Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1900 — KING OF ITALY SHOT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KING OF ITALY SHOT

Humbert Dies at the Hands of an Assassin. THREE SHOTS FIRED. Victim is Entering His Carriage After a Distribution of Prizes. Cheer* of the Great Crowd Are Stilled Suddenly by the Report of the Pistol —Regicide Is Arrested and with Diffleuity Sayed from Fury of Populace —Gives His Name as Angelo Bressi, of Prato, in Tuscany. I King Humbert of Italy has been assas, sinated. He was shot at Monza Sunday evening by Angelo Bressi of Prato and expired in a few minutes. ■ The king had been attending a distribution of prizes in connection with a gymnastic competition. He had just entered

his carriage with his aid-de-camp amid the cheers of the crowd when he was struck by three revolver shots, fired in quick succession. One pierced the heart of his majesty, who fell back and expired in a few minutes. The assassin was immediately arrested and with some difficulty saved from the fury of the populace. He gave his name as Angelo Bressi, describing himself as of Prato, in Tuscany.

KING HUMBERT.