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NAPLES, April l5.-The castle Of Plxso.
falione. on the hill overlooking tho lovely shore
OF Santa lucia. In this city. has boon the scene
OF remnRk abls tragedy. The castle 10 . mill.
tary bsrrack. nled with infantry. The tortuous
road down IL the sea 10 bordered by cabins in.
habited by tho families OF Veterans. The tras.
ody occurred on the night Of Easter Sunday.
about 0 O'Clock. A knot Of Piedmontese anl
Lombariy soldiers hogan to chHf1 a CalHbress
corporal jncring at his country. mmicking bic
patois. and tantnlizing him IN every way. 4
srrsount interiercd and drove tho soldiers 70
bed. An hour aftcrward one Salvatore MisdsA
Calahrian soldier OF the Nineteenth Infantry.
stole quietly from bed. took his gun and q hun.
dred rUunds OF cartridges. and stationed him.
self at the door OF the barruck. He piled the
cartridges on bench. loaded his musket aud.
knoeinR down. began to fire upon every Pied-
nontese and Lombard solder In sight The
FIRST sho brought down the sergeant who had
stopped the warfare OF words. He lrsd -
rapidly as possible. every shot either killing OF
woundng q comrade.
The sleeping regiment was aroused. As fast
as the soldiers sprAng from their beds they
were shot down. The rcgl ment was panio-
stricken. The graduates. who rushed for the
door and tried to corral the human tiger. wore
shot dead. The remainder Of the soldiers
sought shelter In Their rooms. Misdoa thea
entered tnp rooms one NITtr inc OtnSr, kllllQ4
aud wOunding n! Dut the Ca abrsss From the
windows OF each room he would shoot dOwA
the soldiers outside. In one room half dozen @
caught the ininriated man by the logs as he On.
tered and pulled him to the floor. Although he
fought ike tiger. his gun WAS taken from him
and his hands were tied behind him. H0 bic
and scratched all who came near him. and he
was finally gagged. Meantime tho barrack vas
filed with terror. AiYrightod soldiers spran9
from the windows breaking legs and arms. and
tho plnca echoed with the cries OF the wounded.
Smoke Il led every room. The walls were fur.
rnwea by bullets aud blood was everywhere
seen. Six men were killed outright and nvs
81 Lombardy and Piedmont and OF good fam.
lilies.
Tue Caabrian was neither drunk nor crazy,
He recogniHad his countrymen while shooting.
shouting: DON'T bo afraid. You are Calabrsso.
I'll not shoot you" Seeing q young cOnscripS
Quaking with fear. lie cried: Keep quiet,
You're only a conscript. l won't hurt YOU"
IL hll he nred nearly sixty rounds OF cartridges,
When arrested he snurled like u tiger. and kept
II w tho whole might. Gen. MpZzacapo Ques.
TONED him bef he was imprisoned. He re.
piled ihnt ho knew what hs was about. but that
he could not bear to hear tho PisdmOnteSe and
Lonibar'is make fun OF the Caabrrse.
Before joining the regiment Msdaa was Q
exploits to his comrades He frequently said
onc-not even his mother. He is twenty-one
years old. red-hea'ird and has high cheek
bones. He WAS sent 10 the prison OF O. atsi del
Nunvo. Tho hospital Of l.a TrinistA is flied with
his victims. Thousands attended the funerals
OF those who wore slain outright.