell from
his horse.
The wounded officer was moved to
one side by some OF his men, while
the Ct!ers dashed up to the royal
carriage, where they found the king
and queen sitting calm and unmoved.
Meanwhile the crowd seized the
man who had fired the shots and at
tempted to lynch him.
PROFESSIONS Not Interrupted
The royal procession was scarcely
interrupted, but proceeded toward the
Pantheon, where the mass for King
Humbert was completed without fur
ther incident, and after the conclus-
ion of the service the king and queen
returned to the Juirinal along the
same route.
On their arrival at the palace the
King learned for the first time that
the commander Of his escort Major
Lang, had been seriously wounded and
his majesty at once started for the
hospital, where the major was lying.
He travelled in an open automobile,
and showed no signs of having passed
through an ordeal.
The man who had fred the shots
had in the meantime been taken to
the police station, the policemen hav-
ing great difficulty in passing through
/ the crowds of people, who showed
intense anger and desired to wreak
immediate vengeance.
"indivduaIist Anarchist"
At the police station, in spite of the
mans condition, he was subjected to
a keen interrogatory. He declared
that his name was Antonio Dalba,th
he was 21 years of age, and that ae
was stone mason. He described
| himself as an "individualist anarch-
list" and said that he had made the
attack upon the kings life as a pro-
test against tho organization of 60
ciety.
He said be had taken up a posi-
tion IN the crowd near the Odescalchi
palace, and waited for the kings COM
ing from the Quirinal. When the
royal carriage arrived opposite the
palace, where he was standing, he
fired three shots at the king. None
of the bullets, however, reached its
mark.
All the circumstances led to the
belief that the attempt of Antonio
Dalba was not concerned in any plot
Of IN organization, but that his deed
was the outcome Of his own jndivid-
ual alteration.
Increases Kings Popularity.
In all quarters Of Rome demonstra-
tions have been prepared to protest
against the outrage, whose effort has
been to increase Victor EmmanuePs
popularity among all classes.
People who were present in the
Pantheon say that despite the narrow
escape he had Just had, the king went
through the masc service for his late
father, Humbert, without tremor, the
queen likewise showing no signs OF
emotion.
When the king and queen left the
Pantheon in their closed carriage, the
news Of the attack on his majesty
had spread, and immense crowds had
gathered in the great open space in
front.
The kings appearance gave the
signal for an overwhelming outburst
Of cheering from the crowd, and the
excitement OF the people almost
reached frenzy by the timestheir ma
jesties had attained the Corso, near
the spot where the attempt had oc-
Cured a short time before.
Throughout the return journey the
people along streets and standing at
the windows and on balconies waved
their handkerchiefs and cried enthua-