The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-06
PietrO Gori, Tuscan Lawyer, Un-
der Grave Suspicion.
New York Police Discover cIcws
in Many PIots-His Career in This
COuntry-Handsome and Eloquent
He Made N Great Many Converts.

of the chief initial responsibility for the
murder OF King Humoert The man on
whom their eyes are now turned is Pietro
Gori, a lawyer of Lucca, Tuscany. The
Reds" have been making strenuous ef-
forts to protect the man from public no
tice at this time, but one Of them. in try
ing to defend Count Enrico Malatesta. let
fall the other name, and the secret was
out.
Gori is now in Italy, or was the last
time the Group of Existence" heard from
him, and for that reason his name has
been carefully kept under cover. 1t was
Gori who sent Malatesta to this country
to keep up the work he had started. and
it was Gori who changed Bresci from
loud talking but harmless workingman
with anarchical tendencies into the silent,
straight shooting murderer that he is to-
day.
The police promise developments OF a
sensational nature in the work of running
down the Anarchists, and arrests may be
made today or tomorrow. They are look
ing for the man who bought the tickets
for the crowd of regicides which sailed
/ on La Gascogne on May II, for the police
seem to be convinced that all or nearly all
of the men designated to carry out the
plot sailed under assumed names in the
steerage of tnat steamer. They refuse to
give the name of the man who will fur
nish the sensational evidence. In fact,
| they have not found him yet. A reporter
learned yesterday from well-known Ital-
! ian of this city, who has worked night and
day on the case since King Humbert was
murdered, that the man whom the police
are after is Garassini, an Anarchist Of
New York, who has been missing for more
than a week.
TIE police are also said to be working
on a clew which was cabled from Rome two
days ago. 1t put the police upon an en-
! tirely new track, and the utmost secrecy
is being maintained regarding It, The de-
tectives will say nothing about it. and
the Italian Consul General denies any
knowledge OF new clews. He even denies
| that he has detectives at work.
The trail of Anarchy which Pietro Corf
left behind him in his travels through the
Italian settlements Of America was as
| much more important than that left by
Malatesta as a Western cyclone Is stronger
( tha nan East River breeze. He was for
blood, and had no hesitancy about saying
SO. He desired the life of every ruler in
Europe, and would have killed them had it
been in his power. He did have the power
degree even than had Malatesta. His
clever tongue and reckless manner OF using
II got him into trouble in Italy. He fled
to escape arrest, and found a haven of
refuge in South America, with others OF
his stamp.
He came to New York in the spring OF
1897 and had no trouble finding the head
quarters OF the Anarchists at Paterson.
He went among thSIn, spoke IN their sa-
al for ra
per. LA Question Sociale,'' and finally
made tour of the United States. organ
izing Anarchist groups wherever he found
Italians His picture was published in the
Paterson paper shortly after his arrival
in connection with a tragedy OF which he
was the author. 1t was called Primo
Maggie" (The First Of May'), and the
Anarchists went wild over it. Gori was
rhymester and his terrible tragedy flowed
in verse. Perhaps the poetic smoothness
added by contrast to the rough terror of
the words, for, according to all accounts,
the piece was full of misery, blood, muir
der, and execution. 1t told the simple
story Of the sufferings of poor italian
iaborer under the rule OF an alleged tyran-
nical Government. II painted strongly his
struggle to live and pay his taxes. Grad
ualIy the tragedy worked out the change of
mind which made him ready to take the
the Anarchist, now hero in the eyes of
Gori, was shown in the torture rack. He
would tell nothing that would implicate his
companions, and goes to his execution with
smiling face. All the way through Gori's
tragedy Is a forecast of the real-life one
in which Bresci played the assassin and
King Humbert the victim. 1t even intro
duced the influence OF women In nerving
the assassin's hand and in cheering him
-, Iad tn IL IN DIV
OF part OF 1t at least, IS said to have been
acted In Paterson. perhaps in this city, and
in several other italian colonies. Bresei
probably saw 1t played and even then,
perhaps. began to think of taking part in
similar plot in real life.
Gori was in the United States about six
months. He was q great friend of Esteve
and Widmar, the Paterson editors. He
knew Brescl and Quintavolli. The An
archists say that letters from relatives at
| home caused him to change his views about
Anarchy, and he left them to return to his
native land, where he is now practising his
profession. Other Italians who are well
posted say that Gori found he could DO
Fore for Anarchy at home and that he re-
turned there under one OF King Humbert's
| liberal acts granting freedom to political
refugees. He is said to have sent Malates-
Ia here to carry out his work.
When in this country Gori was about
twenty-eight years old. He was tall, sen-
der, and handsome. Many women were at
tracted to him. He wore his hair like
Italy's new King does now. and was always
neat about his dress. He used a crimson
cord in place Of q necktie, as do Esteve and
other Anarchist leaders. He was we'll
known in the Italian quarter, and many
who were not In favor of Anarchy went to
hear him speak. THE most fluent most
eloquent Italian speaker l have ever
heard" said prominent merchant yester-
day. when Gori's visit was mentioned. He
did more for Anarchy in America than
Malatesta ever thought OF doing
The police are beginning to believe that
all Of the active plotters sailed together in
the steerage of the French Line steamer
La Gascogne. They believe that all went
under assumed names.
Just why the name of Grassini has been
brought into the case as the man who
purchased tickets at different agencies
about the city Is hard TO say. He keeps
bobbing up in conversations between de-
tectives. but they will say nothing about
him Italians have noticed his absence
from the district for the last two weeks.
and are convinced that he is the man the
police are looking for. He Is described as
tall. slender, with light complexion, and
dark hair He lived somewhere in the Null
berry Street district.
CAPTAIN McClusky Of the Central Office,
takes little stock in the story told by AL
essandro Ruberti. the Italian now locked
IN in the Tombs on a grand larceny sem
tence to the effect that he knows all about
the Anarchistic plot TO murder the King
Of Italy. He thinks that Ruberti is trying
to have his sentence shortened by arousing
tla~N L.