Plot uncovered to kill Alfonso

April 2, 1906

Spanish authorities have uncovered an Anarchists' plot at Lebrija, to assassinate King Alfonso XIII, his mother, Queen Maria Cristina, and his sister, Infanta Maria Teresa, during their visit to Lebrija, for Holy Week. The New York Times reports that Lebrija is only twenty-nine miles from Seville, "the notorious centre of the Black Hands," a terrorist group. The New York Times' Spanish correspondent was unable to send complete details of the conspiracy because of the censorship of the Spanish media.