The age-herald., 1897-08-17
THE CHARLOTTE TO BE USED
To End His Miserable Existence and
 AVenSe CanOVaS.
HIS WAS A VOLUNTARY ACT
And No Anarchistic Organization Had Hand In the Foul Assassination of the Span sh Premier - Azzarga at the
 Head of the Government.


 Madrid. Aug. 16-Miehael Angelic, the anarchist. assassp of Premier Canovas who was tried by court martial at Yer agei,a, was found guilty and sent4nced to death. Upon hearing the sentence Angelic turned deathly pale and had to be e'assistcd from the court room. An gello will be garotted About 200 people were present at the trial. The route from the court room was almost desert- ed, the people being indifferent, feeling certain that the death penalty would follow the sentence Angelic, deathly pale, sat behind ths prisoners dock, amidst guards. On a table in front of him laid the evidences of his crime. The president of the court read the charges, after which the written statements of witnesses were read by the clerk.
 Angelic. in the course of a statement, said he left Foggia in October, 1895, and want to Marseilles and Breton, where he took the name of Jose Santos. At first he had no thoughts of becoming an anarchist, but while at Corbint he be gan to be interested in ararchistic de- tails. He then went to Marssilles and after his expulsion from that city he
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 went to Belgium and London, where he spent most of his time in the company of anarchists. When the execution took place at Barcelona on May of five an- archists convicted of participation in the bomb outrages at the fetes of Corpus Christi. he conceived the idea of assas- sinating Canovas. Without seeking an accomplice he proceeded to Spain and
 
 carried out the resolution.
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 Angelic went on to say that the pas sion for vengeance led him to commit the crime. As he was unacquainted with the manufacture of explosives he used the revolver.
 
 The public prosecutor declared the crime as "premeditated murder" and asked the count to impose the death pen alty.
 Lieutenant Gorri, whom the court had assigned as counsel to Angelo, urged that the prisoner was demented at the time of the shooting. and made strong appeal to the benevolence of the judge. While his counsel was presenting this plea Angelic listened in silence. Then he asked permission to speak himself, which was granted. He thanked Lieut.. Gorri for his efforts, and denied that he had any accomplices or that he was an accomplice of those who committed the bomb throw ing outrage at Barcelona or that he had participated in secret gatherings of an- archists. When he began to discuss an- archistic theories the court interrupted him and threatened to stop him if he pursued that line of remark or touched upon amy matters not connected with the trial. Angelic persisted in speaking of politics and of the wars in Cuba and in the Philippines.
 "Wdat has that to do with the trial ?" asked the president of the court.
 'T must justify myself said the pris- oner.
 The president retorted: "That is not justification. Moreover you can con- vince nobody in that way
 Angelic began again. but the president of the court declared the trial ended and ordered the court room cleared. After the prisoner had been conducted to his cell the judges deliberated for an hour and then announced the sentence of the court.
 Madrid, Aug. 16.--The attempt of Ssnor Romero Robdelo. the Spanish minister of justice, to assume the conservative lead ership failed. Following his declared purpose in favor of the retention of Capt. Gen weyler in Cuba, and against any reconciliation with the dissient conserva- tives. the principal conservative leaders have given their adhesion to Gen. Azza- carga, the acting premier and minister for war, who remains at the head of the government. a.-ls-4..--.s--s. .s i-z