The New York herald., 1869-01-03
ROME.

Sequel Of the Capture and Release Of MIR.
Campbell, Vice Rector of the Scotch College.
by the Italian Brignnds.
ROME, Nov. 10, 1868.
owe your readers the sequel Of the vice rector OF
the Scotch Colleges capture, which resulted in sig
nal failure the part OF the brigands and showed
that they were very unworthy followers OF the auds
cious chief Domenico Fuoco, to whose band they
proessed to belong Instead OF conveying their cap
tive to considerable distance from the Of hts
seizure these evidently inexperienced bandits loi-
tered about the woody shores OF the Alban lake until
the detachments OF gendarmes sent out from Fras-
cati, Albano and veletri. aided by regular troops
from those towns and from Rome, surrounded the
forest OF Fajola and patrolled near the spot In
which the members were concealed with their vic
tim that panic seized, them and they informed
Mr. Campbell on the evening OF the a7th
that he need no longer "stand upon the
order OF his going, but 60 at once" an
onpetlSR onp w9ich b Och h l lmpmnssdateiy complied with
ten francs when they told him that he was leaving
them entirely without means. 1t Ii remarkable that
those soi-dsant brigands In manner il-treated
their prisoner beyond carrying him on bon g7e mai
gre, and were so anxious about his personal com.
Tort while staying with them in the forest that they
requested the colegians TO furnish him with good
thick cloak to keep him warm ut night, as he would
refectory table to give him. instead OF the good sup
per which he was so unceremoniousy compelled to
abandon They did not forget their own stomachs
eitner Tor they carried OF good store Of bread and
ham from the college, portion OF which, APP
parenty, cut in an unusual manner was found In
possession OF peasant from Ascoli named yanni-
cola, whom the gendarmes found wandering In the
forest ana arrested suspicion OF belonging to the
band.
This man seems to have been identified by the
college servant Salvatore Benvenza, who was car
red or together with the vice rector on the night OF
the 26th but was sent back before the following
morning with note from Mr. Campbell TO the rec
tor. DIR. Grant, announcing that he had been con-
veyed to the forest OF Faioa, above Palazzuoa and
that his captors demanded a ransom OF 20 600 scudt
winch the servant Bcnvenza was TO bring to specl-
fed locality before two Z. NJ. on the 27th.
IL Is expected that the troops who the look
out for the remaining brigands Notwithstanding
their having released their captive viii succeed in
arresting them, but II must be admitted that con-
sdering the ugly nature OF their mission "they did
their spiritng genty,n for, with the exception OF
some expressive hints that they should have to cut
his head OF II his ransom not speedily paid They
did not ill-treat Mr.. Campbell, nor deprive him
oil his purse or the handsome gold watch he wore.
The accounts OF this strange adventure furnished
by the rector, Dr. Grant, diner from those published
last night by the OSseu1tore ROnldno which Journal
only mentioning on Friday wnat had occurred on
Monday, puts down the ransom demanded at 00o
scud or 10 900 francs instead OF ten times that sum-
and makes the stay Of MIR. Campbell with the bri-
gands TO have lasted only twcnty-four instead or
forty-eight hours.
The main interest in this adventure seems now TO
have eliminated In the question whether these
marauders were real brigands merely amateurs
from Marino, which town Ia known TO be at fcud
with the Scotch College.