'That same evening the King and his"Queen drove throuch the streets of Madrid. in an.open car unattended =a display of courage which th' crowds cheered until they were hoarse, "Te plots agalust, his. life, however, dated much farther back. On the day he was crowned. May 17, 1902,.,..seeret. police thwarted attempt to, assassinate the 16-year-old boy king, The ring leaders were arrested and confessed.
Other attempts were:—
June 18,,1903, A lunatic shot at the King and his mother as they were leaving a church in Maaha.
May 31, 1905. In. Paris, while the ing was riding rs a guest of the French nation with President. Loubet, a bomb was thrown at..the. carriage, It exploded almost under the carriage.
Nov. 7, 1906. Cartridges explode ed in the church of San Pedro. Madrid, near the raya! pew, while he was' attending services.
July 9, 1908. A bomb was hurled at the King while he was on a visit to. Barcelona, 5, 19B. thrown at the King in Mal number of persons in the crowd were wounded, but the King was unhurt.
April 13, 1913, Refael Sanche Allegro, an anarchist, fired three Shots at the King at point-plant as. the monarch rode Madrid after a public ceremony..'The - bullets.. missed King Alfonso. He immediately turned his horse and rode down the man who had sought to murder him.
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