PREMEDITATED PLOT

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1913, Page 5

PREMEDITATED PLOT

IKING RECEIVES XN VOVATION-

THE QUEEN TERRIFIED

(Received April 14, IDJS p.m.) _ MADE,!©, April 14. There have been persistent rumors for days past that an iattempt <«>n King Alfonso's life was 'planned for Sunday, but they were officially discredited. . The were attributed to the desire to deprive the ceremony of the oath-taking oi iit-s customary splendor and brilHaaaQy. The Queen and Princess of Battenberg witnessed the ceremony. They followed the King in an open carriage.

The Queen heard the shots, and guessed what was happening. >She was terrified, until the King's aide-de-camp arrived and, .reassured iher. Alegre received a gash on the tforehead and; nose from tfclhe policeman's sabre. He made a terrific struggle before he was mastered.

The crowd slioiffiTdered 'high the policeman, and the [police had '"difficulty in protecting Alegre from the crowd's fury. , King Alfonso, seeing the assailant overpowered, rose in his stirrups and saluted the crowd in military fashion, loudly shouting "Viva. EspanaJ" The 013; met with.' an enthusiastic response. He dismounted, smiling, without 'betraying the least emotion, and replied %o the eager questions of has entourage. He exclaimed: ' "Gentlemen, "it is nothing." He then proceeded to the palace, amid a renewed1 outburst of cheering.

", On reaching the rpalace he related the incident in jovial terms to''JQueen Ena and Queen Chsastina.

Ten minutes later the great Plaza Vearnras wias crowded with all classes and the King received an indescribable ovation on the balcony^ -which was renewed when he brought the Queen to the balcony. The •'c'beering continued long after he bad retired. Alegre is a native of Barcelona. He was expelled from France six weeks ago as an Anarchist, and obtained work in Madrid as a carpenter. He wished to avenge Ferrier.

Documents found in. his domicile showed that the outrage was the result of an organised plot, and numerous arrests have been made.

Alegre informed the magistrate that, seeing the King, he was seized with an irresistible impulse to use his revolver.

An unarmed French professor standing by, also a Spaniard and Alegre's mistress, were arrested. The professor protests his innocence.