The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-05
BRESC| IS
SENTENCED
Murderer Of |taIy's
Sovereign.
GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE
Hitherto Unpublished Details of the
Royal Assassination Policy Of
King Humbert Outlined.

MILAN Aug. 29.-The trial of Bresci,
the anarchist, who on July 20 shot and
killed King Humbert of Italy at Monza
while His Majesty was returning from a
gymnastic exhibition, opened here today.
An immense crowd of people gathered
about the court from early morning,
seeking admission to the court room
the ticket holding public. The hearing
began at o clock. Bresci sat in the dock.
calm and almost Indifferent. His coun-
sci, Signor Martelli head Of the Milan
bar and the anarchist writer, Signor
Morlin, made requests of various grounds
for an adjournment which were refused.
1t is said that Bresci wrote to the judges
declaring he would not reply to the in
terrogatories.
While the indictment which was very
long, was being read, Bresci was appa-
rently unmoved and scanned the faces of
effrontery. The indictment showed that
the assassin had INDUCED in incessant
target practice and that he prepared bull
let's so to render them more dangerous.
The witnesses were then introduced
Eleven for the prosecution and five for
the defense. The examination of Bresci
followed. He declared he decided to kill
King Humbert after the events of Milan
and Scilly, ITO avenge the misery of the
people and my own He added, Il acted
without advice or accomplices."
The prisoner admitted the target q
tice and the preparation of bullets. He
stoke in a low, firm voice and said he
fired three shots at three yards with his
revolver. Two wooden targets were here
placed on the table before the judges.
Two hours suspension of the court ensued
and then the witnesses were heard.
A brigadier of gendarmes, Salvatore,
recapitulated the story of the assassina-
ton of the King. He said he saved
Bresci from the crowd, who nearly lynch
ed the assassin. Bresci, when rescued,
was covered within blood.
Gen. Avogadro dos Contes di Quinto, the
Kings aide-de-camp, who was with His
Majesty when the latter was killed, re-
counted how the King was shot, saying
that the King tried to reply to a ques-
ton of the witness after the crime. His
Majesty started:
81 truly think -
The King stopped in the middle of the
sentence, said Eyes" and then expired.
The testimony of witnesses Galimbert
and Oliviers did not adduce any new facts
| The royal groom. Lupi, deposed that he
seized Bresci by the throat. A witness
named Ramella who lodged with Bresc
and friend three days prior to the
crime. said the prisoner was always per-
foctly calm.
! MILAN, Aug. 29.-Bresci, at the close
| OF the trial, was pronounced guilty ano
was sentenced to Imprisonment for life
HUMBERTs POLICY.
/ LONDON, Aug. 27-"As the result o.
the outcry against the declaration of the
Osservatore Romano" says the Rome cor
respondent of the Daily Express, that the
late King Humbert had meditated giving
up Rome to the hierarchy, the clerica
papers have been instructed to publish
statement giving confirmation and de-
/ tails.
According to the account, King Hum.
/ bert, some months before his death
wrote to Cardinal Giuseppe Frisco, Arch
bishop of Naples, requesting that a trust
worthy priest be sent to hear his con
fession. A priest was sent, but absolu
ton was refused unless Humbert would
agree to abdicate and give up Rome
The King asked time to consider, as h,
was anxious to receive the sacrament
and, according to the clerical version
1t was his communication to the prizes
that induced the holy see to grant Chris
tan burial
king Humbert's letter to Cardina
/ Frisco will be published. A circular not,
from the Vatican to the Catholic power
declares that so long as Italy contests tn,
rights of the holy see the Pope will recog
niZe Victor Emmanuel only as King O
Sardinia. The note appeals to the powers
1 h.
situation, declaring that the condition o
the papacy under Italian rule is steadil,
growing worse"
! LONDON, Aug. 2S.-Bresci, the assas
sin of King Humbert, Intellectually at
tempted to commit suicide Sunday, &C
cording to a dispatch from Rome TO tn,
Daiiy Mail. He now refuses food, sayins
that he has no intention to give the bour
seolse the satisfaction of seeing him con
demned. He shows no signs of alteration
of intellect.