The New York herald., 1872-12-14
THE BRIGANDS.
Something More of the italian
Eruption.
Equlvocation and Reticenoe on
All Sides.
The Banditti Of the Abruxzi and the Lazxaron1
Of Naples in New York-The Efforts to
Screen Them and the Success Of the
Herald in Unearthing Their
True Character Attested.


Certain interested parties re yesterday struck
| duhb ana then became men lied with excitement
| AZ the exposure whicn the herald contained and
the facts 1t cited In proof that the Italian em-
grants arriving OF late ana especially on board
the Queen were some OF them OF the most dreaded
characters among the criminal classes OF Europe
Mr. Casseriy OF the Bureau OF Emigration was
fully convinced OF the real character OF these men be-
fore the HERALD made 1t public but one OF the Com
missloners has stated to Of the
Of tho HERALD that they do not care to have their
opinions oficalIy published, for fear that it win
counteract all their efforts TO obtain for these
work.
THE CONSUL GENERAL
OF the Italian government Mt the port OF New York
naturally defends these men coming here, as they
do with passports directed to him, in which he has
been unable to detect any irregularity
Nevertheless Irregularities exist.
Then the interpreter for the Commissioners Of
Emigration Is also the interpreter for the Consul
General and has a divided duty difficult OF per-
formance inasmuch as he cannot desire to uncover
that which he would feel bound to conceal.
Lastly, the o1ncers Of the steamship company
have desire to throw light upon certain facts Of
the voyage, which from the diary OF passenger
that has been given to HERALD reporter for pc
rusal, would do them, or the line they represent,
but little credit
With 50 many parties working in various ways
FOR common end it Is not easy to obtain intorma-
ton the authenticity OF which Is absolute.
The following, however. will present to the
reader lair and very correct .
PICTURE OF THE SITUATION
ana the antecedents OF the men In question:
Mr.. Cassery, OF the Bureau OF Emigration makes
the general statement, the results fhis own in
vcstigation (and the Information given TO the rep
rcsentatives OF the press on Thursday BY the inter
prefer Captain Crew, corrohorates the same), that
the men were forced out Of Italy by the strlngency
OF the police regulations. The interpreter asserts
that some OF them may have been guides
or even peasants, but who does not
between the guides and peasants OF the Abruzzi
and the hrigands who dwell thereS Then the in
terpreter says that there many OF them con-
fcssedly only ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS beegars or
the city. Now, when the brigands wish TO reside
they i've among the lazzaron who are their friends
spies and accompces. ln word, the brgand,
MIN hls sat enormous cloak, rieanded hose and
only the butterfly OF which the beggar is the moth.
The question has occurred whether or not
THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY
has right 10 send men, not OF questionable char.
acter, but Of undOubted criminal antecedcnts into
Mr.. Casserly caustcaly expressed the idea, Have
they right to drive their rats from their own into
recollection now Of having made statement TO
the representatives Of tie press that one OF the
II he could, but dishonesty II he musn quoting the
original expression In the Italian. The reporters
three other and distinct sources that the account
oil the fighting on board the Queen was received.
All the statements agreed and all pointed to
THREE SEPARATE sTABBING CASES.
none OF which were, however, fatal or even very
serious The Interpreter now claims that these re-
Italians mow on Wards Island) was warming hts
hands at the door OF the cookroom one Of the at
attaches aboard the ship shut the door quickly to
In such q manner as to catch and crush his hand.
He 50 howled from pain that the report ran through
the ship that there was q fight going on. The
Italians themselves claim they were nghting oil
the way over; and when one recollects that they
were twenty days In coming from Hayre
thrty-onc from London, 1t would not be strange.
considering their peculiar temperament IL some Of
It'll It Is thought that the Italian government may
have aided them to leave by giving them none
tary
as the passage money eXacted from some was
much greater in amount than that paid by others.
This would hardly be the case had outside parties
made no previous arrangements with the shipping
agents to make up any deficit in the amount paid.
The following, from the Florence Ne,cs OF the 23d
ultImo will throw some light upon the condition
OF these people AT the time OF their transit through
Ffance-
new lot Of Ncapolitln cmigrants says the pese Of
Paris arrived m I lat nEh nsy ae aTe e ng ~ e Pn
whero % they s embark for America Among them were
number q old men, aIss many female, and cdrsp
persons clothing and money to those unforunaes
HOW THEY LEVY coSTRiBuTIoss
ION Thursday Mr. Henry Jackson, an attache
OF the Bureau OF Emigration, said TO a HERALD re-
porter 1.-TWO OF the Italians were brought in by
officers OF the Broadway squad. They were ar
rested BY the police e, 9r n.sa, an unusually ana demon ON
coat collar the gentlemen whom they solicited to
give them aims"
begging. and was brought into the Office OF Mr..
Casserly while the Consul General, Mr.. De Lucca.
Casscrly stating that two Of the Italians sent 10
Wards Island had been arrested for lighting;
man who was lying Ill. He was divested OF his
clothing and found to be very, nthy and covered
being asked through the interpreter II it contained
any money. protested that he had
NOT EVEN A SINGLE CENT.
He died during the night, and yesterday the belt
being opened was found to contain eighty francs.
sw o tSoss SeeVeS 10 be- Ssn tSsy
are pronounced to be such by many OF their own
peopel claim to have purchased ca tickets 70 Buenos
get gold enough In short time in New York TO
build palaces on their return TO Italy, and that
they intended 10 come here. still others say they
were told that Buenos Ayres was but little dis
tance from New York, and that they could earn
the few francs necessary 70 pay their passage
The following aiidavit tells the story Of the best
class OF the deceived ones:--
Msdalena Cont and Michele Ritrvo duly sworn, do
s s sy sai sS are n"Ssr Of ?, & % e
ssa .s sSS sA
tended TO go TO Baenos Ayres where they had friends
friatfvcs tnat the irtanu one OF depOnents
Is living Ayrcs years; thar Michele
Ritrivo. OF the deponcnts, has brother resid-
ing In Bucpos Ayres; that when they arrived
In Genoa, Italy, deponsnts and large number
OF other italian cmigrants were told by g. Tnrino who
aS s1n @ sSn s s & New % sy
would find many their couniTymen there that they
good there and that they would be
able to In very few days sufficient money 10 pay
Tor Buenos Ayres that Bucnos Asres
Sew York and that IL would not cost them more
than seventy to eighty francs 70 go from New York to
Bueuos Ayres that they paid 20 lire from Ge
n0s 10 New York that deponent Madaena Cont. b~gs
the Emigration asist her In her
cnt desolate condition; that Is 70 say 20 per
init n remain In tho institutions, in care of
the Commissioners OF Emigration, and 20 write 10
her husband Buenos Ayrcs Informing the same of her
residence; further begs the Commissioner
Emigration write to her husband, Midoo raeabono,
poc resan Buenos Ayrcs send money III order be
ioin him tina; deponent can do scwiRs and that
shnia do al Kinds OF work IL rnited