, 1875-10-22
ITALY.
uQnRt1i.E MURDERS,

ITALY.
uonRrni.E MCRpEns,
L.onae, 7im-s.
RoME, Sept. 25.-1 devote tllis letter to two
horrible murders. au prompted to do 40 main
~ Oh account OF the remarkable coincidence or
analogy betwaen the one last committed aud the
fearful Whttechapel-road mystery," which now
absorbs tho attention Of tho London public. 10
strangely alike are they, that como haro fe1. III
clsncd to think TINT tho 1nyate1y OF the Ro-
man railway station is hut CHASTITY hoax aug-
gessed by tho Whttcchapol case and played on
BY ZONE medical studensa with the subject from
diRtucting.soom but tho horror directed to DO
''left till called for E" las been lying in tho
goods department here slpce before tic l1th OF
September.
About she beginning Of this month, box,
| measuring metre in length aud 80 ccstimetEeB
in depth, aud strongly corded, arrived, with
other gooda, from Hepics. II WAS directed to D
ance With tho direction, until the owner should
send or cali for it. It had been noticed for some
| time that vers Offensive and gra1nally-inrreas-
| lug small perradod tue watelouse wI,sro 1t was
stnred, and, finally, uH examination being made,
| it was ascertatped to coms from this box, from
which 1t Taa then observed q thick fetid matter
wny ooziug. After aono delberatiou tho po-
| lice Authorities weso communicated With,
aLlu AL UIuHE Guk1iUBU luz tDH G1AMI.
nation Of the CONTENTS. The lid was so-
| mosoo, aud with it canle forth Huch volume
| ct stencil that every oue started back. Gu
| approaching again and removing sono super
ala!ost naked body OF young woman in a fear
fal state Of decomposition. It Was al hudi!ed
up together. tic legs bnnt forward and down
upon tho body. and the arnlB crossed upon tho
breast ~ order to cram tho eorpse into tho
space; tie whole Hdch \ u,aas Of rottenness
that at first tho Bc1 yas only ascolt TUNED by tho
long hair. 1t was packed IN With tow and Eaw
dust; THICK layer OF rock salt laid over 1t, and
e!oso tho crsyices between tho boards. Tho
TO the lesd-houso At the Campo Eerano.
tae large eetnesery outside the Pessa
o,aer to apcorsain tho cause Of donth. Tho frs.
| thiug observed was lonG inciBiOu dividing the
| ahdo,ueu, aud It waA thou fuund that tte cou-
boon removed and the cavity flied With salt.
| Further examination proved that there wero no
| external marks of yoeuce aud It IL therefore
supposed that the glrl 1nuht Lave boon poisoned
aud the entralls Withdrawn boforo the body was
crushed into tho box 70 prevent tho cause OF
death from being detected. At tue same time,
| this mAy haTe boon done hud the salt Inserted
lnBtead with the intention Of arres.iug decompo-
ation for aa long period as possibio. The
body is that Of young girl Of shout IL
years Of ago. blight In figure and with long chests
nut hair !; but as mar!sed doto.mity hss been
asccrta.Ned by which Quo shoulder Was
ov'aontly raised above the other. e is suppressed
that neither passion 10 whatever phase no joal,-
| ouBy can have caused Tho crime. What amount
Ut beauty tho face may hRYs possessed it III i'm
posslb % e Judge, 30 entirely arc the features
! married.. from tho appearance ct the finger
na.ls, which aro long aud we'll seudod, she would
appear to have bean Of gontle birth, or. at any
rate, not OF Beryie condition. The surgeons are
of oplntcn that death was Caused either BY pol
eon or suffoca.lon, - the appearance Of the
brain would soen, to slow. The 1ncsion AlonR
the abdomen would seom to Aayo been made by
Practical hand. OF course, the police arc in
full communication NTH Naples on tho aubject,
but. thus far nothing has becn aseerthined ex-
copt that shost ti,ne back application mas made
by q father wloss daughter hAd mysteriously
disappeared.
Tie other murder, or aerios Of murders, CON-
m!ttsd By tho same hand, bears also = certsn
analogy to tl,o Whtcchapol road mystesy lnas.
rnuc! ~ tue murderer Inferred Ills victims be-
| ueath the flooring of hia Workshop.
In thu month Of August last great alarm was
created in tic village OF 1ncisa. noAs Florence.
| ny tho MYSTERIOUS disappearance OF two caildfea
a boy yeara old OH the mosauag Of t4s 21st.
| and another boy OF 4 tho following evening. It
"aa supposed that thoy might have fallen Into
I tho ssroaua ~4oro thoy vent TO hbA aud hathe,
but no traoaa Of thont Or t4olr clothes could be
tonad. all kinds Ut e1akkezased idcAs got
! aiioas ia tho village, more PARTICULAR. ~ these
weto not tho first children who had zuadouly
disappeared. and IL was assorted that
/ thoso weso children -klllers In tho adjoining
wood. Gu the 2ath ono Of the women Of tho
village waH arranging l.or hair at the buck wiu-
| dow OF her room, whom abe hoard frightful
shrseks. and recoRnizeds them - counting from \
child she know. certain An.ssigo lnrcli. boy
9yssrs old, and that tAe7 proceeded from sle
workshop Of one Carlo 1sandi, curt carpenter.
! She ru4hed down into tho atrcot and alarmed tho
| netghbors, who mado for the workshop, which
theV found closed tho hoy crying loudly tor Aelp
tftt Altar vain tn 0At Ora Mi
! TO admit them, they burst opon tho door aud
| found him strugglng 10 forco tue boy into =
ho!s. He lsd cut the Guild fearfully shout tho
10 force into his mouth 10 gag hin.
| Aftor the man Tas secured It waa observed
that some Of the bricks Of: tho flooring wers
| thing ssea was : clltd's hand. The place Wa
quickly dug mp, and behold the muti!ated bodies
| OF tic tWo boys who had disappeared ten dsya
before aod On the holo into whlch 0saudl was
= numbor Ut othor cliidren'a bones we're fouua
ut tho bottom. No sooaer wss tho thing known
tAao the village beeamo = scono OF tue widest
excitement, aud tue authorities had to asnd OF
| Ia hot hasts for whateVer military Rnd police
there we're IN the vicinity sud q sufficient foroa
only arrived in time to saye tho w1etch from bo-
ing torn to pieces BY tho popuace. It
see%s g.,,x.S thas Tho murderer orsndi. ~ w.
| high rounded shouEders, very large head,
upon which thore was not seEap OF hair, and
rsputHtVa feAturos-a kiud Of Quilp. "A IN only
too often tho case tn Italy, such unfortunate
creatures become the object ot open publle ridi.
| oula. The boys OF lnes1 hAd been In the hab!t
Of tsa4lng aud tormsusipg GsAndi aud playing ali
kinds Of practical jokea upon hlm, no: Alwafs
for thus that he had, ~ opportunity offered. su-
ttoed now one and then 1nosAer Of tho ufohin
ringlsadsrs into bis Workshop and there mur-
| dared them, hutytuR them uniat the uoor:
him into hI4 Workshop upder tbe psatext OF hay~
Ing some fun with tha other boys shss 70 ~.
| eotupllah this ha sGs to hldc IN the hus GraoN