LONG LIVE ANARCHY

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1913, Page 7

LONG LIVE ANARCHY

KING ALFONSO'S ASSASSIN. ■■A ! LETTER TO JUS WIFE. "YOU ARE MORALLY THE AUTHOR OF MY DEED." • LONDON, April 14. The Madrid police have discovered that King .Alfonso's assailant, Rafael, \Sanchez Alegre,. is not a Catalonian. its at first reported, but a Frenchman who was engaged as a professor of languages in the Spanish capital. The King had a wonderfully narrow escape from death,- the second snot ! that was fired at him. scorching the glove of one hand, ..ud wounding the horse on which he was mounted. Upon being interrogated by the police, the assassin declared that he yielded to a sudden impulse, and that his desperate act was not premeditated. The police, however, upon searching Alegre, found in 'his possession a letter addressed to his wife, which ran: My Dear,— This is the last letter I shall write to you. You are;y morally the aiithpr of my deed. If you had sent me what I asked I should not have committed an outrage for' which they are going to .shoot me You will always be • the wife of a regicide. , , ;c ; : When you receive this letter the •outrage will- already have : been 'consummated.^ Long live 1 -Anarchy!: — Your companion, • ' ' "■' ' r " .' ' ' • .'■ SANCHEZ, The woman 'who was arrested, aftef. the shooting- is reported ' tq- be Alegre' s mistress. - She avers that, she was not acquainted v.'ith her lover's' plans.