A SOCIALIST REPRIEVED.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 171, 18 January 1912, Page 5

A SOCIALIST REPRIEVED.

A KING'S INTERVENTION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Madrid, January 16. Coquette follapsed when informed of his reprieve. There were public rejoicing at Cullera over the demolition of the scaffold for the garotte. The Daily Telegraph's Madrid correspondent said that King Alfonso, interviewed, stated that on Saturday and Sunday it was terrible. He and the Queen could think of nothing except the wretched man in the prison chapel awaiting his execution. He finally decided to assume the responsibility of pardoning him, and telephoned to Senor Canalejas. Asunicion, January 15.

The revolutionaries captured Presi dent Roys, compelling him to resign.

A cable message on September 22 stated: An outrage occurred at Cullera. The judge and chief constable were chased by revolutionists. The former took refuge in the town hall, aided by the actuary. Meanwhile the chief constable was stabbed and thrown into the river, and stoned until lie sank. The mob forced an entrance into the town ball, split the judge's skull with a batdiet, and stabbed the actuary. They dragged the bodies through the streets until they were unrecognisable. The sympathy felt for the murderers by the .Authorities is probably due to the fact that there is a strong popular feeling in favor of the revolutionists, and a serious outbreak might have occurred had the law been carried out.