to a plot by Juan Silvano Godoi to assassinate Gill. On April 12, 1877 at about 10 in the morning Gill was travelling in the company of his two edecanes (high-ranking officers), down the Villarrica street (currently President Franco str.). While crossing the Independencia Nacional, he was shot by three gunmen and died instantly. Among assassins were Nicanor Silvano Godoi (brother of Juan Silvano Godoi) and two others - Molas and Goiburu. Later in the day Gill's brother, General Emilio Gill was also killed. Juan Silvano Godoi escaped to Argentina from which he returned only in 1895 and was appointed director of the National Library of Paraguay. Godoi had planned that his actions would lead to the restoration of President Rivarola to the office. Instead it led to arrest and murder of Facundo Machaín and other suspects. The Colombian poet Dr. Prospero Pereira Gamba (1830–1896), who lived in Argentina as an exile, reflected on this tragic moment experienced by the President in his work "The Spectre". Ancestry References 1840 births 1877 deaths People from Asunción Paraguayan people of Irish descent Presidents of Paraguay Finance Ministers of Paraguay Presidents of the Senate of Paraguay Paraguayan Freemasons Paraguayan military personnel of the Paraguayan War Assassinated Paraguayan politicians Assassinated heads of state People murdered in Paraguay Deaths by firearm in Paraguay