Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-11
Famous Trials
TRIAL OF PULLMAN

At no time in his life did the Iron
Chancellor. Bismarck. show his clearnes'
and lepel-h dedness more than on the
occasion of the attempt to assassinate
him at Gissingen. On July 10, 1874,
shortly after noon. Prince Bismarck as
was his want entered his carriage pre-
vi:us to going to the baths for which
Kissingen was noted
AS the carriage with its famous oc-
cuPant left the garden surrounding the
villa and entered the street a short,
thick-set man, in the garb of Roman
priest, obstructed the vehicle by stepping
in front of the horses. After repeated
calls from the driver, to which he was
at first seemingly deaf be eTentually left
the road hut kept pace with the carriage
by Mastering along the sidewalk Fifty
wards further on he repeated the per-
fcrmance, again stepping in the road d.
rectly before the carriage.
At this moment. a single man steppe7
from the crowd, which was very small
at that spot advanced to within few
yards of the marriage, and took off his
hat to pay his respects to the Prince. In
return the latter gave a military salute
at which time the vehicle had drawn al
most parallel with the bystander, and at
which the priest was still lurking about
the headS OF the horses.
The man then quickly whipped a re-
volver from out Of his crcl1et, took de-
liherate aim and fired a shot at Bis
marck The woul-be assassin being at
the left of the carriage and Bismarck at
the right shielded the Prince partly, and
50 disconnected the aim that instead of
the bullet reaching It's intended mark, It
grazed the thumb of the right hand of
the Prince. which was in the position Of
military salute.
The coachman. 70 whom all credit was
due, sizing up the situation at glance,
quickly dashed Kullman-for 1t was he
across the face which caused him to
fling faway the pistol and run for HE
down the street, the prisoner whilst he
was held and so quickly that very per
| sons around realized how near the Iron
| Chancellor had been to deaths door.
| When looking around t. was found that
/ the priest had also decampad at the
sound of the first shot, and realizing the
| futility of searching at the precise mo-
ment for either Of the men. Bismarck
| ordered the carriage put about, and he
returned to the villa.
| After a desperate attempt to make a
getaway. HUFFMAN was secured and i'm
| prisoned. TIE Prince visited and asked
him the reason of the crime. Kullnlar
| aVewed that his motives were revenge
and hatred IN consequence Of the eecles-
tastical laws He also admitted that hi
had been eTnbittered by the persecution
Of different persons. among them tbs
! archbishop Of Posen
The trial itself, which was held a
Wurzberg, lasted two days beginning or
Oct %, 1874. A plea Of insanity wa.
| entered on the prisoners behalf TIL
pufb1to prosecutor opened the case anC
an examination of Huffman began. I'm
der pressure he admitted his guilt on a.
the principal points Notwithstanding
J this confession the prosecutor ruled tina
apart from 1T, full evidence should b.
admitted to the court
i 1t was also brought out IN the trfa
that while Kulinan was living IN sa1z
weda1 he had Joined Caholic society
that he had before committed acts 0
violence, such as woundfng a fellow
workman and had given vent to mis- feel
in@s many times with revollrtiona r
statements. He admitted that he had ut
, | tered threatening remarks. such as, BE
fore I die another must fall"
1t vase also brought out in the cour
of the trial that he had considered tn
rlot many times. having bought the ps
tol in Berlin almost a year before H