The Detroit times., 1912-03-14
KING OF ITALY ESCAPES
ASSAILANTS BULLETS
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gaze toward where soldiers who had
rushed from the sidewalk were pick
Ing up Major Langa.
The cavalry escort then closed
quickly about the carriage, hiding II
from view. simultaneously came the
command from his majesty and the
procession passed on TO its destina'
ton
IL took the best efforts OF the police
and soldiers 10 prevent the enraged
crowd executing summary vengeance
on the would-be assassin.
Immediately after the shooting the
king continued through the streets
and was given remarkable ovation
by the populace which was wild with
delight over the monarch's narrow
escape. The wounded soldier, Major
Langa. was seriously hurt. As he fell
from his horse he was hastily picked
M by subordinates and rushed 10 the
hospital where later his majesty visit.
ed him in person.
Following his visit TO his wounded
aide the king returned 70 the QuIinal
20 re-assure his children who had
been greatly worried over the report
OF the attempt on their fathers ire.
lie then visited his mother, The
Dowager Queen Margherita, widow OF
his murdered father, who WAS rent
cred almost frantic with terror when
she received word that an attempt
had been made on her sons life. The
meeting between the couple was
touching in the extreme the queen
mother embracing the king and be-
coming almost hysterical.
When word of the attempted muir
der reached the Vatican the Pope was
Mortified and Immediately sent an
aide 10 ger the latest news. When
assured that the king was unframed
His Holiness CALCULATED:
!. IL thank God most fervently for
having saved the kings life
After subjecting D'Alba 10 a
searching Third degree" the police
said that he was a stone mason,
slightly more than 81 years old and
although known to have held anarch-
istic views was never looked on as
dangerous. Whether they discovered
any accomplices was not revealed.
When D'Alba was brought TO the
poilce station his face and body were
a mass of wounds. He was recogniz-
ed as having served several terms for
minor crimes such as theft and i'll
treatment OF his family. He was In a
complete state of collapse as the re-
suit OF his experience at the
hands OF the mob and covered behind
the police when he heard the cries OF
the people in the street who were de-
manding that he be turned over 10
them. He insisted that he was an in
diyidualist and that no one should
be blamed for the crime but himself.
Throughout the day the demonstra-
tons OF JOY over the escape of the
king were most remarkable. Ordinary
vocations were abandoned and thou
sands marched through the streets
singing patriotic songs and wildly
cheering the royal family.
The police, believing that the at
tempt on the monarch's life was part
OF an organized anarchistic plot. start.
ed an inquiry into D'Alba's an
tecedents. II was feared that he
might have been the instrument OF
the Sicilian anarchistic organization
against which the government recent
~ adopted stern measures,
The attempt on the kings life took
place q short distance from the
Pantheon where the memorial mass
was being sung. As soon as he had
satisfied himself that Major Langa
was being properly cared for and that
his assallant was in custody, the king
ordered his carriage TO proceed 10 the
Pantheon and sat through the memoir.
toll uoaa annarentlv cool and uncOn.