Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-31
HUMBERTS ASSASSINATION
SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE
APPALLING TRAGEDY.
Career of the Murderer in This Coun-
try, Which He Left to Com
NIT the Crime.

NIT the Crime.
Few additional details Of the terrible
tragedy in which King Humbert lost his
life are available. 1t happened so quickly
and Unexpectedly that the king was dead
almost before the spectators realized what
had occurred.
| No special precautions had been taken
Very few police were in attendance, and
only small guard of soldiers keep
ing the way clear for the carriage. The
king, amid the cheers Of the crowd, came
out smiling, accompanied by his aid-de-
camp, Gen. Ponzo Baglia. He had enter
ed the carriage and was just driving off
when the revolver shots were fired in quick
succession. Some witnesses assert that
Bressi was seen just previously waving his
hands and cheering The first shot wounded
the king in the neck; the second, the fatal
one, pierced his heart. and the third broke
the arm of the already dying sovereign.
The Monarch's Last Words.
An eyewitness says that Immediately
after the shots were fired the king fell
back, pressing his hand to his heart. He
was instantly supported by Gen. Ponzio
Baglia, who told the coachman to drive
with all speed to the castle. After his ex-
clamation 1T is nothingr' he did not utter
a sound. Blood gushed from his mouth.
AS soon his majesty's attendants could
realize what had happened he was placed
in his carriage and driven as rapidly as
possible to the palace. The royal carriage
covered the distance between the Gymnastic
Society club house. where the crime was
committed. and the royal villa at full speed,
requiring but three minutes. The king eX-
pired on the way, and. although placed on
bed, was dead when the doctors arrived.
Attitude of the Assassin.
The crowd was stunned by the unexpect-
ed scene, but speedily rush was made to-
ward the assassin. He did not attempt to
escape and was roughly treated until the
carabineers formed a Gordon and secured
him from the fury of the people.
The assassin, on reaching the guard room
of the carabineers, was in a pitiable condl-
ton, his hands and arms being lacerated
and bloody and his clothes torn by the
angry crowd. Replying TO questions. he
Kissed through his clenched teeth: Tell
them 1 came from America on purpose to
kill Humbert. have only just arrived from
America, and know no l spent a day
at Bologna and then came on to Milan
| A search made at his home at Prato re-
suited in the finding of several compromis-
| ing letters from New York. One, signed by
a woman, was dated June %. In this letter
the writer asks whether all is ready, ana
expresses a hope that he will soon return.
| Bress had been absent from Prato for
six or seven years. His parents live there,
. and he has brother in an Italian infantry
regiment.
In reference to the finding of another re-
! volver, it is asserted that Bressi had been
. seen in company with a young man in the
, park at Monza near where the king was in
the habit of riding.
After his arrest he appeared wakeful and
nervous until about sunrise yesterday, but
from that time he slept soundly until MD
day.
The Queen and Her Dead.
Morp a
villa it was still hoped that the king would
survive and when the truth was broken to
her a heartrending scene ensued. Bursting
into tears, she exclaimed:
ut is the greatest crime of the century.
Humbert was good and faithful. No person
could have loved his people more. He was
one who bore ill-will to none"
When the queens mother arrived there
was another affecting scene.
The expression of the dead kings face
was tranquil and even smiling. The corpse
was blessed Immediately after death.
The room where the embalming is pro-
ceeding is filled with flowers. The queen
herself placed a wreath on the bier and
knelt and prayed beside the body, and in
spite of the entreaties of the princes and
princesses, she refused to qui5 the death dti
chamber which is in charge of Count Jurri,
the late kings a!d-de-camp-
The Murderer's Life in Paterson.
The rumor that Angelo Bressi. who was
arrested yesterday at Monza. Italy, for the
assassination of King Humbert, had lived in
Paterson, N j., caused quite sensation in
the Italian quarter there yesterday.
During the afternoon, after a diligent
search among the Italians, it was learned
that broad silk weaver named Angelo
Bressi aged about thirty-two years. had
worked in the silk mills owned by Hamil &
Booth of that city up to May last. He
left for Italy about that date, and nothing
has been heard of him since.
During his stay there. which was about
six months he lived at Hotel Bartholdi, %
Straight street. Those who knew him say
that he was of quiet temperament and an
inoffensive man. He said he had a wife
and seven-year-o daughter who lived
somewhere in Hoboken. and that he visited
them regularly every Sunday. Where they
lived whether they accompanied him on
his return to Italy could not be ascer-
tanned.
Evidently Took SperandiO's Place.
Bressi's close friend there was Cariboni
Sperando the man who a few weeks ago
shot down his foreman and then killed him
self, leaving behind a letter telling how he
had been selected by lot to kill King Hum
bert and. having a choice. owing to his liv
ing far away from Italy killed the fore
man instead
A few months ago a man said to be
Count Moleteski. the head of the Italian
archiStS. in Paterson, and during his
stay Sperandio and Bressi were his COM
panions and they showed him about the
city and introduced him to others in the
city, and who were his mentors there
1t would seem that his friend having fall
tered at regicide Bress took up his burden
where Sperandio refused II, and went across
the ocean to carry out the decree that King
Humbert should die
Breasts characteristics.
In manners Bressi was quiet Men who
worked beside him in Hamil & Booths mill
say he was the last one they would select
as an assassin He went about his work
quietly. He spoke little, and volunteered
nothing about himself. When there was a
shop call and the men went on one of their