The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-13

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frightiui alcs. IN wbict robbery and pois ming,
1 rapc aud murder, played o prominent par,.
notred yonug COP dcts, Who had scarce passed.
/ their twentieth wear, with s1ft. gcnlc i1aturf-,
I ana vet bsy rai already pOllt,,d tNcir bsuIs
4 with tie most atrOCiCus crimes, lfd -, r.ar-
haired luen, on whose iaccs sac rilcyal l,d made
| deep lurnws-l cav eyes fuli OF ypl1ny
! and vrful malice, sad iOrohcau5 On SD p. go.
| fE1i-Ia had &c. rs stamp. Bat VIII, describe
| this 1sncp trait gallery crime md wi kCducs.
I 2 f1.t uncomfortable when Z CrIsad thoiy
! ctothgs In passug, AMI oven nov, wen an
I writing o. shudder OF disgut and rcJugnauu5
! guns over me. But Cvcu thee men are treated
4 10 The mos. humane wnv. even o. Dugh the, have
, wjrl ca nom A. Nj. ~ y. VI, and those
| Twelve hours included two ~ rest They had
| yriy cNccllen food, and meat wv .c wecS-
| Thursday and sunday. These hours OF rest and
| those after o'c och belonged r. Mem'clv.e, and
| thoy cOOId empoy The tine a. thcy plea q. M
| working waking, or reading.
For this latter purpose La NOquetta contained
| rather extensive library, from whieh each con
| vct was allowed TO borrow QUO volume week.
! had u look 40 she library in which 4 Convi'-
| acted as ibrarisu. The books took down were
| of q literary, historical, or scientific nature /
| noticed several books Of travel and natural his
tory, while 10 sc onreligiOus subjects we're rarers
! Alright the cOnyics are allowed to read in their
! sleeping cells till 10 o'clock. Zach had a scpt-
rate cell, with prospect Of the lofty wall which
| az have stated, forms an immense quadrangle
| rou1G tue PRISON. On king wi h my " q IG.cl
along the galleries. and looking into sjmc OF .je
/ to the window but about half folt away from
| them. ON thrusting oui my head found t14t
! TWAS lostblc to carry on a conversation with
| the prisoner in the next cell, II he put out his
| head zoo J remarked on this TO my comp aiyu,
| ana &c replied
"lba, Is quite correct and II takes place here
every night from halt-past nine tl tea O'Clock
| rhis hlf hour before going 70 sleep is allowed
1 the uDhappy men for recreation. when the
! prison clOcl sJrkes ten, the sentrics posted at
the wall down there, rs you can sec, call ont 20
o11 1rhte 1ftt Thgu thn 'apt,y g. ,s
an end
This was certainly contrast to some Of the
prisons which l inspected in Germany where tho
senircs IN the yards bad orders 70 FIRE a. the
head OF any prisoner thrust out Of WNNANw.
The central building in the large yard has q
second passage leading to a smaller court. IN
the centre OF II is a fountain surrounded bv a
grass plot and trees. This yard is incIOsed bv
buildings two stories high. IL is very still AMI
quiet here, and tie contrast is the more remark
able II ycu have just come from the noise and
confusion Of the large yard, with its surrOuniiu-
workshops. ] too teit this contrast when entered
with my companion | heard nothing but the
plR hing OF the iountain falling into large stone
basin.
"For what is this yard used 2" l asked the
hriggdicr.
''It i the yard Of the prisoners condemned to
death"
/ shuddyred for moment.
"The yard Of those condemned to DEATH re-
peated mechanically. Here Orsini aud Perri
saw for the last time the blue sky and green
earth"
Though / hnd a horror Of the fanatical deed OF
the two Italians could not overcome a feeling
Of melancholy when I thought Of the last mo-
meuts % these men, on whom the blue sky Of the
lOyelest land in the world smiled at their birth.
''You were asking about Orsini and Pierri,
MY cODpani0n said "this is the yard in which
they sIont portion of the day
/ silently went along the walks OF the little
! garden. The midday sun pceped in so gloriOusly
from The azure sky, and the grass-plot was so
| exquisilely fresh. All around was silence, the
water alone FLASHED in millions OF silycry drops
! upon the stone.
