The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-09
PLOT TO BLOW
UP CATHEDRAL
Supposed Anarchist Arrested by De-
tectives Gibson and Wren.
MADE SIGNIFICANT REMARKS.
said TO Have Been Present Mt Pater-
son. N. j.. When the Man Was
Chosen TO assassinatc ltaly's
King.
MADE SIGNIFICANT REMARKS.

An arrest of considerable importance
was made in this city yesterday morning
10y Detectives Gibson and Wren. when
they took INTO custody a strange Italian.
,who had by his alleged utterances created
elarm among the Richmond Italians.
For three weeks the better class OF 1tai-
dans in this city have been living in fear
and trembling OF a stranger VINO came
here from Baltimore twenty days ago.
1ie secured lodgings at No. 1910 East Man
Street, and was given work TO do al his
trade OF stone-cutter. at Browns yard, on
the corner of Madison and Main streets.
The man has a rillainous countenance,
and was SOW in making friends. soon az
ter his arrival he begun 10 talk Oh the
doings OF the anarchists throughout me
country, and Il Is stated that he enoea'oreo
10 get a number OF Italians mere 10 take
np his way of thinking and form an asso
c!ation OF anarchists. Ii IS not eeleNeo'
however. that he succeeded. Tor TIE AIai-
Jams have held aloof from him.
The news CT the presence OF an a!af-
cflst among them soon spread throughout
the Italian colony. But 1t was not unt.l
he begun to talk Of the assassination OF
King HuInbert that serious notice was
taken Of him.
MI Mike Jacobini who lives at The
corner OF Nineteenth and Main Streets and
conducts bar at that place, was one OF
the first to notice the anarchisuc lean
ing OF the man.
He would drop in nearly every night
and advocate anarchy. His whole con-
rersation tended that way.
He spoke Of the proposed assassination
OF the King several days before it &C
Cured said Mr.. Jacobni. We hardly
believed it, but he was SO positive in his
statement that the King had but short
while to live, that / became concerned
and alarmed. A short while before news
rea ched us of the assassination. he made
the remark IN a boasting way that Hum
bert had only a short while to live
This convinced us that he knew a
good deal about the affair. Afterward
he stated that he was present at the
Paterson meeting when lots were drawn
as TO who should do the killing. and init
mated that he would have cheerfully
committed the crime had he been chosen.
MOULD BLOW UP THE CATHEDRAL.
HE said. too. in ii boastful manner,
that he intended to blow up the Cathe-
<lra1 TOMORROW morning during the memo
rial services in memory of the late
King"
IN the ranks of the Italians here, and yes
lerday morning complaint was lodged
with Major Howard. who at once told
Detectives Gibson and Wren to find the
cnsn and arrest him.
They were not long in locating him, and
1le was carried to the Chiefs office.
He could speak but few words In
English. and maintained a stolid silence
Major Howard took his measurements
according to the Bertillon system, and the
prisoner indicated a familiarity with the
tvarious instruments. convincing the officer
that he had been a subject to them be-
fore. He smiled grimly when he suddenly
realized that in this respect he had given
himself away. During the process OF
measuring he said. in fairly good English:
You make a mistake: l am 4 working
man.
He was carried to a photographers and
two photographs Of him, front and profile.
were taken.
He expressed pleasure at this and said:
81 like pictures He was then taken 10
the Second police station and placed In
cell with the charge of suspicious charac-
Ter registered against him.
He gave Sergeant Brooks the name
'.AleXander Brese."
The man bears a striking resemblance
10 the pictures printed of Bresci. the as
sassin. and the similarity of the names
that the two men are brothers
The Times reporter accompanied the
detective to the room that Brese occupied.
AT No. quo East Main Street. where a
thorough search was made.
There was nothing in the room but a
single bed that had not been made Tor the
day. On the Iloor copy of German
paper was found. but nothing else. The
room was perfectly bare of furniture with
he eSrpD5iOn IF The he'd That was care
fully examined. but nothing was found.
HAD NO MONEY.
When Brese was searched at headquar-
ters. nothing was found on him but
copy of his passport. lie had no none.
and had all OF his possessions so far as
known. on his lnck. When the Richmond
Italians heard of the arrest of the man.
they brea1hed freely and expressed the
greatest satisfaction.
When an attempt to interview Brese was
made. he would say little He declnred
to the reporter that he had never been to
Paterson, but came here from Baltimore,
where he had worked. He said that he
had been in this country for five years
and had been 10 Richmond several times.
Upon one of his former visits here. he
became Involved in row in downtown
har-roon1 in which a man named Mike
Mahoney was shot He claimed eelf-de-
tense and was released.
At the place at which he worked he was
considered a good workman. but a dan
Eerous man. He threatened once TO hit
a fellow-workman with stone.
The case will be called in the Police
Court this morning, and it Is ex-
pected that almost the entire Italian popu
lat3on viii be on hand TO testify for the
Commonwealth