Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-14
MAKES
ATTEMPT To STAY
ITALY's MONARCH


King Humbert. The royal carriage
was preceded and followed by an escort
of cuirassiers.
The procession was passing along the
Via Lata when three shots rang out
from amid the crowd. The soldiers fol-
lowing the carriage Immediately dashed
forward, and as they did so their COM
mander fell from his horse.
The wounded officer was loves to
one side by some of his men, while the
others 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 attempted
ia lynch him. He was SO badly han
d1ed that he was scarcely able to an
swer questions when he was handed
over to the police.
The royal procession was scarcely in
ferrupted, but proceeded toward the
Pantheon, where the mass for King
Hurnbert was completed without
further incident. and after the conclu-
Sion of the service the king and queen
returned to the Quirinal along h same
route.
r ENOl LllCA4 o. ~
king learned for the first time that the
commander Of his escort. Major Lang,
had peer seriously wounded. and his
majesty at once started for the hospital
where the major was lying. He trav-
eied in an open automobile and showed
no signs of having passed through an
ordeal.
Assaiiant saved from Vengeance.
The man who had fired the shots had
ia the meantime been taken to the po-
Iice station, the policemen having
great difficulty in passing through the
crowds of people, which showed intense
anger and desired to wreak immediate
vengeance.
At the police station, in spite of the
mans condition, owing to the mishan-
ding he had received from the crowds.
he was subjected to a keen interroga-
tory. He declared that his name was
Antonio Dalba, that he is Il years Of
age, and that he is a stone mason. He
described himself as an "lndividualist
Anarchist and said that he had made
the attempt on the kings life as a pro-
test against the organization of society.
He had, he said, taken up a position in
tho crowd near the Odescalchi palace
and waited for the kings coming from
the quirinal. When the royal carriage
arrived opposite the place where he
WA standing he fired three shots at
the king. None of the bullets, how
ever. reached its mark.
no Plot Revealed.
All the circumstances lead to the be-
lief that the assailant of his majesty
was not concerned in any plot of an
organization. but hat his deed was the
outcome Of his own individual aberra-
tion.
In all quarters of Rome demonstra-
lions have been prepared to protest
against the outrage. whose effect has
been to increase Victor EmmanueI's
popularity among all classes.
People who were present in the
Pantheon say that despite the narrow
eseape he had Just had, the king went
through the service Ttspopt a 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 gath
cred in the great open space in front.
The kings appearance rave the sig
nal for an overwhelming outburst of
cheering from the crowd and the eX-
element of the people almost reached
frenzy by the time their matesties had
attained the Corso, near the spot where
the attempt had occurred a short time
before.
Throughout the return journey the
people along the streets and standing
at the windows and on balconies
waved their handkerchiefs and cried
enthusiastically long live the king"
The impression made throughout the
city by the attempt on the kings life
Is one of the deepest concern. The
news of the affair struck the Romans
the more keenly as it occurred on the
anniversary of the birth of the late
martyred King Humbert and in the
midst of the solemn services in his
memory.
The spot near the Corso where the
attempt was made has been surround
ed all day by excited crowds waving
Italian flags and shouting Long live
the king" A large number of people
also proceeded to the quirinal, where
they made another demonstration.
Eye-witnesses of the attack on the
king say that 1t occurred a few min
utes after s o'clock this morning.
Dalba. in going to the spot. rode a
bicycle. which he deposited in the door