The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13

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crying Assassin. Long Live Spain."
The premier was carried to him home
and expired at 1870 o'clock p. m, after
extreme JUNCTION had been administer
ed to him by a priest Of the Domini-
can order.
The murderer, who was Immediately
seized by people who were in the vicin-
ity Of the scene of the crime, was Sc
verely handled and might a V been
killed had it not been for the protec-
ton afforded him by a number of civil
guards who o ran to the scene Of
the assassination.
Sonora Canovas, wife of the premier,
who was but a short distance away
from her husband, when the crime was
committed, rushed to his side, upon
hearing the shots. AS the premier lay
dying on the ground she bitterly re-
preached the murderer for his crime.
Coli, in reply to the agonizing words
of the distracted wife, said: Il respect
you because you are an honorable lady,
but I have done by duty and am now
easy in mind, for / have avenged my
friends and brothers of MOntjuich."
MOntjuich is the fortress of BarcelO-
ma, outside of which the anarchists.
who have been sentenced to death for
recent outrages had been executed by
being shot in the back. The anar-
chists recently executed outside Mon
juich were the last batch of the fiends
who were guilty of throwing bombs on
June Z, 1896, into a religious procession
about to enter the church of Santa
Maria de La Mar, upon the occasion
of the Corpus Christi celebration.
Twelve persons were instantly killed
and about fifty others wounded, several
of whom since died from their injuries.
For this crime twenty-six anarchists
were sentenced to death and many of
them were executed. The condemned
men invariably shouted Long Live
A~narchy!" just before the orders to
fire were given.
Coli has confessed that he killed
Senor Canovas to avenge the BARGE
Iona anarchists, and the insurgent
leader Don Jose Rial, who was exc
cuted at Manila, Philippine islands, on
December Goth last, as the instigator
Of the Philippine rebellion. DR.. Rial
denied hat 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 double-barreled pistol. 1t
appears that when he left the house
yesterday he carried a parcel, which is
believed to have contained a bomb.
The theory is that he hid his some
where in the fields.
A dispatch from Barcelona says that
Coli arrived there in December, 1895,
coming from Marseilles. He was en-
ployed in the printing Office of the re-
view, Social Science, managed by the
anarchists engineer, Tarrida Marmel,
formerly imprisoned in Montjuich for
tress at Barcelona. Coli was implicat-
ed in the terrible crime of the celebra-
ton Of Corpus Christi, although he left
Barcelona a few days before it occur
red. He was denounced to the police
for completely, but he a already dis
appeared. In appearance Coli is of
medium height, wears a full beard and
spectacles, and his demeanor is that of
a quiet, law-abiding citizen. He say
he is satisfied with having lone Ibis
duty" and asserts that he had no per-
sonal grudge against the premier, and
was merely Obeying orders received
from his superiOrs in the secret society
to which he belonged. He frankly
processes anarchist doctrines, says he
was sentenced in 1895 to eighteen
months Imprisonment in the Jail at
Lucera, Italy, and claims that he es-
capped from there to Marseilles, from
which port he made his way to Bar
celona.
In the course of an interview this af-
ternoon Senior Sagasta, the liberal
leader, said:
1.-The cOuntry's politics must not de-
pend upon an assassin. The conserva-
tives ought to remain in power under
the guidance of men like Marshal
Campos, Senior Pidal and Senior Eldua-
yen. Nevertheless, if the queen regent
appeals to the liberals they are ready
to respond"
The funeral of Senior Canovas will
take place probably on Thursday.
Meanwhile the remains will lie here in
state
The Spanish newspapers without re-
gard to difference of political opinion,
express their horror and indignation at
the crime n their satisfaction that
the assassin is not a %Spaniard. It is
probable that the law for the repres-
sion of anarchism, which has hitherto
been enforced only in Barcelona and
Madrid, will be extended to the whole
country. There is a great deal of spec
ulation as to the effect Of the loss of
CanOVaS upon the conservative party.
General Azcarraga a acquired great
popularity and prestige through his
skill in organizing the cOuntry's re-
sources for the Cuban and Philippine
campaigns, and he may be able to keep
the party together. But many good
judges take a gloomy view of the stu
alton and lament the absence of civil
statesmen of the calibre of Canovas.
London, August "a dispatch from
Rome avs that COLTS name is not
known to the Italian police. No convic-
ton is recorded at Naples or Lucera
against a person of that name. Other
dispatches from Rome corroborated
by a dispatch from Paris, say that the
real name Of Coli is Giuseppe Santo.
II this is So, it is a remarkable coinci-
dence, for the name of the assassin Of
President Carnot was Cesaria Santo.
A special dispatch from Sebastian
says that Coli saluted Senior Canovas
each morning with great politeness.
His effusiveness aroused the suspicious
Of the premier who mentioned the mat.
ter to the proprietor of the baths, only
to be treasured by him.
Coli confesses hat he followed Sc
nor Canovas to church and to other
places, waiting for an opportunity
when he could surely accomplish his
purpose. He says he regrets that he
has been unable to kill General Pola-
yieja, who was governor genera al of the