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Struck The President

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

As is Uír annnal cuatomon Independenco day President Díaz was marching in the procession íit the City of Mexico when a large, muscular man broke through the crowd and rushing upon the president struck him a heavy blow. It was broken by his being crowdeü by tho president's staff, but Diaz was stag-g-ered. The assailant was iminediately knocked down by Gen. Pradillo, a member of the president's staff, and the pólice carried him away. The peopie who witnessed the assault frantically tried to get at the prisoner, but he was soon locked up. No weapon was found on him and if he liad one he dropped it in the crowd. lie was identiíiea as Ignacio Anulfo, a drunken, quarrelsome fellow. Later. - About 1 o'clock the next morniag a body of common people forced their way into the jail where Anulfo wasconfined, and overpowei"ing the guard, pounced upon the would-bc assassin and literally hacked him to pieces and made their escape before a forcé of pólice could arrive. Several arrests have been made, however.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register