Show iS5fTEIll 16 EATll Short Work of the Trial of Canoyas Murderer THE PRISONERS EVIDENCE SW AND WET HE BECAME AH ANARCHIST Conceived the Idea of Assassinating Canovas at the Time the Executions Execu-tions Took Place at Barcelona Sought No Accomplice Being Unacquainted Un-acquainted With the manufacture of Explosives He Used the Be volver His Passion 3or Vengeance Ven-geance Madrid Aug 16 Michel Angiollilo the anarchist assassin of Premier Canovas del Castillo who was tried by court martial mar-tial yesterday at Vergara was found guilty and was sentenced to death Upon hearing the sentence Angiollilo turned deathly pale and had to be assisted from the court room Ho will be garroted within the prison About 200 persons were present at the trial The vicinity of the prison was almost al-most deserted the public being apparently ap-parently Indifferent in view of the certainty cer-tainty that the death penalty would follow fol-low the court martial Angiollilo heavily manacled sat between be-tween two gen darmes and immediately in front of his judges On a table near by lay his revolver and other material evidence of the crime PRISONERS STATEMENT The president of the court read the declarations of several witnesses after which the written statement of the prisoner was read by the clerk of the court Angiollilo in the course of the statement said that he left Foggia in October 1S95 and went to Marseilles and Barcelona where he took the name of Jose Santos He at first had no thought of becoming an anarchist but while at Corrinniana he began to be interested In anarchist doctrines He then returned to Marseilles and after his expulsion from the city he went to Belguim and London where he spent most of his time in the society of anarchists When the execution took place at Barcelona on May 4 of five anarchists convicted of participation in the bomb outrage at the feast of Corpus Christ he conceived the idea of assassinating Canovas Without seeking an accomplice he proceeded to Spain and carried out the resolution Anglolhlo went on to say that the passion pas-sion for vengeance led him to commit the crime As he was unacquainted with the manufacture of explosives he usetl the revolver PREMEDITATED MURDER The public prosecutor described the crime as premedlated murder and asked the court to impose the death penalty Lieutenant Gorria whom the court had assigned as counsel to AngioIIUo urged that the prisoner was demented at the time of the shooting and made a strong appeal to the benevolence of the judges While his counsel was presenting this plea Angiollilo listened in silence Then he asked permission to speak for himself which was granted He thanked Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Gamin for his efforts and denied that he had any accomplices or that he was an accomplice of those who committed com-mitted the bomb throwing outrage at Barcelona or that he had participated in secret gatherings of anarchists When he beiran to discuss anarchist theories the president of the court interrupted him and threatened to stop him if he pursued pur-sued that line of remarks or touched any matters not connected with the trial Angiollilo persisted in speaking of nohcics and of the war in Cuba and the Philippines The president said they had nothing to do with the crime Angiollilo replied I might justify myself my-self The president retorted That is not justification Moreover you can convince con-vince nobody In that way Angiollilo began again but the president declared that the trial was ended and ordered the court room cleared After the prisoner had been conducted to his cell the judges deliberated for an hour and then announced the sentence of the court |