Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-31
TELL Them | CANE
FROM AMERICA ON
PURPOSE TO KILL.
THE ASSASSIN UF THE KING OF
ITAL DECLARES HE HAS NO
ACCOMPLICEs.
MADE THE TRIP ALONE.
AND FULLY DETERMINED
HE is ANGELO BRESsI. AND FOR A
YEAR WAS EMPLOYED AND
LIVED IN PATERSON.
HE WAS A SILK MILL WEAVER,
WAS QUIET AND THE LAST MAN
COMPANIONS WOULD PICK
FOR AN ASSASSIN.

ing of King Humbert here last night,
as soon as his majesty's attendants
could realize what had happened he
was placed in his carriage and driven
as rapidly as possible to the palace
He was, however, beyond human aid
The assassin's name is variously
given as Angelo and Gaetno Bressi.
He was born in Prato, November 10,
1869, and Is weaver by trade. He
comes from America, where he had
resided at Paterson, N. ]. He says
committed the crime because of his
hatred of monarchial institutions. He
reached Monza July q from Milan,
where he stayed a few days.
The expression Of the dead kings
face is tranquil and even smiling
The corpse was blessed Immediately
after death. 1t will be embalmed.
1t apears that when King Humbert
was wounded he exclaimed
1T is nothing"
The royal carriage covered the dis
tance between the gymnastic society
club house. where the crime was com
mitted, and the royal villa, at full
speed. requiring but three minutes.
The king expired on the way and al
though placed on a bed was dead
when tha doctors arrived
Bressi is young tall and swarthy It
appears that he remained four days
in Prato and two days at Bologne,
after which he came here.
When Queen Margherita arrived at
the villa it was still hoped that the
king would survive; and when the
truth was broken to her
A HeartrendinE Scene
ensued. Bursting into tears she ex-
claimed:
1T is the greatest crime Of the CEN
fury. Humbert was good and faithful.
No person could have loved his people
more. He was one who bore i'll will
to none"
When the queens mother arrived
there was another affecting
scene. The assassin is strictly
guarded in prison. He continues
to preserve absolute indiffer-
ence and took his meals to-day without
any sign of being affected by his posi-
ton. A second revolver was found on
the public stand in the gymnasium
grounds.
The room. where the embalming is
proceeding is already filled with flow
ers. The queen herself placed a wreath
on the brier and knelt and prayed be-
side the body and in spite of the en-
treaties of the princes and princesses
she refused to quit the death chamber
which is in charge OF Count Jurri, the
late kings aid de camp.
Few additional details OF the terrible
tragedy are available. Il happened so
quickly and Unexpectedly that the king
was dead almost before the spectators
realized what had occurred
No special precautions had been TAX
en-.
The first shot wounded the king in
lie neck; the second, the fatal one.
pierced his heart and the third broke
the arm of the already dying sovereign.
The Crowd Was stunned
by the unexpected scene. but speedily
a rush was made toward the assassin.
He did not attempt TO escape and was
roughly treated until the carbineers
formed Gordon and secured him from
the fury of the people.
The assassin on reaching the guard
room of the carbineers was in a pitt
able condition, his hands and arms
being laeerated and bloody, and his
clothes torn by the angry crowd. Re-
plying to questions he Kissed through
his clenched teeth:
"Tell them | came from America on
purpose to kill Humbert / have only
just arrived from America and know
no one. | spent day at Bologna and
then came on to Milan"
A search made at his home at Prato
resulted in the finding of several COM
promising letters from New York. One
signed by woman. was dated June
rs. In this letter the writer asked
whether all is ready and expresses a
hope that he will soon return.
Bressi had been absent from Prato
for SIX or seven years. His parents
live there; and he has brother in
an Italian infantry regiment.