The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-02
ABOUT. !! B BR;|E:SSI.
Detailed Account of Antecendents Of
King Humbert's Murderer.
Born Th:rty-ons Years Ago Near
Piato-Was Of 4 Restless. Rowing
Disposition-Applied For a Permit
to Garry Arms-His Brotbe.& a
Lieutenant in the italian Army.

iJs; NEW YORK. Aus. 1.-Thc Worlds
correspondent al Florence. Italy. yes
terdny made trip to Prato where he
obtained a detailed account of the ante
Ecedents Of Gaetano Bressi, the assas-
sin of King Humbert and of his move
$ments prior to the assassination.
Gaetano Bressl was born November
10, 1889, in CoJano, mile from Prato,
o manufacturing town OF 1000 Inhabi-
tants beautifully situated fifteen miles
: north OF Florence. He began work as
shoemaker. but studied In a, technical
schoolea Prato for a time and thus be-
came a weaver, which avocations he
folSwed for eight years at Fabrocone's
B large factory In Prato.. AZ.
After a strike in 1892, he left Prato
and went to work in Unn!nIs factor
lies at Florence. A year later he re-
turned to Prato. where he was en-
ployed In zelonl's mill.
He must have been Of q restless, row
Ing disposition. for he left Prato again
for Lucca on January %, 1898, and SAIL
ed from .Genoa for New York on Feb
ruary 20. Of the same year.
Bressi Returned to Prato.
Brcssi returned to Prato on June 4
i, last. and about that time the Italian
z consul in New York advised the author
tiles in Italy that Bressi had Interested
himself In anarchical newspapers pub
slished at Paterson, N. j. edited by
ciancahelli and Malatesta, revolution
: arys Italians. ,.
:Bressi Travelled from New York via
Paris. and on June IA, applied to the
+ municipal authorities OF Prato for n
birth certificate. that he might secure
a permit to carry arms. This was re-
fused because of his characterau past
ofenses, which he had committed
against the municipality.
On June 16, he secured passport for
New York, describing himsel. as a
3 shoemaker. Early in July he went to
Castel San Pietro to visit two. of his
young nieces.
On the evening Of July u, he took the
train for Milan via Bologna.
Assassin Tall and Slender.
Bressi is tall and slender, with an
olive complexion, dark eyes and n
slight moustachc. His. mother died In
February, 1891. and his father in 1886.
The assassin has two brothers. one, Lo-
renzo. shoemaker at ootano. thirteen
years older than himself, and the 9TH
Z er. AnGiolo. for whom the murderer
appears to have been at first mistaken
Angiolo is eight years older than the
i assassin and IS lieutenant OF artillery
,tationed at Casertu.
Lorenzo Brcssi. interviewed at Co.
lano by the World correspondent. said:
.sy;."I knew OF Gactanos anarchist opln-
I Ions, but never attached any import
ancc u them. Away: though. him q
quiet, good-natured fellow, though un-
settled.
For my part curse the anarchists,
y my opinion being that for workinsmen
( like us the chance to eat. drink and
work should be. enough. don't think
much about politics. Gaetano. who was
always interested in such matters. was
quite peculiar in our family in that re-
spect.''a
The police to-day visited Lorenzos
house and took charge of the murder
er's belongings. including q target at
which he practiced with revolver.