Il viii now show you the prisons of those con
| deuned to death" said the bigadicr.
lie opened n heavy, iron. bound door, which
| ope1ed irom the building into the courtyard.
| We passed through Il into passage which ran
! around three sides Of the yard inside On to this
| passage opened number OF rooms employed As
a ~ gerry, dissecting-room, deah chamber,
consuldrgrOom for the physicians, and other
Administrative purposes. The brigadicr opened
two 40 dining rooms and welt in. | was in the
prison Of Orsini and Perri during their twenty
one days arrest in the Prison dc la Roquetta.
| The rooms were not uncom Ortabe they were
| spacious and lofty, and Orsiui's had nearly
quadlangu'ar shape Pierris room was longer
by the breadth Of the passages. The walls were
| washed with yellow ochre; the window, strongly
guarded outside with iron bars, was rather large
and in the upper half Of the wall. In the corner
OF each room stood en- iron bedstead, while in the
centre there vas small cbioa stove. There was
| no furniture IN the rooms but few cano chai ?.
The i,oOr was boarded, aud hence The rOOrs had
nothing about them TO reveal their awful desn-
nation.
"IhC rooms or this passage and on the second
floor are occupied by the Condemned men t,il
| they are led out to execution in front of the
| prison. the brigadier remarked "At tle pre-.
l sent moment there is no one in La BoquettC
! awaiting the guillotiue. The rooms are no
furnished I'LL they are going TO be occupied
Pierfl was in The room on the left, Orsn IL
that on the right. You see that only wal
divides the two rooms. Rudio was on the upper
| floor"
''Wcre you often on night-watch with Orsin
: and Pierri, brigndier p 1 asked.
Several times. / SAT with Orsini on the nigh
Q before his death.
= "Are all the condemned m(n watched on th
2 | nights before their death Z"
g | "An; you see the two chairs facing the bed
IS On one sits n turnkey, on the other a soldier
with their eyestixed on the bed of the condemnc
| man"
10 "were Orsini and Pierri cheerful aud qui,
a during the time they were confined here z"
y CUP 10 the last moment they were cheerfl
ID and even merry. When they spoke OF the a
n, tempt they only regretted that il had failed
ie Perri sang at times in his loom the Marse;lIaisC
lc or the song of the Grondsts Then he Woul
sit for hours looking through the window at Oh
Is sky or talk woh his sentry, or knock al the wa
and shout 10 Or'ini who answered in the san
Il | way They spent several hours every day in th
Il garden, but Of course separately. They did nc
zee each O,htr again till the morning OF their
eutiUn, in this passage, when they came out
d their r. oms I'm bien, orsini exclaimed, 'wher
g is Rudio z PierIi laughed. Il thought that W
d should have 10 take the walk alone, he an
IS sWerCd"
e "And orsinis last hours, brigadieri Did h
a, | sleep calmly Z"
e "Quite calmly for six hours. did no. Eotic
le that he woke once. At O'Clock be rose break
2 tasted, and was quite cheerful He again alluded
10 to The at empf, and agnin regretted that be ha,
ID not succeeded. Then the priest came. Orsini'
y dtmcaLor rCmatntd the same-firn, calm an,
'e cheerful. At this very spot be saw Pierri again
ID as just told you, and they salutcd each other il
10 the htarhest way. II you have no objection ",
Will 90 on. w,ll show you the route by whicl
"a they went 10 CCath Or would you like 10 Sc
{. RuUio's room You know that he was pardonc
% by his wlIe's intercessiOu, wa, TRANSPORTED {
g Cayenne, and escaped from tCra :"
q u know. feel no interest IN Rudio's room
d Let US go, brig dier.'
al The official locked the doors OF the two room
e again, and az The end of The passage we wen; "a
)f q small fight Of wooden stairs. We found our
3, selves IA ihe upper story, which WAS Joined %.
B. the long passage, on both sides Of which are Ia
J. sleeping cells Of the cOnyiCts, ana which lead
'e again TO the front yard Of The prison.
"Ihcy both came along here" my companion
l, said, rs We walked along the passage, "pierri il
,- front, Orsiui three PAGES behind him, with th
Priest by his side. The whole way pieri sang
IN a loud, eChoing voice, the song Of The Giron
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