The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-16 00:00:00

TILE FIRE KING.

At the Westminster Police Court yesterday
Christo Buonocore, the " Fire King" at Cremorne
Gardens, was re-examined on the charge of attempt-
ing to poison Franc's Fillipone, described as the
" Emperor of Fire."

m. G. Guohni was engaged as interpreter, both
prosecutor and prisoner being Italians, unable to
speak English. Mr. Wontner defended the pri-
soner.

The prosecutor stated that he and the prisoner had
been for some time acquainted, and an arrangement
had been entered into between them to perform in
public. On Wednesday week prosecutor called at
prisoner's house and had some strawberries and rum.
Prisoner appeared anxious to get prosecutor out of
the room on an errand, and subsequently induced
him to go for some more fruit. On his return he
partook slightly of more of the strawberries and
rum, which he thought looked much altered in their
colour. He afterwards went upon the water, when
be was attacked with great pain at his heart and
sickness, while his head felt as though it was
being struck with hammers. He suspected that
the strawberries and rum had been drugged, and,
returning to prisoner's lodgings, found that what
had been left of the mixture had been thrown into
a vessel as unfit for use. On the following Sunday
Darbani Rabini, another Italian, connected with
the Marionette Theatre, told prosecutor that pri-
soner purposed his death, and showed him four
bottles of poison which the accused had given him
(witness) to accomplish it with.
In cross-examination prosecutor denied that he
was prisoner's servant, but alleged that he was his
partner ; in confirmation of which he produced an
agreement between them, which left it to be in-
ferred that prosecutor was being initiated by pri-
soner into the mysteries of " fire-proofing,' and
was to allow a certain sum out of his professional
engagements.
Dabarde Rabini said he received the four bottles
produced from prisoner 17 or 18 days ago to take
care of. On Wednesday week he asked him for
one of them, and restored it the next day. On the
following Saturday evening prisoner came to wit-
ness, and complained that somebody had sent a
letter about him to the French Government,
through which he had been forbidden to enter
France, and that prosecutor had much calumniated
him. He added that there were some people better
taken away from the face of the earth •, said that he
itt, ns
took the bottles and affected etl
alluded to prosecutor, and then gave him directions
to use the bottles, by putting poison in his beer or food.
Prisoner concluded his instructions, by telling him
consent, that when he had " executed that commission" he
would trust him with another setcoretc.
order that he might save the prosecutor's
life. He gave them to Mr. Simpson, the
proprietor of Cremorne, who immediately
called the attention of the police to the circum-
stance."thing
On
•ondayweek This
prisoner said,
must M
be accomplished this week; this man
must be ended this week.
Mr. F. Godrich, of Sydney-place, Onslow-square,
proved that he had examined the contents of the
four bottles, and found three of them contained
prussic acid, and the fourth strychnine. The
prussic acid in one of the bottles was thirty
times
as strong as that ordinarily sold.
Mr. Arnold inquired whether the prussic acid
out of one of the bottles which had been partially
used, and which was of indifferent strength, given
not
in so small a quantity as
to cause death, would
create feelings of sickness, stupor, and pains in the
heart and. head.

Witness said it would.
Mr. Wontner urged that prisoner bad imparted
the greater part of his secrets to prosecutor and the
Italian witness, who were concocting the charge to
get rid of him, and an arrangement to pay part of
his earnings to his teacher.
Mr. Arnold remanded the accused till Tuesday,
and refused to take