ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
KING OF SPAIN'S ESCAPE. By Toleirr.'i'Pll---IVi-ks Aiu>ori;i t.ion. Op.v rlijiH Madrid, Monday. While Kill)!; Alfonso of Spain wan returning from a review to-day another attempt to .-iHsasiujiate him wan made. The atißailan was arrested. Ho proved to be a Cafcaiotiian named Rafael Alo^re. COOLNESS UNDER FIRE. Madrid, Monday. King Alfonso proven led their colours to a roj'iment of rocruitn. lie was relurninfi; at a walking pace, when Alep;ro, quitting t|, o front of the crowd, darted forward and Bci/.ed the bridle of the kitif'n I horse, ilourishinK a Itrownitijr pinto). King Alfonso, with his usual a( ]_
mirablc oooliiobh, realising tho n oH j_ (ion, with a sudden pull 0 f the, bridle raised hia horned head :J (, i h<- moment Alogro fired.
Thanks to the ki n ,;' s wonderful horsemanship only n, O h 0 n>e'<4 ( . h(Tt was hit.
A policeman threw and .seizor! Alegro, and deflected two other nhoLs. A dozen people were injured in tho ensuing stampede. King Alfonso hud an onUiHHijislic ovation after hsß oßcape.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 559, 16 April 1913, Page 5
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170ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 559, 16 April 1913, Page 5
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