Show TRIED TO KIIL K SHAH Attempt on Life of Persias Ruler Made at Paris NO HARM TO HIS MAJESTY WouldBo Assassin Makes Effort to Shoot HusafferEdDin but is j Seizccl and Placed Under Arrest At Police Station He Expressed Regret that He Had Been Unable to Carry Out His Design Courage of the Shah was Remarkable Seized the WouldBe Murderer I Paris Aug 2An attempt on the life or thc Shah of Persia MuKaffcivEd DIn was made this morning but hirklly Is resulted In no harm to his Majesty A man broke through a line of policemen as the Shah was leaving his apartments nnd tried to mount the royal carriage step Ho was seized and placed under arrest He held a revolver In hla h ndbut as soon nq his Intention v rns divined the police disarmed him before he was able to fire At the police station the man ex premed regret that he had been unablo to carry out hIs Intentions He said I This Is an affair between me and my j conscience 1 I was Just a quarter past 9 oclock when the carriage of the Shah emerged from the court of the sovereigns palace pal-ace Scaled In the carriage with tho I Shah were his Grand Vizier while opposite op-posite feat Gen PareL The carriage turned to the left toward the Avenue I3ols do Boulogne It had proceeded but a few yards when a man dressed 4is a laborer sprang from between two automobiles where he had been hidden hid-den He broke through the line of policemen overturning a bicycle officer offi-cer and jumped upon tho royal cal rlage steps In one hand the man had a cane which he raised as though to strike but this movement was only intended to hide his real purpose for in the other hand be held 3 revolver The attempted assassination there came to an end for the Grand Vizier struck the weapon from the mans hand and at the same time officers caught his arm from behind and overpowered over-powered him A crowd of 500 people who witnessed the attempted assassination assassi-nation made a rush toward the would naton be murderer and tried to attack him but there were many police In tho neighborhood acting a guards of tho Shah and these prevented the mob from doing violence to the miscreant station The prisoner was taken to the police stton The Shah carried out his programme for a trip down the Seine to Versailles The wouldbe assassin declined absolutely ab-solutely to glvo his name or nationality nationali-ty Ho speaks but little and that with a southern accent The police believe him to b an Italian He Is J about 2C I years old has chestnutcolored hair n large mustache and bluegray eyes He was dressed In a blouse and wide I trousers the usual clothes of a carpenter car-penter In his pocket wa found an ugly knife and a handkerchief marked 12ith regiment Infantry AVhcn this was discovered the man said That wi not aid you In your Inquiries concerning con-cerning my Identity Later In the day to some officials of the household of the Shah who tried to Interrogate him the prisoner said Your master will do well to resign I otherwise we will kill him iAn i-An eyewitness oc the attempted assassnatlon says the courage of tho Shah was remarkable He acted with perfect coolness and was among the frt to seize his wouldbe murderer holding him with bothhands unlll the man was thrown to the ground by the police lust before starting from the palaco the Shah received a letter dated from Italy signed with an Italian name but posted In Paris announcing to him that he would be assassinated today The police bclleva the man who attacked at-tacked the Shah vas not alone In his effort The whole of the police department de-partment is at work seeking for his accomplices Up 10 midnight nothing regarding the wouldbe assassin or Ills connections connec-tions had been learned that was not known within half an hour after his arrest He maintains absolute silence Tho peculiarity of his accent although Ju sppaks perfect Frerich mystifies the olu > JaIs It having been asserted by one of these that hlf accent was English En-glish 1 man speaking English was milled to enter his cell The visitor addressed him but ho gave the ap pparancc of absolute inability to understand un-derstand and the visitor came away I convinced that he was not acquainted I I v Uh that language The Impression I left was that ho Is J from southern I I France or possibly t bordcr Spaniard I While tho popular belief Is that ho had an accomplice there Is no actual c idence to prove this The police are t thoroughly mystified and disconcerted Although the man has been seen by moot o the secret service olllclals not ont of them has ben able to recognize him himParh has received the news of the attempt with but onir sentiment that of Indignation All join to condemn this outrage up6n thd guest of the nation na-tion As a result o Tlt the Shah will hercafler be SI puhdjed by a guard wherever he goes Fxlra precautions will also be taken to protect President Loubct I Another eyewitness of the affair uald When the gate of the palace opened the first carriage to appear contained con-tained the Shah It had not gone Jar when it man dressed as a carpenter rushed toward the caitlage and put hla right foot on thfe step resting his left hand on the door to assist him to mount Then In drawing his right hand from his pocket he pushed It toward to-ward the breast of the Shah This hand carried a rexplvcr The Shall was surprised but did not really pay much attention to the man until He perceived the weapon Then he bounded aside and standing up In the laudau lifted a cane a second later bringing It down upon the head of his assailant At the same moment the Grand Vizier Jumped to his feet and seized the man by the arm and twisted his lt actually raising him from the ground The Grand Vizier is 1 ver itable giant and without apparent ef fort ho held tho aggressor suspended in the air Then a policeman follow iolow ing on a bicycle Jumped from his machine ma-chine and grasping the man drew him back Other police arrived and the I man was overpowered and led away The Shah did not appear to be excited by tho attempt on his life and when the man was taken away he reseated himself In his carriage and quietly spoke In Persian to the Grand Vizier Then he said to tho coachman Drive on and tho carriage proceeded to the Alexander IlL bridge where a boat was taken for See The pistol car ned by the wouldbe murderer was ca ot tridges the bulldog type loaded with live car When tho police eclzed tho man ho tried to break away and cried ho children of the 1 chidren people An officer tried to stop him but he shouted oncer my assistance friends Then he quieted down and den d-en tho Imlfe was found on his per son an officer remarked You aleo had a knife to ala 1 te which the man re pllcdi Xj I took gojnp pxesSAttenu r I IiwI llui Why did you attempt to assasslnato I ho Shah the officer asked Be ciiijse wan the reply It pleased me That does not concern you To all other questions the prisoner remained dumb The Shah said Why do criminals trouble mel I am n traveler and entirely en-tirely unrcsponnlble for the pollllcs of tho slate through which I pass ACt AC-t r a moments reflection he added This undoubtedly li 1 n kind of plot against chiefs of slate After the an sasslnatlon of the King of Italy they threatened the Kaiser and then attempted at-tempted to kill me Hdwcvcr I know that a large majority of the French people love me I had proof of their affection at Contrcxvlllc as well as at Paris and only Just now the crowd would have torn my aggressor to pieces without the Intervention of the police The Shah proceeded to praise the Paris police On receipt of a photograph photo-graph of his assailant his Majesty looked at It for a long time murmurIng murmur-Ing Why me Why me at the same time shrugging his shoulders lhe letter received by the Shah a short lime before the attempt to assassinate as-sassinate him was made was as follows fol-lows I think fit to warn you thai an attempt will be made against your life during your stay In Paris I am a member of an anarchist association meeting at No i Plazxl dl Naples which has decided upon your death It is warn you It 1M l because of feelings of humanity get the better of my desires de-sires for vengeance on sovereigns and potentates I confide this letter to one of my friends who leaves for Paris and who on his arrival will immediately post It L 1 add in conclusion that he who is chosen to kill you Is n friend of he who killed 1 the King of Italy |