Evening star., 1901-10-01
THE ANARCHIST QUEEN.
Beauty and Strange Influence OF
Teresa BrugnoIi.

From the London Express.
Small doubt exists among those who have
followed the progress of the anarchist
movement during recent years that of
the instigators of the attempt on Mr.. Nc
Kinley's life was Teresa ,Brugnoli-better
known, perhaps, as La Bella Teresa, friend
and comrade of Bresci and Malatesta, and
a woman Of singular beauty and magnetic
influences, who for a period of eight years
has made London her home. 1t will be
remembered that last year, when the aw-
full murder Of the Italian king startled the
world the man sought by Pressmen of
London and New York was individual
known in the brotherhood" as Count
EnricO Malatesta, the leader of the Italian
anarchists
He was reported to have been in America
when the plot to murder King Humbert
was Matched, and to have been actually In
touch with Sassi. the feather worker; Quin-
tavalle the barber; and Lana, the NAVY
three of the secret agents who came to
Europe from New York with La Bella
Teresa and Bresci, the murderer of the
Italian king on May Is, last year. BreSci
and La Bella Teresa were the only two
acquainted with the foul scheme which was
intended to shake the dynasties of Europe
by a succession OF murders OF kings and
statesmen. When the Gascogne reached
Europe La Bella Teresa and Bresci went to
Paris and to disarm suspicion lived in the
same hotel the other three conspirators-
SaSSi. QuIntaNdlle ana L3na-tOOk up thelr
abode in the workmen's quarters of the
city.
Unlike Emma Goldman, who is a mere
creature of hysteria. La Bella Teresa has
no love for theatrical display and only on
rare occasions takes to the platform. In
her early childhood her father kept the
post house at Molaret and. when she left
her mountain home above the valley of the
Dora she took up her abode with her ma
ternaI uncle Ighina Turin. Ighina was the
moving spirit of the Malfattori and des-
perate anarchist. He was banished and
came to London, bringing Teresa with him
In 1892. Here she first met Malatesta, who
used her as his recruiting sergeant. Her
influence was too magnetic for weak men
to resist. The murderer Bresc first met
her In America in December 1899. He was
married and had shown no worse taste till
La Bella Teresa came into his life than to
wear a red tie and distribute anarchistic
tracts. She arranged the details of the
plot to murder the unfortunate king, and
commissioned Bresci to carry 1t out; while
Lana was sent to 1vrea to murder Queen
Margherita. When Bresci went on his dia-
bolical mission La Bella Teresa journeyed
to London and waited for news.
In 1895 Teresa Ighina-her real name Is
Brugnoli; she had adopted her uncle,s sur
name-went to Florence as a delegate To
the Italian congress, accompanied by NAL
atesta She gained an international rep
utation by charging the socialists with en-
couraging trade unionism, and declared the
followers OF Karl Marx were the enemies
of freedom, because they favored a form
Of government Her startling words to tbs
delegates were: "Emancipate yourselves by
organizing force to meet force, and yor
shall be freei Use the knife!'
Three years later this terrible woman and
1lalatesta instigated the peasantry cl
northern Italy and Spain to commit srisn6:
as a protest against the bread famine