Assassination Attempt
In August 1895, a crude letter bomb addressed to Alphonse de Rothschild was delivered to his Paris residence. Not at home, a member of the house staff had it forwarded to the de Rothschild Frères offices where it detonated, seriously injuring the chief clerk.
On his passing in 1905, Alphonse's son Edouard took over as head of the family business.
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