The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-21
INTERESTING exrRADrrloN CASE
Growing Out Of the Revolution Of Ticiuo.
switzerland.

Growing Out Of the Revolution of Iicino.
Switzerland.
Special 10 The Times by Dunlap Gable Go.
LONDON. oct. 2O.-An eXtradition court
was held to-day at Bow street, when All
gelo Castioni descriDod as "A sculptor, was
again charged on remand with the murder
of Councillor ROsse during the 'iicia0 out
break, within the jurisdiction Of the Swiss
Government. Mr.. WOOdiall, instructed ry
the Swiss Consul in London, appeared 10
prosecute. and Mr.. Grain and Mr. kershaw
defended the prisoner The sitting magis-
trate was Mr.. LushingtOn. a member ci he
fellow-countryman Of the accused, and the
Swiss Consul was present in the court.
CastiGni is a fine man, tall and broad,
with full beard and moustachc, ana wore
a blue reeing coat sack.
CIRCUMSTANCES or THE CASE.
Mr.. Woodfall. in bis opiuing address
went over the circnms tances Oi the case.
lie told how, on September llth. there was
An attack on the Government offices al
TicIno, when the rioters seized five men.
whom they bound. Three Of these made
dispositions that man, whose descrlp-
tiOn cOincided with that Of Cas-
toni. had entered the porch IN al
very excited state Of mind and fired the
fatal shot Ii appeared afterwards that
CastiOni fired second shot from the same
revolver. which was accidentally done. Mr.
Grain intimated that he should argue for ibe
defence that il any murder was committed
while revolution was going On, 1t was
political ofiense. and he should call VIII
nesses, If he was allowed, who would show
that while CastiOni was present he did not
fire the shot which killed Councillor Rose.
MIR. WOodfall cOntcndod that The mere
fact that a murder was committed during
political riot did not alter the character oi
the crime, and If prlma iacle case Ma-
made ont against the accused, the magl~-
trate would have 10 commit him for trial
under the act Of $50, whether o. not ihe.
crime was political, that the surrender OBJ
the fugitive criminal TO his country was p
question for the executive government. ana
tnat the same theory C law ran through
the polity of every country. In this CON
nection 'he instanced the case of Muller
who murdered Briggs and fled to New orh.
THE EVIDNCE.
Medic Il opinions that the death Of Coun-
cillOr ROsse WGs due 10 a shot fired from
some weapon, was read in French to the
prisoner by the interpreter Of the court.
rhe result Of the post mOrtem examination
made by DIR. Paul Strasscr and Professor
Schriseter, was then stated. The shoi
entered the light breast and passed through
the lungs and heart, but no definite conclu-
sion as TO the distance from which the Shot
was fired was given. The depositions oi
the entries OF Monsieur MeriOiti. the wee
Chancellor at BellinZOna, were next read,
i'm which il was stated that the deponent
was arrested and taken with the others,
hand .cutled. to the palace. He only heard
one shot fired in the building, and that was
the one which struck ROsse. The indi-
vidual who fired it was powerful man,
forty or ffty years Of age, who was dressed
i'm light clothes, and his appearance Wa-
quite unlike that of a labOrer
The Secretary Of the Department OF Pub
lie Works at BellinzOna, named Endlrlm
Cesaredi Francisco, was the auihor OF the
next deposition read. lie SAID he was cap
tureA, and after being covered by reNOl-
yer, an individual of lerculesn build gave
orders for the dep0nent and the others TO Dr.
bound. They were pushed, 50 a. to bear
the brunt Of danger, should there be amy
firing from the Government palace. Ger
man, Bruni, and the others pointed theii
firearms at the guard. The first Of them
shouted "Open. in the name Ofthc people!
and Councillor ROsse replied: "ln the name
of lhe law ! refuse" The tall. cOrpultni
man suggested that the window OF the
palace should be forced. Bruni. however
called out to the people 10 enter by the f0or
and not by the window. While the gates
were being smashed two shots were fired,
apparently into the air. The deponent ~"
the bic man already alluded 10 shoot COun-
cillor Rosse.
Resrhigua Pietro, aschancery emPloye,
deuosed that he had been sent 20 Lugan0 10
give warning, but was arrested and taken
with the preyiOus witnesses 10 the palace.
Bruni asked that the gate might be opened
AS the Government had been 0HerinrOWn'
The big man who fired at Rosse said m an
undertone, "lIe is down" Nhen the
fell the deponent heard a second
shot. apparently an accidental one hrcd
from that individuals revolver. bruni
exclaimed, "Be prudent with the hrearm'
The deponent did not know the name OF Tue
shooter. but saw him two days aIter"aFd'
when he was told that IT vas Castloni'
POLITICAL KILLING Is MURDER
Mr.. Grain said he surmIsed that as Mon
sieur Meri0tti. the Chancellor, though
present, was not called, IL must be because
he would be unable 10 identify the prisoner
that the witnesses for the defense w0uia oe
ia town tonight, and that PIctro should "
sent for 10 appear on Friday. lie thch Hu-
dressed himself 10 the consideration OF .hf
question whether this was POM.
cal otfense or not, and quoted
Sir Edward Carke's diction that
The killing Of man IN civil war or In the
= ,esx,re OF property by the leaders Of re-
tvIIlon was q political oiense. lie con