The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-08-12
CANOYAS
ASSASSINATBD.
SPANS Prime Minister Meets
Death at the Hands Of IN
Anarchist.
RESULT OF A CONSPIRACY.

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Madrid, Aug. s.-Senos Caoovas Del
Castillo, the Prime Minister Of Spain,
was ASA estimated today at Santa Agueda
BY an aoarchist. The murderer drsd
three shots, two Of which struck the
Premier In the head and the other In
the chest. The wounded man fingered
unconscious for two hours and died ~
3 O'Clock this afternoon. His wife was
but . short distance away when he
fell.
Santa AEueda is noted for its baths.
The place IL between San Sebastian,
the summer residence Of the Spanish
court, and Vittoria, the capital Of the
province Of Alave, about thirty miles
south Of Bilbao. The Premier vent
there last Thursday to take q three
weeks course of the baths, after which
he expected to return 10 San Sebastian
TO meet United States Minister Wood
ford when officially received by the
Queen Regent.
The health of Senior Cauoyas had i'm
proved greatly OF late. He had been
leading q very quiet life, although he
attended to the business Of state.
FIRED AT HIM POINT BLANK.
At the moment of the assassi nation
he was waiting in the gallery Of the
bathing establishment for his wife,
who was to join him for lunch. Sud
denly the assassin, who had the ap-
pearance Of an Ordinary visitor, ap-
preached and fired at him point blank,
one bullet passing through the body
and coming out behind under the left
shoulder, and the other two lodging in
the head. He fell instantly and never
fully recovered cons ciOusness.
The assassin Was Immediately ar
rested. He is Neapolitan, and gives
the name of Rinuldi, but il is believed
that this is an assumed name, and that
his real name is Michele AnRino Coli.
The murderer declares that he killed
Senior CanOvas lin accomplishment Of
q just vengeance" and that the deed 10
the outcome OF q vast anarchist conspi-
racy. He is believed to have arrived
at Santa Agueda the came day as the
Premier, and he was frequently seen
lurking in the passages of the bathing
establishment in suspicious manner.
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
MADRID, Aug. 9.-The assassination
of the Prime Minister Of Spain, Senior
Canovas Del Castillo, was undOubted-
ly cold bloOdediy premeditated. Coli
deliberately watched for an oppOr-
tunity to kill the Spanish statesman
and he only fred when he had no
chance Of missing. In fact the assas-
sin who was arrested almost immedi-
ately after the Premier fell at the feet
of his wife. has declared as much to
| tie = .iai ming magistrate. ':hc Prime
Minister fingered for some time in az.
ony and passed away with a cry ol
"Long live SPAIN"
The Premier WAS carried to his Dom
and expired at / 80 p. m, after ex.
treme JUNCTION had been ministered e
him by priest Of the Dominican or
der.
The murderer, who was immediate
ly seized by people who were in thu
vicinity Of the scene Of the crime
was severely handled and might hav,
been killed had il not been for the
protection afforded BY q number Of
civil guards who soon ran to the scene
| OF the assassination.
Sonora Canovas, wife Of the Premier
| who was but q short distance away
from her husband when the crime wa,
committed, rushed to his side, upon
hearing the shots. As the Premier
lay dying on the ground she bitterly
reproached the murderer for his crime
| Coli, in reply to the ag0nizine
/ Of ha a sstp al -sfo
II respect you because you are ar
honorable lady, but l have done my
duty and am now easy in mind, for
have avenged my friends and brothers
Of Montjuich."
Montjuich is the fortress Of BARGE
Iona, outside of which the anarchist.
who have been sentenced to death fol
| recent outrages have been executed By
being shot in the back.
| Coli has confessed that he killed
Senior CaDOvas to Avenge the Barcelon,
anarchists, and the insurgent leader
Don Jose Rial, who vas executed n
| Manila, Philippine islands, on DE
cember 30th last, rs the instigator o
the Philippine, rebellion. DIR. Ria
denied that he was rebel leader, bu
he Omitted that he had drawn up tn
statutes of the Philippine league.
A dispatch from Barcelona Gays tha
Coli arrived there in December. 1896
coming from Marseilles. He Was em
ployed in the printing office of the Re
view Social Science, managed by tn
anarchist engineer, Tarrida Marme
formerly imprisonment in Montjuicl
Fortress at BarceloIa.
Coli was implicated in terrib!
crime of the celebration of Corpu
Christi, alt hough he left Rarcelona
few days before II occurred. He. va
denou nced to the police for complict
but he had already disappeared.
In appearance Coli is OF mediur
height, wears full! beard and spectacle
aud his demeanor is that of q quie
law-abiding citizen. He says ne
satisfied with having done 'his duty
and asserts that he had no persona
grudge agai MT the Premier, and WI
merely ObeyiGg orders received froi
his Supporters in the Scarlet Societ,
20 which he belonged. He frankly pr
fesses Ansrcnist doctrines, says 3
WAS sentenced in 1895 to 19 month
imprisOnme nt in Jail at Lucers, Itai,
. aud CLAIMS that he escaped from theI
to Marseiilrs, from which port
made his way to Barcelona.
cANovAs' CAREEa.
/ Senior Antonio Canovas Del Castill
{ according to the Dictionnaire Unive
sci des Contemporaries, Was born
, Malaga, February 8, 1928 He took Il
3 course in philosophy and Law in Il
~ University OF Madrid and began b
. career as = journalist. In 1851 he mat
: his debut, under the patronage Of 5
!. n0rs Rios, Rosas, and Pacheco, as CHI
s editor of the PATHS. in which be d
8 Tended conservative ideas.
: In 1852 he was named Deputy Z
Malaga, and from that time to his dea
had never ceased 70 occupy . seat
the Cortes. In 1856 be VAS char
5. d'affaires 1T Rome, and prepared q
n historical memorandum on the rel
= tions Of Spain with the Holy s,
z which served as . basis for the Co
} cordat.
vi After serving the crown - Govern
of Cadiz in 1855, Director Geneeal
the administration from 1858 70 Is