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Show KING HUMEERT SLAIN. Angelo Bressi, an Anarchist, Assassinates the King of Italy. King Humbert was assassinated at Jlonza, Italy, Saturday night by a man who gave his nanio as Angelo Bressi. Thekiughad been attending a .distribution .dis-tribution of prizes in connection with a gymnastic competition. lie had just entered his carriage with his aide de camp, amid the cheers of r 1 : ' : . '.." - :';:;.::;-:: . V:-':i- -j.:. ' j KING HUMBERT, the crowd, when three revolver shots : were fired at him in qaie". succession. One bullet pierced the heart of his ; majesty, who fell back and expired in ! a few minutes. The assassin was immediately ar- rested and was with some dilliculty j saved from the fury of the populace, j The man said his home was in 1'rato, j Tuscany. The assassination took place under cover of night. It was 10 o'clock when the king distributed dis-tributed the prizes to the winners of the gymnastic contest. King Humbert IV was born March 14.1S44, andsucceeded to the throne on the death of his father, January 9, 1878. His reign was just and he was very popular. |