ASSASSINATION OF KING CARLOS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXII, Issue 12381, 4 February 1908, Page 5

ASSASSINATION OF KING CARLOS.

Further Details of the Crime.

Ooncerted Attempt on the whole

Royal Family.

Press Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright. Received February 4, 8 a.m. LISBON, February 3. . A silent crowd watched, the Royalties alight from the Tagus ferry boat. The demeanour of the spectators displayed a certain air of distrust and fear, though a girl presented Queen Amelie with a bouquet. King Carlos exchanged a few words with the French and other Ministers.

When the Royal carriage was passing the Ministry of France, at the corner of the Rica Do Arsenal, a young fellow (almost a boy) dressed in rough sporting attire, and with a revolver in his hand, rushed from the throng of spectators, jumped up behind the carriage, and fired, wounding the King in the left side. Queen Amelie and the Crown Prince uttered cries of horror and dismay. The Queen rose in the carriage and treid to strike the assassin with the bouquet, but he fired again, hitting the King in the back. King Carlos lifted his hand to his head and then fell back in a state of collapse. Several people dashed forward and' flung the regicide to the ground. He then fired a third shot harmlessly, and someone — probably a policeman — shot him dead. Meanwhile a tall, black-bearded and moustached man, who was standing near the Ministry of the Interior, and who was apparently the leader of the regicides, drew a carbine, which had been concealed, in his cloak, and moved towards the carriage. He fired twice, hitting the Crown Prince in the face and chest. He was about to fire again, when a policeman knocked up his arm. The next moment a military officer killed the assassin with his sword. Other regicides then fired and wounded Prince Manuel slightly. The officers and the police emptied their revolvers at a group of regicides, killing a third man. The Infanta Alfonso drove up in a motor car, revolver in hand, and escorted the Royal carriage to the Marine Arsenal. The Queen was beside herself with grief, horror, and shock. She uttered piteous cries as she turned towards her dying husband and. son. Both were carried to the medical hall of the Arsenal and laid on. mattresses, while doctors were summoned. Blood still gushed from the King's mouth and nose, and medical aid was useless. Death was due to two wounds — one ia the right infra scapular region, and the other in the vertebral column. Both bullets are still lodged in the body. The Crown Prince only survived five minutes. * The first bullet traversed his right cheek, emerging at the nape of the neck*; the second struck in the Region of the sternum and pierced a lung. While the doctors were washing the faces of the King and Prince, the Queen summoned someone to proceed to the weighing house, where ehe was attending Prince Manuel. While his wounds "were bein <y dressed Queen Maria Pia arrived. The meeting with the Prince was most affecting. King Carlos' last words as he fell back in his carriage were "The Queen," uttered in tones of anxiety and alarm. The leader of the regicides has been identified as Manuel Buica, t 3O years of age, and ex-seTgeant of the 7th 'Cavalry, and an ex-primary school teacher. For the last eight years he was a private teacher in Lisbon. The other dead regicides were apparently Portuguese. Mourning is very general. The Duke D'Orlean heard the news at Naples and proposed to leave immediately for Lisbon, but later was induced to proceed to Egypt. The Pope was greatly distressed, and exclaimed, "Poor Amelie ! Now she may really be called the 'sainted Queen !' " He ordered a special service for the dead in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday.