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ASSASSIN FIRES
ON SPANISH KING
Shot at Three Times on Street
in Madrid.
ASSAILAAT IS CAPTURED
Attempt to Murder Alfonso Took Place
as He Was Returning From Military
Review and He Escapes Injury.

Attempt TO Muroer AiIonSo iooN FioSS
as He Was Returning From Military
Review and He Escapes Injury.
Madrid, Spain, April IA. - Three
was returning from military review.
The king was unharmed. One of the
bullets struck his horse in the chest.
The attempt at assassination occur
red in the street opposite the Bank
OF Spain. The young man who fired
the shots has been arrested.
The king was returning to the palace
FROM a review of recruits and the
ceramony OF swearing in of the troops
aga the presentation of colors in the
Paseo de Castellano. The king was
riding slowly through the streets with
q large staff, and was near the Bank
of Spain, on Alcala street, when a
young man who was standing in the
front row OF cheering spectators rush
ed at the monarch's horse and clutch
ed the bride with his left hand. Then
he put his right hand in his pocket
and drew a revolver.
King Alfonso realized instantly that
the man was an assassin and his skill
in horsemanship and his presence or
mind probably saved his life. He made
the horse rear up just at the moment
the assassin fired, but the king was
already safe behind the horse, which
got the bullet in the chest. At the
same moment a policeman threw him-
self upon the assassin and threw him
to the ground and held him there, but;
he was unable to grip his arms be-
fore he had fired two other shots
They were random shots, as 1t was inn
possible for him to take ainl and they
did not hit anybody.
The king, after seeing the assassi1
taken away by the police, stood up liz
the stirrups and smilingly turning to
the crowd and giving military. Sc
lutte, cried: viva L'Espana!" The
people took up the cue and repeated
the cry loud and long. They also gaN&
hearty cheers for the king
After acknowledging the cheers Of
the people by renewed salutes KIM
concerned manner. He met the anx8
ious inquiries of the members of ht6
staff by saying: Gentlemen, it
nothing Then he remounted and eou=
tinued on his way to the palace.
Meanwhile the assailant of the king
who gave the name af Rafael Sancha<3
had been hustled by the police Hs
the nearest house, as this was the only
way to save his life from the fury OF
the crowd AS it was many blows
reached him and he would surely have
been lynched but for the prompt action
of the police, who kept him in the
house until the prison van arrived.
Since the assassination OF Senof
Jose Canalejas, Spain's prime minis
ter, on Nov. IL, 1912, extraordinary
precautions have been taken to guard
King Alfonso. 1t was probably these
measures which saved him from the
assassin's bullets.
This was the most violent attempt
to kill the king since May 81, 1906,
when a bomb was hurled at his car
riage while he and the queen were re-
turning to the palace at Madrid from
the church where they had been mar
ried. The bomb was prepared to give
the appearance of a rose. Eleven per
sons and one of the horses drawing
the kings carriage were killed.
A year before that bomb was
thrown at him while he was riding
with President Loubet in Paris. 1t
killed a troopers horse and injured
eight persons.
The most recent attempt on his life
occurred JAN 5, 1911, at Malaga, where
a bomb exploded just after he and
Senor Canalejas closed the palace
doors behind them. On June l9, 1913,
a lunatic fired a shot at him while ne
was returning from church wit hhls
mother. In January, 1904, bomb was
found under a bench outside OF the
palace, and in November, 1905. car
tridges were exploded in the Church
of st. Peter while he was visiting
there. In 1906 bomb was thrown IN
Barcelona while he was visiting that
city.