New York Times 100 years ago today, May 5, 1913:
Fredrich of Baden Knocks Him Down and Goes On to the Races.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
BERLIN, May 4.— A laborer, supposed to be an Anarchist, attempted to assassinate the Grand Duke of Baden outside the railway station at Mannheim this afternoon.
The Duke was driving across the station square on his way to the Mannheim May races when a man ran out from the crowd, leaped up on the step of the carriage and brandished a dagger. Owing to the speed of the carriage, the man swayed and had to support himself with his left hand against the front seat of the vehicle. This gave the Duke time to fling himself forward, with a cry, against the man, who slipped, fell to the ground, and was instantly seized. The Grand Duke proceeded to the races.
Messages from Mannheim say that the attempt was obviously prearranged, and that the Grand Duke's assailant is probably connected with the Anarchist band which, according to a report, planned an attack upon the Kaiser.
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