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By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. [reuter's agency]. HOME ANI> FORKrCiX. (Received October 30, at 8 .30. p.m.) SIR H. DRUMMOND WOOLFF. Cairo, October 29. Sir Henry Drummond Woolff, British Envoy-Extraordinary, arrived here to-day from Constantinople. ATTEMPTED ASSINATION OF M. FREYCINET. Paris, October 29. An attempt, fortunately unsuccessful, was made to shoot M. Freycinet to-day. A man fired a shot but was arrested by bystanders and placed in custody of the police before he could fire another shot. The prisoner preserves a reticent attitude and will not divulge the motive that actuated him. (Received October 31, at 1.45 a.m.) October 30. Further enquiries has revealed the fact that the would-be assassin of M. Freycinet is a Corsican. He admits having premediatp.d the attempt, but has not stated his reasons for the crime.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5334, 31 October 1885, Page 2
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5334, 31 October 1885, Page 2
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