Evening journal., 1900-07-31
LEFT PATTERSON
TO KILL A KING
BTeSSi, the Regicide, Known
As a Steady Man
His Foreman Declares lie WOnId Have
Given Him a Strong Letter
OF Recommendation

Paterson, N. j., July 31.-The report
that Angelo Bressi, the assassin of
King Humbert, had lived here, caused
quite a sensation in the Italian quar-
ter After a diligent search among
The Italians II was learned that broad
silk weaver named Angelo Bressi, aged
about 81 years had worked In the silk
mills owned by Hamil e Booth, in this
city, up to May last He left for
Italy about that date. and nothing has
been heard of him since until now.
Those who knew him say that he was
of q quiet temperament and an inof-
fensive man. IL is said that he had a
wife and 7-year-old daughter, who
lived in Hoboken, and that he visited
them regularly every Sunday Where
they lived or whether they accompa-
MED him on his return to Italy could
not be ascertained
Angelo Bressi lived in Paterson for
over year. lie appeared to have had
various names. The one he gave when
taken into custody for the murder OF
the king of Italy was one. Another
was Angelus Bressi, and still another,
the one by which he will be known TO
those who knew him in Paterson, was
GaetanO Bressi. His close friend in
the silk mills was CaribOni Sperandio,
the man who a few weeks ago shot
down his foreman and then killed
himself, leaving behind a letter tell
ing how he had been selected by lot to
kill King Humbert. and, having a
choice, owing to his living so far away
from italy, killed the foreman in
stead
A few months ago a man said to be
Count Moletesk, the head of the ltal-
ian anarchists, was I'm Paterson, and
during his stay Sperandio and Bressi
were lis companions. and they showed
him about the city and introduced him
to others in the city. IL would seem
that his friend, having faltered at re-
gicide, Bressi took up his burden
where Sperandio refused it and went
across the ocean to carry out the de-
cree that Humbert should die.
In manners Bressi was quiet Men
who worked beside him in Hamil &
Booths mill say he was the last one
they would expect as an assassin. lie
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 numerous strikes Bressi left
/ his looms obodiently, but was never
one of the first.
William J. Orr, the foreman of the
silk mill, said today that had Bress
asked him for a letter recommending
| him TO silk manufacturers he would
have written him a strong one. He
was a good workman on broad goods
he said, and never raised any trouble
Among the better class of Italians
nothing but words of regret were
heard today over the killing of King
Humbert leading merchant of
| Paterson, who admitted his reason for
not wanting his name mentioned was
that he feared the anarchists and the
| Malta. said ne hoped the murder Of the
king would lead all nations to take
/ vigorous steps to stamp ont the or
/ ganizatiOn. He said no ones life was
safe if he incurred the enmity of any
man in the organization. In discuss
l ing Bressi he said that he believed
there had not been a drawing, but
that Cariboni had been vouched for by
Bressi. that Cariboni had weakened
and Bressi had TO take his place and
Cariboni kill himself.
Paterson has long been a hotbed OF
anarchists Men here who are famil-
lar more or less with the WORKINGS OF
the organization say that for years
| Paterson has contained more of the
society than any other city I'm the
/ United States, with the possible eX-
ception of Chicago. There is strong
socialist element in Paterson. and the
/ anarchists formerly worked with this
element without allowing the social.
lists to know that it had the support
of the violent ones
The anarchists tried TO control tho
socialists, and failing dropped away
/ from the movement and denounced the
socialists because of their peaceful.
ness and claimed that they were trai.
tors. although the socialists had never
tried anything but Deaceful methods
and were purely political and law
abiding.
The anarchists embraced every
strike In Paterson for a long time as
a means of fomenting trouble. ano
during the great silk strike three years
ago, the strike that drove the silk in.
dustry to locate factories in different
parts OF the country, the anarchist.
did more than any one else to brinl
about the removal of the factories.