The sun., 1873-02-08
A LAWYER BANDITS DOOM.
WHAT HE DEMANDED IN THE NAME
or DETHRONED KING.
rhe Chief Of an Italian Meuntsin band Pre-
4 = tending that his business was tho Con-
s auerIna Of the Kingdom Of Naples. y.

TIE Ctisf Of an Italian Meuntsin Band Pre-
4 = tsndipg that his Business was tho Con-
y auerins Of the Kingdom Of Naples.
NAPLES, June 13.-The brigand chief,
Tardio, whose band has long infested the
Abruzzi and the vicinity Of Vlterbo, Spoletto,
and Guadagualo, has paid to society the mortal
forfeit incurred by his crimes. He was con-
demnsd to death in the Court OF Asslzes, at
saierno, on the 1Ith inst. The extraordinary
trial lasted several days, and crowds hastenod
60 secure accommodation In tho court room,
that they might witnesss and hear the daring
and bloodthirsty outlaw, whose name for the
last decade has been a terror TO children, and
whose wild career is a living romance in every
town OF Italy. No traditional fairy tale OF Persia
or Arabia surpasses in fiction the strange reali-
ties OF Giuseppe Tardio's life. He has dOned his
ronical hat, sheepskin buskns and rough shirt
and como down from his lair In the mountains
to attend the balls Of the Carnival in Florence,
Naples, or Rome. In Rome in 1865 ho stole the
heart Of Maria Francesca the fairest OF the
unsophisticated lady that she made an appolnt-
beyond the Ponte. Molle Terdio was accom-
princess to his principal rendezvous in the
Abruzzi where he courteously acquainted her
snce would involve the payment Of 10000
francs. After every means OF releasing his
daughter had failed, old Prince Aldobrandni
paid over that sum to the bandit and his gang.
bkirmishes and hand o-hand fights unnumbered
Tardio and his men. while weak minded sympa-
thizers give glowing accounts Of his chivalrous
deeds, and his generosity to the poor who oaye
him shelter whenever hotly pursued by an unc-
uual number OF police or soldiers.
The multitude who sought admittance to the
announcement that Tardlo would
PLEAD IN HIS OWN DEFEScE.
In the dock sat eight brigands, comprising
iieutonant. e % Pl.tro Rnbsnepi Il ia Known I here
that Tardio had repudiatcd the name OF briRand.
He said that he was ate attempting h to CONQUER the
Francis the Second. and for that end he had at
tached himself to public and organized band.
and he employed all the culture which he had
acquired at school to convince his judges that
Before entering upon the desperate life OF q
brgand Tardio was procurator, or attorney,
Rome, where he was furnished with provisions
and means by the Papal Government and the
Committee & Sf bourS3Pists & and & sent to the en-,
and bloodth irsty scoundrels. He seized wealthy
farmers and county onicials OF whom he
name OF
FRANCIS THE SECOND, KING OF NAPLES
s.a ss as no ana tSe soh of ssps%
Der, 1870 when he was arrested aud imprisoned.
ns m rn ~b oy sypd sSod
be considered prisoner OF War. He read the
document to the Court;
peace %Sa. ,r uf the rsstora,icu and
The treaty o. Vienna IN the same year empowered the
1870 Obliged fTaScs II f"s to retreat 70 Rome
Sropean n1 powers az that time ,s ascrced TO- S IN IN
lung @ sn9Ssh S.PSleSRR al began 19 seeogn,s @
the close q 1896 and although the other powers except
.Seess al these potpn,ates @ SSpoeon S not aeepsSd IL
.hsr diplomatic act. reeoGnlied the King Of Italy i9
snehsnssd he rights Of the ssutpea aynastis. From
lhroned by the Of arins remained and remains
q Whatever Europe may hold TO the eontrnry;
that ali my operation. IN i-s "a! ani we're The ex.
srn%sn, sS By II Europe ss
eaasc S ,he lawful poar araE Msr ha maze of y ,Rs R
possessor. Therefore YOU can upon no ground deny
syes derived from The sane So nueh the 5rs should
you allow me the privileges ask, since through my
psiGn in All my op, ,s.iioHs have scrupuou.iy %:
sereS e, 1@a Ie'ssa % s 9s FROM rcSn @ 9 aS So law i
tui deduction musi hr that my capacity m lhs court,
ssGssnty not ptd 70 ansStr Sei5rS tbs tr6ana
6rsntlng that pray That tue Court q Assizes IN It's
my shs5gs sIs iSlIally y srTagned get9re criminal
prisoners I AK finally thar We be Included among
the prisoners In Rome 20 whom general amnesty Was
CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
The strange pleading, as desperate In its as
terttOns as any act OF hi' lfC, was of no avail.
The morning which followed its deliyerance
Giuseppe Tardio was condemned TO sth, six
of his accomplices to hard larbor for life, and
the seventh, Appolonio Marino' 10 fifteen years
Tardlo received his terrible sentence as boldly
- he had often before faced the bullet, dirk,
The GdIssttd del Popoio, in commenting on the
trial to-day. closes by SAYING The Infamous
and nothing but the sacrifice Of his life will
cleanse them"