The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-10

Madrid, Aug. s.-The assassination
of the prime minister of Spain, Senior
Canovas del Castillo. who was shot
and killed by an Italian anarchist.
whose name is believed to be Michele
Angelina Coli, at the baths of Santa
Agueda, yesterday afternoon, was I'M
doubtedly cold bloodedly premeditated.
Coli deliberately watched for an
opportunity to kill the Spanish states
man and he only fired when he had no
chance of missing.
In fact the assassin, who was ar
rested almost Immediately when the
premier fell dead at the feet of his
wife has declared as much to the ex-
aiming magistrate.
FURTHER DETAILS.
Further details of the assassination
show that Senior Canovas del Castillo
and his wife were present yesterday
morning at the celebration of mass in
the chapel attached 10 the baths. After
mass, the premier was reading and
ccnversing with some reporters, when
the assassin approached and fired
three shots at him with revolver,
hitting him in the forehead, chest and
left ear. The wounded man fell TO the
ground crying Assassin Long live
SDainp'
The murderer, who was Immediately
seized by people in the vicinity was
severely handled and would have been
killed had it not been for the protec-
ton of the civil guards. The prisoner
who declared he had killed the pre-
mier in the accomplishment of Just
vengeance" gave the name of Rinaldi
ana claimed that the deed was the OUT
come OF an extensive anarchist con-
spiracy. Later, however, The assassin
confessed that his real name was
Michele Angeline Coli, that he was 20
years Of age, native of Boggi, near
Naples, and that he left Italy and
came to Spain in 1896. After reaching
Spain, Coli, according to his confess
sion, resided at Barcelona and partici-
pated in the doingS OF the various
anarchist societies of that place and
vicinity. After sojourning at Barcelona
for sometime, Coli visited France and
Belgium and returned to Spain in July
last. After his return, the anarchists
seemed to have completed the plans
for the ASSASSINATION of the prime
minister He left Madrid for Santa
Agueda at the same time as Senior
Canovas del Castillo, and awaited an
opportunity to assassinate the states
man.
HIS APPEARANCE.
In appearance, Coli is of medium
height, wears a full beard and spec
tacles, and his demeanor is that of a
quiet, lawabiding citizen. He says he
is satisfied with having done his
duty" and asserts that he had no
personal grudge against the premier,
and was merely obeying orders re-
ceived from his superiors in the secret
society TO which he belonged. He
frankly processes anarchist doctrine,
says he was sentenced in 1895 to 1S
months imprisonment in the Jail at
Lucera, Italy, and claims that he
escaped from there to Marseilles, from
which port he made his way TO Barcel-
ona.
Sonora Canovas, wife of the premier,
who was but a short distance from her
husband when the crime was commit
ted, rushed to his side upon hearing
the shots AS the premier Law dying
on the ground, she bitterly reproached
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 1 have done my
duty and 1 am now easy in mind, for
/ have avenged my friends and BROTH
ers of Mont Juices"
Mont Juices is the fortress of Bar
celonia outside of which the anarchists
who have been sentenced to death for
recent outrages have been executed by
being shot in the back. The anarch-
lists recently executed outside Mont
Juices were the last batch of the flends
who were guilty of throwing bomb
on June Z, 1896, into a religious process
sion about to enter the church of Santa
A. tho 00No CiOrl nf
the Corpus Christi celebration. Twelve
persons were instantly killed and about
so others, several of whom have since
died from their wounds, were injured.
For this crime 26 anarchists were SEN
fenced to death and many of them
were executed. The condemned men
invariably shouted: Long live
anarchy just before the orders to fire
were given.
SPANISH NEWSPAPERS.
The Spanish newspapers express
great indignation at COLTS crime.
Even the journals that have republic
an leanings praise the service of the
deceased statesman The impartial
says: Yesterday will prove black
date for Spain. The crime will CEN
tuple the Indignation of society against
so others, several of whom have since
morning bordered in black
A post mortem examination of the
remains of the premier was made this
morning prior to embalming them for
TRANSFORMATION to this city. The flu
neral will be most impressive
The Indignation expressed at the
crime is shared by all parties in poll
tics and it is generally believed that
the members of the colonial secret So
cieties were concerned in the outrage.
1t is reported that Senior a Pidal,
president of the chamber of deputies,
viii be appointed president Of the coun-
ell of ministers in succession TO the late
premier at the expiration of the official
nine days mourning. The ministers
for the present win meet in council
daily.
EVOLUTIONARY ANARCHISTS.
Coli developed in the examination
before the magistrate today that he
succeeded in firing two shots at the