The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-12-17

NJ DEAR WIFE: You see that am in
the hands Of b.igands. Send money as soon
as you can, that may not be Murdered. Ii
they would kill me outright it would be veil,
for am dying little by little. Send NE
3,5Oo duca's. AZ a present L send you my
ear; by the next journey wih send you
my noee.
This letter awakened all the fears and
zeal of the family. and 5000 lire were col
lecied and dispsiched, bu, az the sun wes
far below that demanded, they murdered
the unfortunate man and fed, a. tie Troops
were upon them.
On the next day two other pereops were
captured, anc the father of one came and
tried to reduce the rsnsom. His vile so
presented herself and legged perm s.ion 10
accompany her husband, when the savage
Alamo cut of bic ear and threw it into her
bosom. Not, however, to multiply such
facts, it il asserted On evidence that in ore
week Alamo and his companiO Ii committed
two barbarOus murders and one violent RAPE,
-squesirsted five Dsrsons, extoried 900
lire, and cut of three ears and one head.
Two men were almost alone in this neigh
borhood in endeavoring to check the eXces-
nee of briesn iage-Lugi Iii NOia and Vito
Tardugbc, OF PAternO-and We shsll near
how they suffered for their honesty. First,
a visit "a. paid to the house Of Mona, where
only III. wife vas found, the sons having
escaped. The poor woman was Immediately
thrown on the ground and bayonsted
pierced through and through repeatedly !;
the sister, too, rushing to her a--istance,
was murdered with Ratchet This was not
vengeance enough, so, in Ociober, 1870, AL
ibo returned to Pa,erno, broke open the
doors Of Tardugnc, and found him seated
with all Of his family. With q yell of JOY
the ssvage- rushed in, dagger in hand, and
murdered FIRST Tardugno, then his wife who
Wa enciente, and had q child of three years
If age in her arms, who was al-o murdered.
Four other children, who had been witness
Is of these sceLes, were then attacked and
lett for dead. From the house OF Tardu mo
the brigsbds pissei to the house o. Mia,
where they found and asrassinated two OF
his eons, scarcely ten years OF age, and a
girl, the lat of the family. Thus Vas COM
plete.l the savage vengeance Of these brutes
upon the families Of two of the very few
Sho had made an effort TO thwart their ex-
O. sse-. On the body of Ta'dugno was
found the following pap.r: my uncle bas
died for having betrayed his brothers. and
1 am the S,gnor C,pilano Fredrico Alamo"
The wonder il that q Government or a
people who had any re-pecs for 'hems Ives
have not commenced crussde against bri-
eandage. As regard to Basilicsts, it is a
large and mountainous province. half peo-
Piled, with w,d ly &c uttered population, ex-
posed, therefor, to any razzia which
might be made upon them. Again, from
the want of roads, protection was out Of the
question, and the brigand who was acquaint-
ed with every mountain fasiness Wis secure
from the pursuit of disciplined troops. The
choice of the inhabitants lay, therefore, be-
tween accepting the position or a manutsn-
COLO, sympathizing With and assisting the
brigand, or Of employing individual efforts
agains, savagsry. The Government did not
or could not protect them; there wild bands
could, and received their allegiance. Honest
individuals might resist and suffer, rs did
NoIa and Iardugno. Tie civilized world
will watch at'entively the verdict Of ;uries
in Rzvenna and Poenzs, and not merely
the verdicts but the mode in which they are
executed, and not . little curiosity will be
awakened by the discussions in the Italian
Parliamebt of the state Of Sicily.