The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-10
REVENGE THE ONLY OBJECT.
The Assassin Admits 1t to the Dead
Premier's Wife.


Madrid, Aug. 9.-The assassination of
the prime minister of Spain, Senor Cano,
vas del Castillo, was undoubtedly cold
bloodedly premeditated. Coli deliberately
watched for an opportunity to kill the
Spanish statesman, and he only fired
when he had no chance of missing. In
fact, the assassin, who was arrested al
most Immediately after the premier fell
at the feet of his wife, declared as much
to the examining magistrate The prime
minister fingered for some time in agony
and passed away with cry of Long live
Spain"
Further details of the assassination
show that Senor Canovas and his wife
were present yesterday morning at the
ceiebration of mass at the chapel at
tached to the baths. After mass the pre-
mier was conversing with some reporters,
when the assassin appeared and fire three
shots at him with a revolver, hitting him
in the forehead chest and left ear. The
wounded man fell to the ground crying,
''Assassinl Long live Spain!'
The premier was carried to his room,
and expired at 1:SO in the afternoon, after
the extreme unction had been admins
tered to him by priest of the Dominican
order
The murderer, who was Immediately
seized by those who were in the vicinity
of the crime, was severely handled and
might have been killed had it not been
for the protection afforded him by a num-
Der of civil guards, who soon ran to ar
rest him.
Sonora Canovas. wife of the premier
who was but a short distance away from
her husband when the crime was commit
ted, rushed to his side upon hearing the
shots. AS the premier lay dying on the
ground she bitterly reproached the mur-
derer for his crime.
Coli, in reply to the agonizing words of
the distracted wife. SAID: 81 respect you
because you are an honorable lady, but
l have done my duty and am now easy in
mind, for I have avenged my friends and
brothers in Mount Juich."
Mount Juich is the fortress Of Barcelona
outside OF which the anarchists who have
been sentenced to death for recent out
RACES have been executed by being shot
in the back. The anarchists
recently executed outside Mount
Juich were the last batch
Of the fiends who were guilty Of throwing
a bomb on June Z, 1896, into a religious pro-
cession about TO enter the church OF Santa
Maria de la Mar, upon the occasion Of the
Corpus Christi celebration. Twelve per-
sons were instantly killed and about nfty
others wounded, several OF whom since
died from their injuries. For this crime
faHg To.
| death and many Of them were executed.
The condemned men invariably shouted.
Long live anarchy" just before the or
ders to fire were given.
COLL has confessed that he killed Senor
Canovas to avenge the Barcelona anar-
chists and the insurgent leader Don Jose
Rial, who was executed az Manila, phil
ppine Islands. on Dec. 30 last as the in
stgator OF the Philippine rebellion. Dr.
Rial denied that he was "a rebel leader.
but he admitted that he had drawn up
the statutes Of the Philippine league.
In COLTS room the police found to-day
a large doube-barrelled pistol IL appears
that when he left the house yesterday he
carried a parcel. which Is believed 10 have
contained a bomb. The theory Is that he
hid this somewhere In the fields.
A dispatch from Barcelona says that
Coli arrived there in December, 1896.
coming from Marselllos. lie was employ
cal Science. managed by tho anarchist
engineer named Tarrida Marmel, former
ly Imprisoned IN Mount Juich Tie was inn
plicafed IN the crime OF the celebration Of
Corpus Christi although he LEFT Baree-
Iona n few days before u occurred. lie
was denounced 10 the police for compile
lty. but he had already disappeared.
In appearance COLL ia of medium hight,
wears "a full beard ana Fpoctacles and his
domcanOr ia that of quiet, lhW-abidln8
citizen. Tie says be- ia satisfied with hav-
ing done "hs duty" and asserts that be
had no personal grudge against the pre-
mlor and was merely obeying orders re-
ceived from hia superlora IN the secret fo-
cioty 20 which he belonged. Dc frankly
nrofersoH anarchist doctrines faya be- was
sontencfd in 1896 20 eighteen months Inn
procurement in iall at Luecra. Italy. and
claims that d. escaped from there a. Mar
HeIlIee. from which point he made hla way
t0 Barcelona
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