The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
The Prisoner Promptly Removed from
Court to His Cell When He At
tempted to Justify His Crime.
CELEBRATION At NEW YORK
KILLING OF THE SPANISH STATES
MAN APPLAUDED BY ANARCHISTS.
Britain's "Thunderer" on the silver
Under the Church's Ban.

MADRID, Aug l6.-Michael Angiolilo,
the Anarchist assassin of Premier CahoVa@
del Castillo, who was tried by court-mar-
tial yesterday at Vergara, was found guilty
and was sentenced to death. Upon hearing
the sentence Angiolillo turned deathly pale
He will be garotoo within the prison.
About two hundred persons were present
at the trial. The vicinity of the prison was
almost deserted, the public being appar-
emily Indifferent in view of the certainty
that the death penalty would follow the
court-martial. The assassin, heavily man
acled, sat between two gcndarmes and i'm
mediately in front of his judges. On table
near by lay his revolver and other ma
terial evidence of the crime. The president
of the cour. read the declarations of eye
witnesses, after which the written state
ment of the prisoner was read by the clerk
of the court. Angioillo, in the course of
the statement. said that he left Foggia in
October, 1850, and went TO Marseiles and
Barcelona, where he took the name of Jose
Santos. At first he had no thought of be-
coming Anarchist, but while at Cor
onna he began TO be interested in Anarch-
list doctrines. He then returned to Mar
settles and after his expulsion from that
city he went to Belgium and London, where
he spent most of his time in the society
of Anarchists. When the execution took
place at Barcelona on May 4 of five of
the Anarchists convicted of participation
in the bomb outrage at the feast of Corpus
Christi, ne conceived the idea of assassnat-
ing Canovas. Without seeking an accom-
plice he proceeded to Spain and carried
out the resolution. The prisoner went on to
say that the passion for vengeance led him
to commit the crime. AS he was unac-
n Wit ho mar aot Of pNn
sves, he used the revolver
The public prosecutor described the crime
as ''premedtated murder" and asked the
court to impose the death penalty.
Lieutenant GOrria, whom the court had
assigned as counsel to the assassin, urged
that the prisoner was demented at the time
of the shooting, and made "a strong appeal
to the clemency of the judges.
While his counsel was presenting this
plea the prisoner listened in silence. Then
he asked permission to speak for himself
which was granted. He thanked Lieutenant
Gorria for his efforts and denied that he
had any accomplices or that he was an ac-
complete of those who committed the bomb
throwing outrage at Barcelona or that he
had participated in secret gatherings of
Anarchists. When he began to discuss An
archist theories the president of the court
interrupted him and threatened TO stop
him If he pursued that line of remark or
touched upon any matters not connected
with the trial. The prisoner persisted in
speaking Of politics and of the wars in
Cuba and the Philippines. The president
said:
An that has nothing to do with your
crime. '1i
The prisoner replied: Il must justify my
The president retorted: That is no iusti-
ncauon Moreover, you can convince no
body in that way
me prisoner began again, but the presi-
dent declared the trial ended and ordered
the courtroom cleared After the prisoner
had been conducted to his cell the Judges
deliberated for an hour and then announced
the sentence of the court.