Egypt
SULTAN'S NARROW ESCAPE. HOW THE ASSASSIN WAS FOILED. Received April 11, 5.5 p.m. Cairo, April 10. The Sultan had a narrow escape. J.'he Grand Master of Ceremonies, noticing the man step into the. road, called out to a policeman, who knocked the assassin's hand, and the bullet. struck the brasswork of the hood. The assassin, un , evil-looking fellow, adopted an attitude of I bravado, and said the Sultan had usurped the position and deserved to be shot. U'e had been in Cairo for four days awaiting his opportunity. He denied having accomplices. His cousin has been arrested at Mansurah, owing to his pre/i----ous suspicious movements at Constantinople.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 259, 12 April 1915, Page 5
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108Egypt Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 259, 12 April 1915, Page 5
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