KING OF SPAIN SHOT AT.
NO HARM DONE. THE ACT OF A LUNATIC. PER PRE?B ASSOCIATION. Received 12. 0.52 a.m. Madrid, January 11. King Alfonso and the Qu«a Regent Christina were returning from church at Madrid on Saturday evening, when a man named F. ito fire 1 a pistol at the car iage, without injuring anybody. Hea>irg tbe repoit the King put his head out of 'he window, but Que-n Christina put led him back. Feito, when arrested declared he meant to kill the Duke of Sotomayor, Grand O'hamb rhiD, whose carriage preceded that of the King.
Letters addressed to Pres : dent Roosevelt, K"'ng E l ward, the Kaiser, and the Vz*r were found in his pockete. He denies he is an *narchis% but admits he was once iu a lunate asylum. The man is cletily insan\
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1903, Page 3
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137KING OF SPAIN SHOT AT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1903, Page 3
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