Daily globe., 1879-03-24

information as to agricultural prospects or
emigration. Spring wheat is the Minnesota
staple, and seeding has only commenced in
a few exceptional cases. There is expecta-
tion of an increased acreage. Reports from
the southern part of the State indicate large
immigration on the lines of the Winona and
St. Peter and Southern Minnesota railroads.
REMARKABLE CASE.
IN Italian Prisoner VhO Tries to Starre
Himself to heath, and Then Witte,s His
Hand bV Fire to Aroid Work..
LAugusta, (Ga.) Special to Chicago Tribune. |
A case that has excited great interest
among the Italians of the south and is re-
markable onein its aspects, depending before
the Governor of Georgia. About one year
ago young Italian, named Pimonti, savage
ly assaulted one Guifflidi with hatchet and
horribly mutilated him. The assault was
ferocio US and Indignant, and it was with the
utmost difficulty that outright murder was
prevented. Guiffridi was barber and had
discharged Pimonti. One night as he was
putting up his shutters, Pimonti rushed in
the shop brandishing hatchet. He made
directly for Guiffridi and struck him in the
back of the neck, burying the hatchet in the
flesh. Guiffridi lodged the second blow,
but the first has left him deformed for life,
with his head down to one side. The
assault was murderous and njustifable.
When in Jail Pinonti was violent, sullen,
and defiant. He showed no repentance or
sorrow, and seemed to regret only that he
had not killed his enemy. He could hardly
speak a word of English, and appeared to
have an ungovernable temper that at times
went almost into paroxysms His friends
say that Guitfridi treated Pimonti wrong
about his wages; that he brought him out
from New York to Augusta, and, after prom
ising to increase his wages, discharged
strange land, half starved and helpless, he
threw himself upon the man that had
wronged him. He was sentenced to ten
years hard labor in the penitentiary.
And now comes the strange part of the
story. He became very violent at receiving
his sentence, and declared that he would die
before he would work. Upon reaching the
camp he refused to take hold of the pickax
Under the discipline of the camp, he was
stripped, tied up, and whipped. He laughed
and cursed in broken English as the cruel
lash cut into the flesh, and when the whip
ping was over said, ''Whip some more; me
want more" He was whipped again until
the superintendent, seeing that he was ex-
hausted, ordered him down. He was whipp-
ed again the next day and the next, but
never would he touch the pickax. His back
was lacerated, and it must have been torture
every time the lash touched him, but he
never WINGED. He cursed his keepers, and
laughed at their efforts to conquer him.
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not eaten mouthful since he was brought
whipping and starvation he was very near to
death. Mr.. Twiggs, the engineer, went to
see him, and asked him why he would not
eat. He said he would never eat again until
he was given new trial. He seemed thor
oughly convinced that he had been uniustlv
treated, and that if he could get new trial
he would be cleared. He said, 'Niggar
stole money,-four years. ten years, -
why?" alluding to negro who had been
sentenced when he was. He was so weak
that he could hardly stand up. Mr. Twggs
asked him if it didn't hurt him to do with
out food. 'Hurt first three days: very nice
now; nothing hurt me.'' 10 Mr.. Twiggs'
horror, he then staggered to the fire, and,
picking up some live Goals, held them in the
palm of his hand, and, turning towards
Twiggs, said: "Can you do that? Nothing
hurt me-" Mr.. Twiggs says the smoke from
the burning fl esh rose from Pimonti's hand,
but he did not vince. When the Goals had
blackened he threw them to guard, saying /:
'You get plenty dem when you go down
stairs" Mr.. Twigg asked him if he wanted
to die, why he didn't run and let the guard
shoot him. He said: ''Den me go down
STAIRS" 'But if you don't eat ,ou will die!''
eyes; but no killee myself. Judge killee me-.
Christ 60 to Jerusalem when knew Jews kill
him. Judge he Jews. He kill me- At
last MIR. Twiggs promised to write to the
Governor, asking for new trial, and asked
Pimonti to eat something. "No," he said,
"me write, me live five, six day, no eating"
'But you may be dead before the Governor
can reply?" ''Then you write Governor and
tell him man dead-take 10 more trouble. -
At length, after showing him letter to the
Governor, the stubborn fellow vas persuaded
to take something to eat. He was then al
most literally dying, aud presented shock
ing spectacle. He has not worked at all,
and when ordered to do SO, simply saws
'Bring strap" His case excites great inter
est. as the stubbornness with which he acts
induces the belief that there may be extenu-
ating circumstances. The Italian minister
has written to Gov. Colquitt about the case
and asked that the man be given a new
trial, promising that a capable Interpreter
shall be present to see that the prisoner has a
fair showing, and can have his story under
stood. purse is being raised among the
Italians of Georgia and Carolina for his
benefit. Tho Governor is looking over the
papers in his case. @
St. Cloud Comuettno for the S,nre,,ncu
W.th Minneapolis.
st. Cloud Journal-Press.
The secret of the Tribune's gratuitous
fault finding is to be found in the fact that
the iSt. Cloud & Mankato railroad. when
built, will interfere materially with Min
neapolis' business. Running north and
south. it will cut across the Main Line of the
st. Paul d Pacific railroad, which is an i'm
portant feeder to that city, and will bring to
st. Cloud, or take to Mankato, great deal
of business which now goes to Minneapolis.
A considerable proportion of the wheat
which has now no other market than Min
neapolis will seek this new outlet and better
prices at Duluth. But especially will it make
of st. Cloud an important lumber manufac-
turing city, the best point of supply for the
large district of country Mankatoward
which is destitute of pine. Right here is the
tender point with the Tribune. All that is
needed are the shipping facilities which this
new road would afford to cause the immediate
development of the magnificent water power
at this place ana the construction Of large
saw mills, as there would be demand for all
the lumber that could be manufactured. Our
friends at Minneapolis may as well face this
prospect first as last for it is something that
r01v on1 fh0co bn will
be the first to seize the advantages offered
will be present residents of that city, or our
information is all amiss.
Shippers continue to send live cattle
abroad. as they consider it much less ex-
pensive manner of shipping than to send
dead meat in refrigerators, and the meat
commands much better sale on the other
side than dead.