The morning news., 1897-08-17
cAvovAS' SLAYER MUST DIE.
r,uyED DEADLY PALE ON HEAR
ING THE SENTENCE.

,-..,nticu of AngiolIi VIII Take
mace i'm the Prison-Wanted tn
rau, of Anarchy But the Court
..,,,,,od IIfn-AngiOIH Tells How
H.. f,ecome an Anarchist and Mcdi-
.,,ed Canovas' Assassination.
Madrid. Aug. 16-Michal Angiolli, the
.ror,bjst assassin of Premier Canovas del
castillo. who was tried by court martial
,..storlav at Vergara, was found guilty
ar1 ,cas sentenced to death. Upon hear
IL. tbe sentence Angiolh turned deathly
-.i..sr7 had to be carried from the court
room.
,reioli will be executed within the
,rison. About 200 persons were present
a, the trial The vicinity of the prison
,..s almost deserted, the public being ap-
,arentiv Indifferent, in view of the cer-
tai7tv that the death penalty would fol-
low the court martial
The prisoner. heavily manacled, sat be-
tween two gendarmes and Immediately
in front of his judges On a table near
~, Law his revolver and other material
evidence Of the crime. The president of
+be court read the declarations of every
Witness after which the written state
ment of the prisoner was read by the
clerk Of the court.
AngiolH. in the course of his statement,
sand that he left Foggia in october 1885,
cn5 vent to Narseilles and Breton, where
ne took the name of Jose Santos. At first
he had no thought of becoming an an
arebist. but while at Coromin he began
IN ba interested in anarchist doctrines.
He then returned TO Marseilles and after
his expulsion from that city he went to
BELGIUM and London, where he has spent
the most Of his time in the society Of an
auhists.
When the execution took place, on May
H. al Barcelona of five anarchists, con-
victed Of participation in the bomb
outrage at the feast of Corpus Christi, he
conceived the idea of assassinating Cano-
vas Without seeking an accomplice he
proceeded 90 Spain and carried out the res
oluUon AngiOlH went on to say that the
passion for vengeance led him to commit
the crime As he was unacQuainted with
the manufacturer or explosives ne uSeu
the revolver The public prosecutor de-
scriba3 the crime as "premeditated muir
der and asked the court to impose the
death penalty.
Lieut.. Gorra. who the court had assign
al as counsel TO Angiolo, urged that the
prisoner was demented at the time of the
shooting and made a strong appeal to the
leneyo.ence of the judges. While his
counsel was presenting this plea, Angiolli
listened in silence. Then he asked per-
mission to speak for himself, which was
granted.
He thanked Lieut.. Gorria for his efforts
and deui-l chat he had any accomplices,
or that he was an accomplice of those who
committed the bomb-throwng outrage at
ar--lona, or chat he had participated in
secret gatherings of anarchists. When he
oesan TO discuss anarchist theories, the
court Interrupted him and threatened to
stop n.m ID he pursued that line of remark
Or ouched upon any matters not connected
N',A the uial. Augio.li persisted in speak
i's OF politics and of the wars in Cuba and
m Do Philippines.
"a't mas that to dc with the trial, -
u,l.i tne president of the court.
onar '''0 P''7
me president retorted: THAT is not
'5.'-.'aiion Moreover, you can convince
4 nobody iu that way"
Aa-I-.i began again, but the president
~ We court clared the trial ended and
NV'' lne court room cleared. After the
S'"'i nId been conducted to his cell. the
generated for an hour and then an
'''.-4 the sentence of the court.