The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-02
PROBING FOR ANARCHY
New York Detectives Hunting for
AesomPlices Of Bresci.
Haunts of the italian Societies
Known to the Police RIeecker
of Conservative Organization
Says Assassination Was Expected.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Deteetfves Of This
city are secretly at work in the Italian
quarters on the East and West sides for
the purpose of apprehending the accom-
plees. If any, of King Humberts assassin.
The men who have been detailed 10 this
work have IN their possession the names
of various aHarchistic. leaders, and the
situation of their favorite haunts No
small amount OF enquiry is also being made
in Blocker Street with is the raIlying
place of Italians OF all classes and beliefs
The conservative societies. which are COM
bined into what is known as the United
Italian Societies. have their headquarters
at 14S Blocker Street
A prominent Italian. who is connected
with this organization. said yesterday:
Since the assassination OF King Hum
bert, a great change has come over many
CT our colony here which at first / could
not account for. These men did not join
with the rest in bewaiHng the death OF
their former monarch. or if they did, they
spoke in haIf-hearted way. Many went
even so far as to~say that they were glad
he was killed, and that all those who have
such power and wealth should suffer
ike fate There were even others who
were bold enough to say that the tragedy
OF last Sunday was only one in chain.
of which the assasSinations CT President
Car1ot and the Empress of Austria were
links and that the end OF the chain you'd
rot come until mankind had been freed
from its present serfdom.
There are two places near the elevated
station at Blocker Street and West
Broadway, which are fayorite haunts for
members OF the more desperate class OF
Socialists and On the Monday night fol-
lowing the assassination meetings were
held which lasted until daybreak. / could
see that this was true because the wiz
dows showed bright lights, as if j revei
was going on inside. Next day / found
several groups CT drunken men, who, be-
Iieve, were present at those meetings.
They cursed the Italian newspapers, which
were mourning the Kings death, and one
boosted OF the fact that all the great as
sassfnations OF modern history were &C
complished by members Of their own race.
1.-THE mysterious behavior of these men
continues. They appear to have a careless
air. as If they were perfectly secure in
crying down law and order. In a con-
versatian between two OF these men one
said that they had made mistake in
openly rejoicing at the Kings death The
in country Ike the United States
Ne said the other. But you must re-
member that. although a lot Of things
aren't seen in New York. they are not as
blind here as In Paterson
From this / Inferred that the Anarchists
felt g greater security from interference
in New JERSEY than in this city, and it is
for that reason the plot was Matched there
instead Of here.
Many facts which I now call 10 mind
however have made me think that there
is close s1iliatien between the New Jer-
sey Anarchists and those of this city.
MaIatesta. the noted Anarchist who was
in this country only three months ago. and
whose departure for Europe has been Con-
nected with King Hunlbert's death, fire.
quented the Blocker Street and East Side
Anarchist resorts as much as if not more
than those OF Paterson and Hoboken. He
was short. dark. hard-fatureG man, who
spoke little and thought much. His
most peculiar quality was that of swallow
ing huge quantities of whisky without any
pereeptible effect upon his brain.
Detective Petrosini, of the Central Of
fee, is employed particularly in ferretirg
out the dangerous characters of this class
in this part of the city
The United Italian Societies VIII await
the result Of the work of the police. II
their work fails to- bring to justice this
desperate class with which our new home
has become infested we will take it into
cur own hands"
The memorial mass meeting TO be held
tonight AT Tammany Hall by the United
Italian Societies will be presided ovsr by
President F. p. Cambria The speech of the
evening is to be delivered by Giuseppf
Gullino. All the ceremonies viii be in
Italian After appropriate resolutions. q
committee viii be appointed to arrange for
a memorial service. at which speeches by
prominent men, both italian and Ameri-
can, will be delivered eulogizing the dead
Humbert.,
s. Bonnani, Secretary of the United Ita1-
ian Societies. said that one reason why the
settlement was greatly stirred by the as
sassination OF King Humhert was the fear
that some member OF his race might at
tempt to take the life of the President OF
the United States.
I'VE feel responsible he said, "for this
anarchist movement, and will try to kill it
before it has accomplished still more evil.
With this class among us We feel very
anxious for President Mckinley. Some OK
these men have even gone SO far IS to sly
that the heads of all Governments should
be killed, ard that there should be instead
an absolute absence OF law or authority.