SHOT AT PRINCE.
ITALIAN ON TRIAL. Protest Against " Unlucky State x Of Country." t ATTEMPT ON ITALIAN HEIR. } (United Telegraph—Copyright') (Received 1 p.m.) . , . BRUSSELS, September 25. The trial lias begun of the 22-year-old Italian, Fernando de Rosa, who t attempted to kill Prince Umberto, " heir to the Italian throne. A remarkable scene occurred when the keen, well-dressed prisoner explained to tlie President how lie had become an anti-Fascist. When only twelve years old, lie said, he was given a pistol, and while he was playing with it, he accidentally killed a comrade. It occurred to him that those who gave revolvers to children were bandits. He spoke for an hour in criticism of Mussolini. ■Dealing with the actual shooting, he said that ho acted like a machine. He first!selected the spot and when he saw the Priiice he rushed from the crowd and fired. "I expected the people to scamper as they do in Italy, when a shot is fired," he said. "I acted because I wished to attract the attention of Europe to the unlucky state of my country." Seventeen witnesses have come forward for the defence. ; >
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 228, 26 September 1930, Page 7
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