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THE IDENTITY OF BRESCI
Hi WIFE'S STORY OF HIS GOING
ABROAD.
How She Was Left with Her Child With
out MOney-Her Occasional Fear That
He Was Crazy-The Motive for Anar-
chistic AssnssinattOns- Escape OF IL
Woman Anarchist from Photograph


New York, July 31.-Angelo Bresci lived
In Paterson, n. j., where he was SILK
weaver, for over year. He appeared to
nave had various names The one by which
he will be known to those who knew him
in Paterson was Gaetano Bresci. HIS
close friend there was Carlboni Sperandio,
The man who lately shot down Giuseppe
perslna and then killed himself. leaving De
hind a letter saying that on February ia
Milan he had been selected by lot to XII
King Humbert. Being an American, the
society allowed him to choose a substitute
and the supposition Is that he passed MS
lot to his friend Bresc, and Bresci took up
the burden, sailing, his wife says, on May
~, by La Gascogne for France.
His wife is living at No. 63 Clinton ave
nue., West HoboBen, with Brescls daugh.
ter Madeline She ls eom ,sdy woman wo Of
Neil. In her plain little home three rooms
at the back OF the second floor of the
house. there Is not much furnitnre--a few
pastoral Autographs on the walls q. table,
d few chairs, stove, and an iron bedstea1
and now that he is IN Imprisonment she
declares she has no money or means OF sup
port, as he took Ill that they had to pay
lis way to Italy. He was going to Italy
had written to her, affectionately, and with
inquiries for Madeline, whom he loved
great deal; the letter was dated Mllano,
hut it said nothing about killing the king
1T seems impossible 1t should be my hus-
band she said; Il knew he was an an
archist and all that, and was opposed to
Fings and queens and ca, capitalists, put my
tionally. He was not strong. and never VIC
lent. He was so kind, and he thought the
world and all of little Madeline. He would
he he left us for fear that Madeline would
catch cold We had no friends to speak
Of in West Hoboken. All of his friends
were in Paterson, n. j. He would 90 there
10, tt,,,a tn, Ardn rs Ia
near his factory, he boarded in Paterson
"He always stayed at home on Sundays
with Madeline and myself. | had noticed
that he was particularly quiet lately, and
that caused ME to think that he had some,
thing on his mind. | have heard him tell
of Sperandio, who murdered the foreman
In Paterson. Sometimes | thought he was
crazy Yes, he must have been crazy"
when Informed that the vice consul of
the Italian government was about to visit
her she said that she had nothing more
to tell him than what she had already re-
lated.
Monza, July 31-The assassin Bresci has
been removed from the local police station
to the jail.
rival at the royal villa to tender his condo
Iences to Queen Margherita, had an I'm
pressive audience lasting half an hour. All
the royal princes. the queen of Portugal
and the duke OF Oporto have arrived here.
Rome, July 31.-All the Italian troops
to-day took the oath of allegiance to the
new king amid the applause of the people.
Perfect tranquility reigns throughout the
country.
A deputation Of senators and deputies
had arranged to meet King Victor Enman-
mel. but as in conformity with court ETH
ouette the journey of bis majesty to Monza
was strictly private, the idea was aban-
doned. For d similar reason the ministers
decided not to go to Naples.