Show SHOT TO KILL Atempt tto Assassinate the 0 Prince of Wales at 0 B rnssels 1 I 1I 1 I I I TWO BULLETS FIRED Boy of 16 Tries to Murder 0 Heir to British Throne DOES NOT REGRET HIS ACT Prince and Princess of Wales Were Eli Route to Copenhagen to Attend tho Celebration of King Christians Birthday When Brussels Was Reached and tho Train Was Starting Start-ing from the Station n Young Tinsmith Tin-smith Leaped on the Footboard of tho Princes Salon Car and Fired Two Shots into tho Car Aiming at the Prince Both Shots Went Wide of tho Mark WouldBc Assassin Was Immediately Arrs cHe D3 cared Ho Intended to Kill the Prince and Beady to Try Again Brussels April 4An I pttempt on the the life of the Prince of Wales was made at the railway station at Soi oclock this afternoon when a tinsmith named Sipldo u resident l of this clly and only 1C years old fred a revolver at his royal highness but fortunately the bullet went wide of the marl Tho wourlbe assassin was Immediately arrested r 0 EN ROUTE TO COPENHAGEN TaPrinueand Princess ofxWales left London this morning 01 Copenhagen Copen-hagen for th 5 purpose of attending the celebration of King Christians blrtli day which occurs next Monday They arrived here this afternoon and as the train was leaving the northern station for the southern railway station the attempt at assassination was made TWO SHOTS FIRED Just as the train was starting Sipldo jumped on the footboard of the Princes salon car and filed Into the car aiming at the Prince Two shots were fired The Princess of Wales nnJ others were In the car but no one was touched WOULDBE ASSASSIN CAUGHT Hearing the shots the station master mas-ter rushed to the scene and knocked down the wouldbe assassins arm as he prepared to lire a third shot and a number of persons threw themselves on the Pilnces assailant In the confusion con-fusion a second man who was quite innocent was seized roughly handled and beaten After the Prince of Wales had ascertained ascer-tained that the man who fired the shot had been arrested he declared himself < and the Princess uninjured and the train started READY TO SHOOT AGAIN 0 When examined by the station offl cials Slpide dccla red he Intended to Kill the Ptincc of Vales and that he did not icEjrel his action and was racy to do It again If given a change He subsequently said he wanted to kill the Prince because he caused thou Prnce sands of men to be slaughtered In South Africa SOCIALISTS DENOUNCE ACT The attack is condemned even at the labor heatlqmutcrs here and at tho iMnlson du People whore the extreme anaichists meet a leading member of the Young Socialist guard was loud In his denunciation this evening of Slpldes action Le Patriolc in a spe SlplccS wtOI cial edition denounces the attempt as Cowardly and senseless and says f will Incite geneial indignation and the worst enemy of Belgium conhl tot have dealt the country L fouler blow bloAvWALES CONGRATULATED The Touiial dc Bruxellen says This oUtrage will piovoke the Indignation of all honest people In every clvlllxed country and especially Belgium Wo stigmatize It ng the crime of n youth of disordered brain Ve deeply regret re-gret < that it was committed In Belgium nnd we congratulate the Prince of Wale upon his fortunate escape from the bullet of I rcglcldo STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS An eyewitness says that the train was already In motion and when time engineer luarcl the pistol Mo hut off the steam applied the brakes and stopped the train As the tram restarted re-started after Slpldes arrest the public loudly cheered the Prince who acknowledged ac-knowledged the demonstration from the car window TWO CARTRIDGES MISSED FIRE An examination of Sipldea revolver showed lxamlnalon chambers had been discharged but that two of the cartridges cart-ridges had missed tire Slpide has Ji round boyish face black eyes and dark hair At the examination ex-amination before the magistrate It was ascertained that he had purchased a ponnv ticket In order to reach the de IOnn platform whee he walked up and pot piltform Avhlle at the same lime down quite n whlt the Prince was promenading SIPIDES DECLARATION Persons who attended the Malson du Pouple yesterday say they heard Sipldo declare that If the Prlnco of Wales came to Brupscls he ought to have a bullet in his bend and they also heard 1mlct offer to bet five francs that ho would fire at the Prince PRECAUTIONS TAKEN According to Lo Patrlole some news of the views prossed at tho meethib referred to was conveyed to the sta tlonmnater who had taken what he thought Uonml wore extra precautions Sipldo appeared at the station In his beat apelrtd having1 explained to his clothing explalnel Imvlnf jnthtr that he vnmc going to seek emI em-i ploymenL The Irwca of Wales appeared quite unaffected by the Incident He asked whether the revolver waa loaded anon an-on being Informed In the affirmative smiled and begged that the culprit might not be treated too severely La Chronlquo says Belgium should not be held responsible for the act of a mad man whose conduct she repudiates ANOTHER REASON FOR HIS ACT For C time Stplde seemed moro inclined in-clined to cry than to give coherent answers Eve swers to the questions or the Commla sary of Police Meanwhile the police had ascertained that on the previous evening he had attended a meeting at n local theater In favor of the Boers Several of the speakers had advised thoso prcscnt to make a demonstration In such n way that the Prince of Wales In passing through Brussels could no longer be mistaken with respect re-spect to the sympathies of the Belgians Bel-gians or doubt that they were overwhelmingly over-whelmingly In favor of the Boers I is supposed that these utterances Influenced In-fluenced Slpide |