The weekly Butte record., 1862-09-13
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A Rripand's Confession.


was born Of respectable parents, who left him
a small patrimony, but he soon got into diff
culties, and was finally reduced to state Of
desti:ution. Toward the close Of 1850, two
men of Norcia were found murdered. He was
suspected and thrown into prison, but, for
want of proof, was afterwards discharged. He
ascertained the names of the informers against
him-Marc Antonio Adami, with his son, and
VOUCHER and Midland he solemnly sore to
be revenged. He soon succeeded in getting
hold of the two latter, and carried them off 10
the forrest Of Taamone. He threw his vic
tins into deep dry well, with small quanti-
ty of bread for their immediate support, and it
was by sort Of miracle that, after some days,
they managed TO escape BY climbing up its
steep and PERCEPTIONS sides. A close pursuit
was then set on foot to find Stoppa. For two
months troops searched for him in vain, during
which time seven of them fell victims to his
unerring aim. At length certain persons,
named Fanciulli, who were accustomed to car
ry him provisions, undertook TO conduct the
soldiers to the haunt of the brigand On gain
ing sight of Stoppa, the brigadier fred, but
without effect Stoppa also fired, killed the
brigadier, and quickly made of. Soon after
this event, Stoppa burst into the house of Far
ciulli, and discovered there the father and
mother, and both of their sons. No sooner
had the father caught sight of the miscreant
than he called out loudly upon his family to
fly and save themselve'. One Of the sons,
boy about ten years Of age, managed to do so;
but couple of shots stretched the father and
son upon the ground, and as the father, who
lay in field, had not yet breathed bis last,
the villain kicked him about the head until he
nearly drove it under the soil and before
going away he told the mother that he should
go up to Taamone and Tell the people what
he had done, adding that he had no time to
look after the other son just then, but that he
would be sure to return and kill him some time
or other. On the Goth of March, 1861, the
dead body of Marc Antonio Adami was dis.
covered in the forest Numerous other stories
are told of the brigands daring and ferocity.
Passing once by an inn, and having learned
that some gendarmes were at dinner there, he
went in with his double barreled gun at full
cock and said to them:
II am Stoppa, and | wish you o good ap-
petite. l don't want to do you any harm, but
woe to you if you want to harm me. Drink
my health and then go about your business"
The gendarmes did as they were bid When
they had gone little way the assassin sent a
bullet through the hat of one of them, and
called out:
" You see am sure Of my aim let this be
a warning to you"
The gendarmes were put in arrest, but
Stoppa's fame increased fearfully. Some fami-
lies of the Maremma then thought to get rid
of him in another way, by giving him money
to America. He accepted the proposal and
remained abroad for some time but came back
at last and committed new crimes. One which
made the most noise was the murder of a
wealthy man of the Maremma, who was on his
way to Leghorn with 10000 livres, escorted
by some servants, who ran away the moment
they set eyes on Stoppa. Enriched with this
booty, and considering that the Piedmontese
carbneers, who were beginning TO do police
duty in Tuscany, had not granted him truce
be went to Rome. The son of the murdered
man, finding that the assassin had disappeared,
and also that his family had departed in secret
for the Papal territory, pursued him thither,
spent money freely, and at last succeeded in
having him arrested. When pounced upon he
made desperate resistance but he was felled
to the ground by blow of a cudgel, and so
fell into the power of the police, who found
upon his person one hundred scudi in gold, and
a gold ring upon his finger bearing the initials
OF Adami, whom he had assassinated. They
discovered, also, in the house he inhabited in
Rome during two nights, one OF the passports,
six roleaux of gold of thirty Napoleons each
and in another place hfty-fve hundred scudi in
gold, which he was about to deposit in bank.
Stoppa has confessed to the murder of eleven
individuals in Tuscany, among whom were
four gendarmes. This daring rufhan is only
about thirty years of age.
THE Hartford Times lets out the following
pentup genius Of scholar eff that city, who
astoniShed his schoolmates by the following
composition:
Composltion.-0nce upon a time there
was profit named Elisha, was walking out
one day, when some small boys made profane
and faceshuS remarks onto his bawld head
whereupon he caused shebears to devour the
small boys. This was the first time that man
was known 10 bear children"
LlvE with the culpable, and you will be
very likely to die with the criminal
Lows is the most Ineligible when it is IN
able to express itself in words