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\** I Madrid,, . \— Golh, who . six yeais^ ' v declares he had *i < grudge againsENifl* deceased patriot, but 3 was simply obeying the orders •£ his superiors. When reproached by Sonora Canovas, widow of th« dead man, Golli answered : "I hare done my duty and avenged the torfcnreß inflicted upon my friends and brethren in the fortress of Montjuick." Golli has recently been in prison in Italy for revolutionary writings, but succeeded in escaping. The body of Cauoxas was embalmed and brought to Madrid with the honors usually accorded a Field Mat3hal who is killed in battle. Qaeen Victoria has telegraphed Bympathy to tbo Queen-Itugcnt. Madrid, August. 10. — After Golli had shot Canovas, the latter struck the assassin in the face and ran exclaiming " assassin ." Golli mockingly bowed and remarked that he was avenging the Barcelona anarchists, and his crime was- not an act j of assassination. After saluting the Premier Golli, fired twice st the bystanders, who seized and disarmed him. Golli daclares he is ready to die, and his I only regrot is for the sorrow which his i crime will cause his father. He asserts he purchased the revalver in London.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 10994, 11 August 1897, Page 2
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192UNKNOWN. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 10994, 11 August 1897, Page 2
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