The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-17
Plot To Assassinate Mussolini Is Revealed
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tContinued emerged from the Villa just as mem- bers of his staff were bouncing on the man and giving first aid to the wounded detective.
 Names Kept Secret
 The names of the aSsailant and of the wounded detective were not re- vealed. The assailant, 1t was stated, was released from an insane asylum only last week and papers in his pocket showed he had once been certified insane.
 News of the incident was not generally circulated in Rome, where the public is engrossed with the funeral ceremonies for Pope Plus and the approaching election of new pope.
 It was the first known attempt on Mussolini's life in recent years
 Incidents bearing on the private life of Il Duce are so closely guarded by the Fascist state that 1t is prob- able the story of the shooting ct the Villa Torlonia will bring official de- nials, at least at first. Early re- ports of the incident reached the United Press Bureau in the after noon of the day of the shooting, but were not sent out of the country until they could be rechecked through yesterday and today with trustworthy unofficial news sources Many Previous Attempts
 Many attempts have been made on the life of Premier Mussolini.
 His most narrow escape was April ', 1928 when a revolver shot fired by the Hon. Violet Albina Gibson, an Irish woman and sister of Lord Ashbourne, struck him in the nose The bullet pierced both nostrils. His lips were burned by powder.
 The shooting occurred as Musso- lini emerged from Capitoline hall. As he raised his hand in the Fascist salute, Miss Gibson fired but the salute caused him to straighten his body and the bullet only grazed his face.
 Police saved Miss Gibson from the mob and she was later committed to an asylum. She said she could not explain why she made. the at- tempt on Il Duce's life. Four More Tries
 From 1922 until 1926 four attempts were made on Mussolini. The most serious of these was Q plot in which not shot was fired. Tito Zaniboni, a former army colonel and former Socialist member of the chamber of deputies had Q rife trained on Il Duce as he stepped out on the bal- cony of the Chigi palace to make an Armistice day speech in 1925. Police were forewarned and seized zaniboni before he could fire.
 Zaniboni, Gen. Luigi Capello and Angelic Ursello were tried and sen- tenced to 90 years in prison. Four others in the plot received prison terms.
 Twice More In 1924
 Twice in September, 1924, shots were fired at automobiles along the road between Radicofani and Aqua Pendente. Mussolini's car had passed by an hour before.
 In September 1928, Gino Lucetti, a young Italian anarchist, threw a bomb at Il Duce,s limousine in Rome. The bomb fell on the roof of the car and rolled of without ex- ploding.
 Lucetti was sentenced to 90 years Imprisonment and two others were given prison terms. Hundreds of persons were arrested after that bombing.
 Oct. 3l, 1926, Antoneo Zabpini, IS, fired at Il Duce.
 The shot cut the sash of the order Of St. Lazarus which Mlissolini was wearing. It pierced his coat, but Il Duce escaped. A mob killed the boy on the scene.
 Disdains Protection
 Tn the early years of his premier ship, Mussolini disdained elaborate means of protection but the increas- ing number of attacks caused him to ask the Italian chamber of depu- ties for 0 death sentence against those attempting to assassinate him.
 News Of attempts and plots against him were kept secret and 1t was not until November 1929 that another attempt was made public. Three rife shots were fired at c