ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
<0» i THE KING OF THE BELGIANS FIRED AT. United Press Asr.odation—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received £.55 a.m.. November 17(1*. BRUSSELS, November 36. Ruh'iaa, * notorious Italian. Anarchist, fired three ball caiiridges fnitu a revolver a.t the cortege <*f the King of Belgium w-hen he TiiS returning fjf>m a funeral xervicc at Saint- Gndnlen tthnrch in memory <if the la,t<9 Qneen of the Belgiaits. The window * f M c third carriage %vus shattered, bnt tiro aides awl the ladies of honour trim ■ocenpioci ihe caniuge were unhui't- King Leopold ■csnally drives in the tl'iird < ani.-ige. bnt <m this occasion he <K-<npji"j 1-be first cirriuge. and only Itained o! the aUcmji'. iifier reaching the palace. Rabino was examined at ihe police station, and aitiasileo that he catne from London, where the Italian Goveniment employed him to watch' Ihe movements of Anarchists btit be wax dismissed ontbedisc<ivery being made thai he was furnishing information 1» the Anstrcliists.
The attack on King Leopold, who lately wa.s vejy trnpopnlar. ha* prod-need a re>T3ls3on of feeling. T}jc police with difficulty rescued Rnbuio frcmi an infuriaited cj«owd, which im,cked with knives in many plates the vehicle conveying him to the p<.lioe st»ilion. Rnbino was inside Saint Gndtiles Chnr-cb earlier in the day. bat left, fearing if he made the attempt thete that he wonld wound the soldiers. He declares that kings, clergy, and all established anthoritics are his -enemies. LATER PARTICULARS. Retcived 11 p.m.. November 17th. ROME. November 17. Rnbino, while a. soldier, wan sentenced lo fire years: for writing a- revolutionary article;" later he received itmr years at, Milarr for f<irgery. He was not employed by the Italian Government. The Anarchists considered him to be a *py. and say that ihe pi-esent crime is intended to rehabilitate him in their eyes. BRUSSELS. November 17. King Leopold ha* received many sympathetic messages.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11917, 18 November 1902, Page 2
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306ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11917, 18 November 1902, Page 2
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