The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-12

victim himself denounced to the authorities
the intended spoliation, and was ordered, in
consequence, to follow up the business
However this may be, Phone was in town as
soon as the 10th inst, and the policemen,
coming across him several times, had ample
opportunity to note his features and dress,
so as not to be liable to mistake his identity
on the appointed day. So, last Friday, when
the man who was to pay the Ttcatto alighted
from the omnibus, near the Orto Botauico,
he found his brigand faithful to the rendez-
vous. He would have been easy to recog
nize by slight limp of the left foot, even
had he not been clothed in his habltual cos
tume-a white fiat hat, violet cravat, black
velvet jacket, black waistcost, and
striped trousers. He carried rough stick in
his hand, wore blue spectacles on his nose,
had cut off his beard, and only retained his
black whiskers, already tinged with gray.
While the TtcGtt0 was counting out the money.
Petrillo pounced upon Phone and seized him,
while several police agents, in plain clothes,
approached. The herculean strength of this
officer, however, was not match for the ter
rible hero of the Vesuvius, who succeeded in
freeing himself from the iron grasp of his
enemy, and almost Knocked him down with
his stick. He then threw himself between
the legs of his assailant saying repeatedly,
S09,0 tr0dttO, S0no trdditOI q am betrayed),
unsheathed his dagger, dealing wounds reck-
sundry kicks with his feet. In the struggle
be received a stab from a dagger belonging
to one of the agents in his right side
and again fell to the ground,
this time to rise no more. The corpse was
laid on bier and carried in triumph to the
QUtstura. All the town rushed out to see til
te'7UTe della AOntagred, and all that day aud
the next following people continued assem-
bling before the Palazza San Giaoomo; it be-
came necessary to place sentines at the gates
in order to prevent the multitude from in
vadipg the house. deputation of the lower
classes actually came to Cavaliere Colmeyer,
and requested that the dead body might be
publicly exposed; but he wisely refused. In
the evening, however, it was brought to the
Campo SdRt0 Vecchf0, whittier the mob pro-
ceeded. Many carriages were to be seen
there, for there was scarcely Neapolitan who
did not try to catch glimpse of the body;
one touched it with his stick, another put his
hand into the wound, all more or less in
suited the corpse-so that once more O
guard was required to protect the dead man.
He is described as robust, without corpulency,
and his complexion is said to be remarkably
fair. His features had calm, almost digni-
fed, expression, and were regular and agree
able. His hands and feet were exceedingly
small-aristocratic, as an eyewitness of his
capture expresses himself; the whole appear
ance of the body, in short, placid and attrac-
tive.
On him the police found several objects,
which l enumerate, as they are eloquently
demOnstrative of the strange mental condi-
tion of the man, and the singular contradic-
tion between his conduct and alleged, per-
haps unfeigned, faith. There was a common
little portfolio, with great many letters bear
ing different addresses, according to the nu-
merous feigned names which the 6rigGnte was
wont to assume. On one side of the port
folio were written in his own rough hand
writing several verses directed to the Saviour
20 cuore di Cesu quelIo tico posse fata"
(in Italian: 80 cuore di Gesu, quel chic dico
of his fervent piety, for he wore little
armlet with the image of st. Giro
round his neck, and carried in his
pocket little brass reliqUdire, containing
fragments of the bones of Santa Francesca,
San Colombo, San Giottino, and bit of the
Holy Virgins veil; besides an image of Santa
Maria dele Paladi, a meditation on the pas
sion of Our Saviour, paper with the words,
Antonio CaZzollno, L am the son of Mary
dddOiordta, for in the heaven is the Lord,
and nobody is more master than he." Fur
ther were found half sheet of the G0zetta
del POp0l0 of the 20th Of May; en- elementary
alphabet with the catechism, which seems to
have served him the purpose of spelling
book; white cambric handkerchief of the
nnest texture, Win TWO ia ana q crown en-
broidered in the corner of it, and
another common red and white neckerchief;
40 francs in paper money, and a
few sous; photograph of his own estimable
| person; a letter which has not been shown;
his long dagger, and, still more dangerous
| weapon, a matchbox. In order to strike
terror into the hearts of his victims, he used
| to say to them, "YoH must either pay me so
much or shall set fire to your house, show
| ing the matchbox, and, indeed, he more than
once executed ois threat. The inexhaustible
| pocket of this sanctiied brigand contained q
| great many more articles for instance, a
small linen bag, wherein were figures of
saints, among others, that of the Virgin, San
Joseph, and the Bambino, with the
words E" Gesu, Giuseppe. Maria-Vi
| dono il cuoree panima mia;" an
image of Notre Dame de Salette, and
several others besides. But the crown of all
was Host, cannot tell whether consecrated
or not, wrapt in a paper, both wafer and
paper red with blood, wine, or the dye of the
red flannel he wore. By all this you may see
that the legend did not err concerning him,
for he had his legend to the following effect:
Cavalier SAINT Antonio, having always car
ried about him relics of the saints and our
Saviour duly consecrated in the form of the
Host, was unvulnerable to gun or sword. I"
In this latter point the legend, however,
proved false, and the photograph had we'll
| nigh proved a better defense than the Host