, 1860-06-19
The Torture In Naples.

In the kingdom Of Naples the spirit and the
practices Of the tenth and fifteenth centuries
still survive. The publication Of Gladstone's
pamphlet on the Neapolitan :prisonz made the
government proverh1al throughout the world,
but the details Of the system we're still imper-
fectly known. Within the past month, ho#ev-
er, book has been issued in Paris, entitled
"La Torture en- S,e;zt, par II. CAarlts d. Ia
Fdrtnne," which discloses its minuter horrors
The entire government Of the country has been
committed into the hands OF the police, whose
chief director, Maniscalco, is the son Of wait
er at hotel in Naples, and who Was nominated
to the dictatorship in consequence Of bis dia~
bolical ingenuity in the application Of the tor
ture. II. de Ia Varenne says in one place:
"Erery eommissary, every jsilor hiss his own
method Of applying torture. Il is revolving to
co'1e to details, sbut they are unhappily exact
and confirmed by official authority. The IA.
nous Pontillo owes hiu reputation to the spe.
misssriat, making the viclim sit down in rallied
arm chair set with razor bfades, under which is
placed pan Of burning Goals The inspector,
Louis Maniscalco, the namesake of the Gen.
eral Director, applies TO the accused little
iron hands provided with closing sctcw-
the angelic Instrument TIE jailer, Bruno,
belonging to the Police-Commixsariat Of the
odious Carrega {there is prison in each Com
miesariat,) tortures by stripping the victim Of
his clothes and binding his head between his
legs. O:hers employ the torture Of tbs toHrni.
gut, drawing cord, with stick inserted in it,
tight round the head Of the accused till the eyes
start ont Of the head and the skin cracks, 9th
ers have recourse to starvation, 10 blows, to the
privation OF light and Of breathabIe air. But
The one satellite Of the Director-Gcnera1 who
outstrlps all the others is the notorious Captain
Chinnici, born a peasant in the village OF Bel
monte, robber By profession, and DOW an Off. !.
iscalco into the tovn Of Nieosia ia order to dis
cover the ASSASSIN Of certain Gorgone, "a cap
tain Of this dissrict, killed in consequence Of
incredible excessI Of ferocaty,) from among
thirty individuals thrown into prison.: on the
vaguest suspicion of completely in this
crime, Chinnici chose two, at hazard,
to make an example Of them, and
two unfortunates we're Rosario Chimera, Of the
yal1e d'0lmo, aud Pizzolo. They underwent
the most attrocious tortures, such ss the ST.
1ence,hood,' the *augelio instrument hunger,
the baktinado In excess, without choosing to
confess an action which they had never com
! mitted. The police agent then rot hold Of the
wife Of Chimera, \ young and beautiful woman
twenty-five years old. After hehplug upon her
the most horrible violence, he caused her to be
tied naked on bench, aud gave her up to the
brutality Of bis men. She remained three days
in this state, without food, til, bali dead, the
uohapp5 woman deposed that heE husband had
forn,er.y said that he would kill the Captain
Goreone.' Iris evidence, extorted In this man.
ner, il Immediately received By judge sent
for the purpose, and Chiunici, delighted At hav-
| ing got bis first piece OF evidence, returns to
! tho dungeon Of The two wretches TO tell them
the confession Of Chimera'S wife-and Is they
| persist in their deuials, he has recourse this
that it is impossible to describe It. The victims
at last give in and coniesses all he
wishes. Chiupici has them dragged with
all tie due preparations 10 tue place where
they committed the crime, In order to renew to
the judge, and before the crowd the confession
| Of their guilt and their designation Of the
| place where they had stood to hro. But wber
they found themselves again in the open sun
| light, and in the presence Of their fellow c,ti
zens, little energy returned to the two mar
| tyrs. They lifted up their heads. and .w'llh
| feeble but firm voice they proclaimed thtmsetvel
! innocent and denounced the Infamous mean:
employed to torture them. 4 CRY Of horrol
+ them, carry them back gagged to prison. Tht
same torture is again applied. Chimera ant
Pizzolo confirm their first confession, and ar
conducted 10 Catana, the chief town Of til
province, There the great Criminal Court, see
ing the too esident marks Of a1t the torture
orders them to bs visited by commission o
physicians, whose report courageousiy con
1irned tho sad truth, and 1t the risk of fuvolv
ipg themselves in very disagreeable atfa,
with the police. the judges *caneel the confes
eion made by the pretended culprits, and Pre-
cecding to new and more regular adjudica
ton, by . sentence passed on the s0sh Decen
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