People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1893 — A BOMB THROWER’S WORK. [ARTICLE]

A BOMB THROWER’S WORK.

H« Attempts to Kill Gen. Campos, Spain's Famons Commander, But Only Wounds Him—A Bystander Killed and Several Others Hurt. Barcelona, Sept- 26. —An anarchist tried to kill Capt.-Gen. Martinez de Campos Saturday with a bomb. There had been a review of all the troops in this district early in the morning. Shortly before noon the captaingeneral and his staff took their places on one side of the Leig square near the middle of the city, and the march past began. A large crowd had gathered near the officers, but, as no trouble was thought probable while the military filled the streets, only four gendarmes were at hand to preserve order.

The head of the column had hardly passed the captain-general when a bomb was thrown from the crowd. It struck near the captain-gen-eral and exploded witfi tremendous force. A soldier of the civic guard was killed instantly and five others were wounded so severely by pieces of shell that they probably wil die. Martinez de Campos was thrown to the ground by the shock. He was picked up by officers of the staff and carried to his house 1 . Aside from a wound in his arm and a few bruises he was found to be uninjured. The man who threw the bomb was caught by the crowd and delivered to the police. He is said to have confessed. He belongs to the gang of anarchists who have caused many explosions here in the last year, and glories in his deed. His name is Pallas, and he says he intended to kill Martinez de Campos and his whole staff. He will be court-marshaled and shot at once. In his house the police found a great quantity of the most violent revolutionary literature. Two men who had lived with him and evidently had helped make the bombs have been arrested. Each of the > bombs thrown was a hollow iron sphere charged with dynamite. All the windows near the scene of the explosion were shattered and large holes were dug in the ground where the bombs struck. It is learned that Gen. Bustos and Gen. Molins, who were with the captain general’s staff, received serious injuries. The names of five spectators who were wounded by fragments of the bombs have also been reported. The city is intensely excited and mil itary patrol the streets.