The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-29
ART COLLECTOR AS A RED HERE
PARMTGGIANI WAS ~ KING
MILLER BRESCPS GROUP.
known In Paterson and nj Barre. Then
the Anarchist Capital--Expeiled OH
TIP From Europe. He Fled, to Come
Back as tho Collector Marcy and Pat
rOnixe the Metropolitan Museum.

rOnixe the Metropolitan Museum.
When the Paris police arrested Louis
Marcy, collector and vender Of antiques.
real and spurious, who they had learned
was none other than Luigi Parmiggiani,
the celebrated Italian Anarchist, and found
that the Anarchist had visited this country
last spring to try to dispose Of his collection
Police Inspector McClusky Of the Deteo-
tive Bureau read the account Of the arrest
in Paris letters to The SUN and thought 1t
would be worth while to look up the mans
relations with Reds" here Detective Ser
geant Petrosino was put on the case. and he
has discovered that Parmiggiani cut quite
q swath among Anarchists in this city on
visit here more than year ago On
his last trip. when he hobnobbed with art
oonnoisseurs, he had no dealings with the
Anarchists In fact, by that time he had
been expelled from the leading organiza-
tons 1t was on this trip that he made
friends with the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art and was nominated a patron Of that
institution.
Petrosino learned that Parmiggiani had
arrived in this country about fifteen months
ago, and as his record was history to Anar-
chists he was welcomed. He became a
member of the Libertario independents or
Circolo Studio Sociale, then in Jones street.
At that time he occupied small quarters in
Hancock street. Later at the invitation Of
Pietro Esteve no joined the group La Ques-
tione Sociale in Paterson This is the Or
ganization OF which Bresci who assassinated
King Humbert, was a member.
Parmiggiani went to live later at 70
Macdougal street with Pantiano Sicilio and
one Barrocchi both of whom were prominent
in the Paterson group. He was next taken
up by Pietro Gori, who, Petrosino says, is
the head Anarchist of this country and who
has formed most Of the groups on this CONT
nent.
About this time, Petrosino says, gen.
eral amalgamation of Anarchists was eff
fected and 1t was decided to move the
capital Of anarchy in this country to Barre,
Vt Corr took Parmiggiani to that place,
where the two started journal printed
in Italian, known as the Crondco Sopuersipd,
which bore the subtitle of "Ebdomadario
Anarchico di Propaganda Rivoluzzionari,'
There Petrosino lost trace of Parmiggani.
However. the detective sergeant got wind
of a big Anarchist reunion to be held in the
form OF picnic at New Durham, in Hudson
county, New Jersey, last Sunday, and he
went there and mingled with the crowd.
Parmiggiani was discussed at length at
this picnic and it was evident that his arrest
and the disclosures that followed concern
ing his art collection had interested the
Reds
Petrosino says that representative An
archists from all the big groups through
out the country attended the picnic; that a
fund was raised and that as a result the
capital Of anarchy has been moved 10 New
Durham, which is just north OF Jersey
City. He learned that on the first visit Of
Parmiggiani some of the Reds" became
suspicious that he might be working in
secret for the police and that inquiries
were sent abroad concerning him. A
reply was received which stated that Par
miggiani had turned traitor, thief and
even worse in that he had been affiliated
with a gang engaged In the traffic OF i'm
porting young girls from France into Eng.
land for immoral purposes. As result OF
this discovery Parmiggiani was expelled
from the organizations he had been taken
into. He got wind Of it beforehand and
fed--to return to other circles
On his second trip to this country, when
he masqueraded IA NJ Marcy, the collector,
Parmiggiani avoided his Anarchist ASSOC
GATES In fact, they didn't know he was
here, nor suspect it, until the recent dis
closures made by THE SUN.