The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-25

A i no time lu hts hfC ala the Iron
~ Chancellor bismarck. SHOW his
' = cloafuess and l-hcadcdness
more han ON the occasion Of the at
tempt 10 assassinatc him at Kissingen.
ON July %. 1873. shortly after noon.
Prince bismarck. as was his wont. en-
tered his carriage previous Co soing
To- the baths, for which Kissingon was
noted.
As the carriage. with ~ fnmOhs oc-
Cupa1t. left the gurden surrounding
tho villa. n entered the street. "a
short thicN set man IVA the garb of a.
Roman priest. ubstructcd the vehicle
by stepping n front of the horses AZ
ter repeated calls from the driver. Co
which he was at FIRST seemingly deaf.
he eventually left the road out kept
pace with toe carriage by Fastening
along the sidewalk Fifty yards
further on he repeated the perform
ancc. agai1 stepping in the road dt-
dcctly before the carriage.
At this moment. % single man
stepped from the crowd, which was
very small at that spot. advanced to
within "a few yards NJ the carriage and
took on his hat To- pay his respects Geo
the prince. ln return the latter gave
"a military salute. at which time the
vehicle had drawn almost parallel
with the %by-tandcr "a at which time
the priest wac still lurking about the
heads of the horses.
The man then quickl, whipped a
revolver from his pocket. took delib-
crate aim and fired "a shot at Bis
marck. The would e assassin being
AZ the left OF the carriage and Bis-
marck al the right shielded the prince
partly. and 80 disconnected the aim,
that instead 81 the bullet reaching
It's Intended mark. il erazod the thumb
OF the right hand OF the prince. which
was in the position OF the military
salute.
The coachman. Ca whom an credit
was due, sizing up the situation at a
glance. quickly dashed Kullman-tor
Il was ho-across the face which aus
ed him Co ding away the pistol anu
run FOR lie down The street 20 quick
IS that very few persons around rea-
lizcd how near the Iron Chancellor
had been 20 deaths door. when
looking around it was found that the
priest had also decamped al the sound
Of the FIRST shot. and realizing the ia
tility of soarching ~ the precise mo-
ment Tor either Of She men. Bisuaick
ordered the carriage TO he put about,
a1d he returned Go the villa.
After "A desperate attempt TO make
a getaway. kullman was secured and
Imprisoned. The prince visited tht
prisoner whilst he was held and asked
him tho reason of the crime. kullman
avowed that his motives were revenge
and hatred In consequence of the CO.
~clesiasiical laws. He also admitted
that he had been cmoittercd rs TIC
J persecution OF different persons
among them the Archbishop OF Posc1.
rhe trial ITSELF. which was held at
Wurzhurg. lasted two days. bcginuing
on October -. iS7t \ plea of IN
sanity was entered on the prisoners
behalf. The public prosecutor opened
the case, and an examination OF Kull-
nan began. ,udcr pressure h. adj
mittvd his guilt on al the prinaipa.
points. Notwithstanding this confcs-
sion the prosecutor ralct that apart
from 90. run evidence should be- ad.
mitted to the court.
Il was also brought out in ne trii
tnat while kaufman was living IN SALE.
wedal ne has joined a Catholic society
that he had before committed acts 10.
Violence. such aS %wounding q fellow
WORKMAN ana a given vent a. his
feelings many times with revolution
AIRY statements. He admitted that De
had uttered threatening REMARKS. such
as. Before ] die another must fan.
u was also brought out in the
course of the trial that he had con
sidercd the plot many times. having
bought the pistol ia Berlin almost q
year before. he tried the murder in
Berlin. but luckily ne could no mud
the residence OF Bismarck. Again.
he had gone Ca the country "esurt
where the prince was staying, bat ar
rived too late, Tor the prince had tf8,
clod on, For his defense q plea uf
insanity was once again entered, aud
AS "a result he was examined hy Hub-
rich, "a director OF "a lunatic asylum
who found his deficient 10 a moral
sense. YET his free Will was so trihins-