Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-05-18
ANARCHIST ANGELO
ITALIAN SCULPTOR FINDS HIM
SELF FAMOUS.
Also a Poet and Musician-After starv-
Ing for Years He Wins Competition
for Monument and Thousands OF Dol
lars Are His.

Excitement and jubilation rule the
local Italian colony. A new artist has
been discovered in its very midst, and
the strange part of it all is that the
sculptor to whom all would now do
honor was not many days ago fear
ed and despised creature, one to whom
all self-respecting Italians alluded as
that Zocchi, the anarchist" Like
many another great man Zocchi's fame
came over night. Saturday last the
world that can put it's hand into it's
pocket and draw forth fistfuls of shin
ing coins knew him not. Yesterday
the busy little Italian colony spoke
only "Zocchi," "Zocchi," and was do
ing its utmost to spread abroad his
fame. Zocchi has been commissioned
by the committee that represents the
Italian Mutual Benevolent society to
carve in marble and granite the monu-
ment that is to be placed at San Ma
teo, and which will be the colony's ten
der tribute to all who find a last rest
ing place there. Competition for the
honor was keen. Eight of the best
known local artists eagerly sought for
the prize, but the anarchist sculptor's
work, by unanimous vote, was award
ed the contract, that calls for monu-
ment 20 feet high, resting on a ped
estal Is feet square, and for which the
artists emolument is to be $1,000.
When the Italian Benevolent associa-
ton purchased it's cemeteryHot at San
Mateo President Ravenna essayed, by
general subscription, to raise fund
for monument. Money, however, was
coming in but slowly, when J. F. Flu
gazi, with characteristic generosity, Of
fered to bear the entire expense Of the
monument. Artists were notified and
asked to submit designs. Friday last
eight designs were submitted, and a
note received from Zocchi asking the
committee to call and view clay
model of the proposed monument he
desired to submit. In a little howell
on Vallejo street, between Sansome
and Battery, in tiny dark room that
answered for both living room and
studio, Zocchi received the monument
committee. In a shadowy corner the
model stood-a model that filled the
committee with delight AID wonder
and made each man turn round and
congratulate his neighbor. The work
pleased on account OF the originality
of the design, it's tender, exquisite
beauty, and the rare art shown In the
modelling of the angel of death, who
stands at the right of the heaven-pierc-
ing shaft Zocchi will Immediately
begin his work, and as soon as the
monument is completed it will be
placed in the new Italian cemetery.
The committee to whom the work Of
selecting the winning design was in
trusted consisted of J. F.. Fugazi, DR..
Pescia, G. Almagia of rItalia, F. Pc
dretti of La Voce, ex-senator c. Pal
mieri and G. Costa. Zocchi, the sculp-
tor, is a graduate Of the Academy Of
Art of Milan, and is said to be as fine
a musician and poet as he is an artist.
His association with the little band Of
harmless local anarchists has been al
together a passive one. Hi; anarch-
istic theories are not those usually at
tributed to the anarchist, but rather
the broad, generous theories of a uni
versal brotherhood.-San Francisco
Call,