ATTEMPT TO SHOOT ARCHBISHOP
FIRST CRIME OF VATICAN CITY Rome, November 25. The first crime of intent to sully the record of the newly-constituted Vatican City State occurred when Margaret Gudum, a Swede, accosted Archbishop Smith, drew a revolver, and endeavoured to shoot him. Prince George of Bavaria, Prebendary at St. Peter’s, struck up the weapon. Gudum is believed to be mentally afflicted. Yesterday she applied to Archbishop Smith, formerly Apostolic Vicar of Sweden, for employment. She was dissatisfied with his reply, and sought revenge.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 54, 27 November 1929, Page 11
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