The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-01-09
. rrrcr OF TERROR m ITALY.

The monster trial at Potenza, Tue
canital of the largest province OF inc
so,,th continues. and the enormities
which the evidence reveals are almost
Incredible. Yet one year only has
elansed since the chief criminal was ar
rested As instances of the savage
acts committed y this beautiful land
take the work of single day: Gap,
tain Alamo and two only of his band
started on the ID of July, 1870, to Sc
ouestrate a rich proprietor called La,
racca and having taken him, went OH
toward the mountains of Viagglano-
one of those places. by the by, where
the musicians who have delighted the
world are trained from early youth. On
the road they met two women, whom they
ordered to follow. One of them. resist
inc their brutali,ies ("Death rather"
were her words), was murdered on the
snot: the other, an older woman, over
came BY threats of the dagger anu pis,
tol saved her life, as she only could
save it. and lived 10 give her evidence
A dav or two after the capture OF La
racca. twenty ducats and some articles
of food were sent by his wife as his
ransom: but the chief, being irrltated
at the smallness of the sum, ordered his
ear to be Gu: of, and, supplying him
with pen, ink and paper, told hlm 10
write from his dictation. The letter,
which is said to have been stained with
blood. NAV be translated thus:
Nv Dear Wife-You see that | am
in the hands OF brigands. Send mon
ev as soon as You can, that may not
be murdered. If they would kill me
outright it would be well, for | am dy-
ing little by little Send three thou
sand ducats. As present send You
my ear; by the next journey will send
You my nose.
This letter awakened all the fear and
zeal of the family, and 5000 lire were
collected and dispatched. but, as the
sum was far below that demanded,
they murdered the unfortunate man
and fled, as the troops were upon them.
On the next day two other persons
were captured. and the father If one
came and tried To reduce the ransom.
His wife also presented herself and
begged permission To accompany her
husband, when the savage Alamo cut
off his ear and threw it in into her bosom
Not, however, IL multiply snch facts, 1t
is asserted on evidence that in one week
AlianD and his companions committed
two barbarous murders and one violent
rape, seques:rated five persons extor-
ted l. 600 lire, and cut Of three ears
and one head
Two men were almost alone in this
ncghborhood in cndcavoring To- check
The excuses Of briganlagc-Luiri Ii
Noia and Vito Tardugno Of Paterno-
and we shall hear how they suffered
for their Courage and honesty. First, a
visit was paid to the house of \oia,
where only the wife was found the
sons having escaped. The poor woman
was thrown on the ground and bayonct-
ed-pierced through and through re-
peatedly; the sister, too, rushed TO her
assistance, was murdered with a hatch
ct. This was MT vengeance enough, 50,
in October. 1870, Alamo returned To
Palermo, broke open the doors Of Tar
dugno's house, ard found him seated
with all of his family. With a yell of
JOY the savagcs rushed in. dagger in
hand and murdrcd first Tardugnn, and
then his wife, who was encienfe. and
a child of three years OF age in her
arms, who was also murdered. Four
other children, who had been witnesses
of these scenes, were then attacked
and left for dead From the house of
rardugno the brigands passed to the
house of Noia, where they found and
assassinated two Of his sons, scarcely
ten years old, and a Girl, the last of the
family. Thus was completed the savage
vengeance of these brutes on the families
OF two of the very few who made an
effort to thwart their excessess On
the body of Tardugno was found the
following paper: "My uncle died for
having betrayed his brothers, and am
the Signol Capitano Frcdrica Alamo"
The wonder is that a government or
a people who have any respect for
themselves have not commenced cru
SADIE against brigandage- As regards