New-York tribune., 1897-08-10

SLAIN FOR VENGEANCE.
THE KILLING OF CANOVA&.
HIS ASSASSIN TELLS THE MOTIVE FOR
NUMBERING THE SPANISH PREMIER.
GoLLrs CRIME DELIBERATE AND coLD-BLOoDED
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY At
SANTA AouEDA - THE MURpERER's
HISTORY AND CONNECTION
WITH THE ANARCHISTS

WITH THE ANARCHISTS
OF BARCELONA
Madrid. Aug. 9-The italian Anarchist, MI.
chele Angne COLL. has confessed that he killed
Senior Canovas the Spanish Prime Minister. to
avenge the Barcelona Anarchists and the In
surgent leader Don Jose RIAL who was
cuted at Manila. Philippine Islands. on Decem-
ber 80 last as the nstigator OF the Philippine re-
bellion. DR.. Rizal denied that he rebel
leader, but he admitted that he had drawn up
the statutes Of the Philippine League.
In Gois room the police found to-day large
double barreled pistol. 1t appears that when
he left the house yesterday he carried parcel,
which is believed to have contained bomb Inc
theory is that he hid this somewhere in the
fields.
dispatch from Barcelona says that COLL ar
rived there in December Of 1895, coming from
Marseiles He was employed in the printing
Office OF the review 'Ciencia Social, managed
by the Anarchist engineer Tarrida Marmel, for-
merly imprisoned In Montjuich fortress at bar
ceona. Golli implicated in the terrible
crime at the celebration OF Corpus Christi. al
though he left Barcelona few days before II
occurred He denounced to the police ioF
completely, but he had already disappeared
The assassination Of the Prime Minister was
Golli deliberately watched for an opportunity
at tn, baths Of Santa Agueda to kill the Spanish
tatesman. and he only fired when he had no
chance of missing. In fact the assassin. who
was arrested almost Immediately after the Pre-
mier fell dying at the feet of his wife, has de-
cared as much to the examining magistrate.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE CRIME
Further details Of the assassination show that
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present yesterday morning the celebration Of
mass in the chapel attached to the baths. After
mass the Premier was reading and conversing
with some reporters when the assassin APP
nroached and fired three shots at him with a
revolver hitting him in the forehead. chest and
left ear The wounded man fell 10 the ground
CRYING, Assassin! Long live SPAIN" The Pre-
mier was carried TO his room and expired at
80 D. M. after extreme unction had been ad-
n,inistered to him by priest OF the Dominican
Order.
The murderer, who was Immediately seized by
people who were In the vicinity Of the scene of
the crime was severely handled, and might have
been killed had 1t not been for the protection
afforded him by number Of Civil Guards. who
soon ran to the scene OF the assassination Golli
fired two shots at the people who arrested nm
before he was overpowered. The prisoner. VINO
calls himself a Revolutionary Anarchist" de-
clared he had killed the Premier ''in the accom-
plishment Of a just vengeance" at first gave the
name of Rinadi, and said that the deed was the
outcome OF an extensive Anarchist conspiracy.
Later however, the assassin confessed that his
real name was Michele Angine Golli. that ne was
twenty-six years Of age, native OF Boggia near
Naples and that he left Italy and came to Spain
in 1895 After reaching Spain Golli, according
I,,ad or Ra
pated in the doings Of the various Anarchist as
sociations Of that place and vicinity. After So
tourning at Barcelona for some time COLL visited
Franco and Belgium and returned To Spain in
TuIv last After his return the Anarchist seems
m have completed the plans for the assassination
of the Prime Minister. He left Madrid for Santa
Agueda at the same time Sehor Canovas del
Castillo. and awaited an opportunity to assassi-
nate the statesman.
WHAT THE ASSASSIN LOOKS LIKE.
| Tn appearance Golli is of medium height,
wears a full beard AMI spectacles. and his de-
| meonor is that Of a quiet aw-abiding citizen.
| He saws he is satisfied with having done his
, dutv" and asserts he had personal grudge
! against the Premier, and was merely obeyins
orders received from his suoeriors in the secret
| society to which he belonged He frankly pro-
/ fesses Anarchist doctrines, says he was sem
fenced in 1898 to eighteen months imprisonment
in the iail at Lucera. Italy. and that he escaped
from, there TO Marseilles. from which port he
made his way to Barcelona.
Sonora Canoyas del Castillo wife OF the Pre-
mier who was but a short distance away from
her husband when the crime was committed
rushed to his side upon hearing the shots. and.
seeing the Premier dying on the ground, she
D bitterly reproached the murderer for his crime.
Coli. in reply to the agonizng words OF the
distracted wife said:
! II respect you because you are an honorapls
lady, But have done my duty. and am now
easy in my mind, for have avenged my friends
and brothers at Montjuich.
Montiuich is the fortress OF Barcelona, outside
~ which the Anarchists who have been sem
tenced to death for recent outrages nave peen
executed by being shot in the back The An
orcbists recently executed outside Montjuich
wore the last batch Of the fends who were
ouil.v of throwing a bomb on June I, 1s96 into
a religious procession about TO enter the Cnurcn
of santa Maria de la Mar upon the occasion
of the Corpus Christi celebration. Twelve per-
sons we're instantly killed and about fifty others.
several of whom have since died from their
wounds were injured For this crime twenty
six Anarchists were sentenced To death. ana the
ma iority of them were executed. The condemned
men invariably shouted. Long live Anarchy
lust before the orders TO fire were given.
INDIGNATION AND MOURNING in SPAIN.
The Spanish newspapers express great indis-
nation at Golll's crime. Even the periodicals
which have Republican leanings praise the SER
vices Of the deceased statesman. The "Impar.
cal" says:
Yesterday will prove black date for Spain.
The crime will centuple the indignation OF So
ciety against It's would-be destroyers
Many of the newspapers this morning appear
wi
A post-mortem examination OF the body OF the
Premier made this morning, prior 10 en-
balming II for transportation to this city. The
funeral will be most imposing.