The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-26
HORRIBLE ASSASSINATION.
A Roman Newspaper Editor Murdered ia
His Printing Office.
The Victim Representative Of the Great
Printer Family Of Italy.

Rome tFeb. y correspondence OF London Newsl
While Rome was last night enjoying ner arss
genuine experience OF carnival, horrible crime
was perpetrated on one OF the most prominent OF
her citizens. Ranuele Senzogno. at twenty min
utes past eight O'Clock, was sitting alone al his
desk, In the printing once OF the ultra
democratic journal. the Capnals, OF which
ne was proprietor and editor. suddenly his
employees heard SOUNDS OF struggling 10 the
rOom-an upper ope-in which he was al work,
and one OF them, Luigi Maracci by nams rushing
up stairs. stopped q man striving 20 disepgAge
himself from tno grasp OF sonzogno, VINO cried
out Luigi, Luigi, he has murdered mer' In the
act OF uttering these words sonzogno fell bleed.
ing corpse to the ground, while N. Maracci,
selzng the fugitive by the throat, stopped his
flight. The man, tail athlete, was proving too
much for Luigi; but he was now assisted by mis-
fellow workmcn. one OF whom, hold n the muir
derer back, though still struggling forward,
finally brought him to o stand on The doorway
where further assistance arrived.
THE MURDERER AND HIS NODE OF WORK.
The carbineers took him into custody and CON-
Quoted him to prison. BY this time the street
was nlled and the house besieged by dense
crowd, some OF whom, pushing up stairs, found
sonzogno breathing his last vita Iour severe
wounds two in the breast one the shoulder
and one on the mead. Lifted up ana carried
IN the arms OF the printers foreman, he expired
without saying a word dagger, sticking In
the breast wc<lnd, fell to the ground as
The murdered man was being borne along. 1t was
aud handle OF black wood. The assassin, SAID to
be carpenter, must nave knowu his habits init
mately, as ne chose the hour ami place where he
Was aiways TO be toand alone anu intent on work.
he have ccalt the fatal blow wn!le his victim
wound on the forehead, followed Oy the Two others
on The breast. sonzogDo mu t have received the
shoulder wound whiie struggling with MIS- 'assail-
am toward the door. Inc motive l0r the crime
remains yet mystery.
THE MOTIVE.
Some accounts suggest private vindictivenesS,
others public resentment-the latter limiting
darby at the opportune extinction OF an intrepid
opponent OF poItical aud sacerdotal serdom.
One act all are agr ed upon, that 1t was no un-
practsed hand. but that OF trained and pro-
less onai assassin, who dealt the olow.
THE REPRESENTATIVE PRINTER A RADICAL DEMO-
Graf.
The Sonzogno family OF Milan is known through.
out Italy Tor their printing esLaDlsnment, which
Tor more than ii ty years has enric0ed the King.
oom with excellent publications. scientific and
brother, who resides In Milan, were the direct.
ors OF the establishment. In 1S4s-a9 Ranaee
he Was
| editor Of the Gdzseua di Audno. Then an
when Mas 09 one
| toned Ranaele Sonzogno-a silence watch favored
HIM a. journalist. But after Montana the Mem
abrea Ministry prosecuted the hotheaded pub
licsts OF Lombardy, and made them celebrated in
the process. Lioerated from prison, they were
! bv spirit OF reaction sent to Parliament,
| and SO the Chamber was inundated by men
| who were new and unknown until That time,
viz, Ranaels sonzogno, Bia, Ghoslos and
Cavalotti (the last good dramatic poet), ali or
! them wild ana headstrOng republicans. IL was
ten That In the GGzzetto, which mas served every
government OF Italy from lS4S To 1866 Enrlc0
Mon azlo gave up TO Carlo Pancrazio. director OF
! the Gdzzetta pitalLa, "a letter Of Rlnaele's with
| the stamp OF tue ''Imperial and Royal Gazette OF
! hian," greatly com promising that genteman's
! fame and reputation. An outer was raised at
having IN Parliament an Austrian s. mpathlZer,
/ masked "a republican, who had cared TO approve
In The Milan Gaaette the puollc hage.lation 81 the
Lombard matrons by the Austrian governments.
forced 70 quit Parliament and his constituents
| toOS good care not TO re-elect him. Rafaele no "
began to write more violently against tue SAVOY
/ dynasty and In favor OF inc Republic, attaching
himself to all the indictments OF the period. He
had talent, was steady and inaefatigaole in
past history.
I When Rome was freed he came here and started
the Capitals giving II that Ute because ne thought
the Italian government did not wish to make
Rome the capital OF the kingdom. Facts have
reuted HIM. He renamed, however, the de-
them without mercy, sparing neither them, nor, OF
course, the Pope and the preSth yod, and dis play.
ing unusua. powers OF mind IN his daily diatrlDes.
The Roma popuace and the disc ontented noOlesse,
such rs the Duke OF Sermoneta, were friendly 10
| him, and his journal widely read bv the con.
ago he visited Garibald He was tolerated as vlsl-
tor, because he was man OF vigorous lnteiect
and well versed in history so as to apply efeo.
lively TO current events. Lately he die ated some
articles on the Agrarian law, wlicn, indeed,
brought US back to the time o. the Gracchi.