Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-13

NIHILIST HARTMAN.
tellectual leader Of group OF Italian
| revoiutionists, whose propaganda was
| responsible for the late outbreak In
| Sicily and in Massa di Carrars.
He was on his wav TO the latter place
TO assume the leadership Of the riotous
peasants and wOrkmeD when he was ar
rested, disguised as priest In the
public gardens OF Naples.
The story OF his life, how he became
an anarchist, and his life since then, is
extremely interesting.
He spent several months in this coun-
| try, leaving about a year ago, during
which time be founded two newspapers
and organized several groups OF ltal-
ian, Spanish and Englsh-speaking an
/ archiSts.
Merlino's personality Is charming.
He is essentially student, and has the
| refined, retiring manners or one accus-
| toned 20 a studious life.
In appearance, he is the very opposite
OF the typical Anarchist. He is small,
about five feet in height, and wears q
dark beard. He is about thirty-SiX
years old. Merluo comes Of very good
Neapoiitan family.
His father, who died about a year ago,
was the chief juStc Of the old Neapol-
itsu kingdom, and when United Italy
became fact he still continued TO hold
high judicial position under the italian
crown. His elder brother is now Judge
in Naples.
Nerlino himself was Intended for
legal career, and became member OF
the Neapoitau bar. He probably never
would have become an anarchist had it
/ not happened that he was retained 10
defend Malatesta, CsferO and Ginnassi,
| for the attempted revolution near Bene-
/ veuto in 1876. Ia order to better defend
them, he made a study OF their opinions
and became a convert to them.
After that his career as a lawyer was
short He soon abandoned mis- practice
altogether and devoted himself to the
| propaganda Of AnarChiSm. He was
arrested 10 Rome, in 1882, on charge
! OF melting 10 revolution, but owing to
the high position OF his family was
allowed to escape. He was sentenced,
| however, in mis- absence, TO ten years
imprisonment, and his visits TO Italy
/ since that time have been always made
/ in secret.
lie has spent most Of the time In
| Paris and London, writing and lectur-
/ ing upon anarchism, and has become
! recognized by anarchists all the world
| over as their intellectual leader. He
has supported himself during that time
/ By writing Tor French magazines, and
| he has been slightly assisted by his
| father.
The group OF men whom he defended
/ and who were responsible for his con-
version have also an interesting history,
/ and the story Of their attempten revolu-
/ ton reads like romance.
Francisco Ginnassi, then q boy OF
/ eighteen or nineteen, is now practlc-
/ ing physician in New York, and while
he does not forget his old friends, and
/ likes TO talk over old times, has con-
siderably modified his views on the ad-
/ visibility of using force TO reform the
world.
Ca6ero, who was the real leader of
| this attempt, was the founder Of the
/ Anarchist movement in Italy.
Carlo Ca6ero was landowner, and,
/ coming from such class, he was the
! last man that one would expect 10 be-
come an advocate OF communism OF
property.
He was born about 1s47, and some
/ where around 1868 or 1869 met Carl
( Marx and Michal Bahounire in London.
When Bahounire Quarrelled with
| Marx in 1871, thus starting the Anar-
chist "a distinct from the Socialist
| party, Cafero became his follower, and
| going to Italy began to preach his doc
triues there.
6e was arrested for the Benevento
| attempt. and after his release spent
most Of his life in France and England.
/ He died last year in an Insane asylum.
The most dangerous man OF all,
! though,as a practical agitator, is Enrlco
| Malatesta, the son Of tanner, and
wauderer on the face Of the earth.
/ He is now forty-two years old, and In
| that time has managed TO be expelled
| from Italy, France, Belgium and Swift
erlsnd aud has drawn upon himself the
notice OF the authorities in Egypt, the
Argentine Republic, Germany, England
and Spain.
He was one Of Cafiero's converts, and
I hTSt came 10 tue HOhlCo VI tuO outA"l'
ties for the BeneVento attempt in 1876.
After his release from prison, in 1878,
he went 10 Alexandria, Egypt, and OBJ
tanned a position IS foreman OF rail-
road construction gang. His opinions
soon caused him 10 lose this position,
aud he went 10 Marseilles, but made
! himself Sc obnoxious there that be was
expelled at once. From Marseilles he
went TO Geneva Snd lived there six
months, being supported by Ginnassi.
In 1879 he issued a manifesto calling
for the assassination Of the Italian
| king, and his extradition was demand
ed. This was refused by the Swiss re-
public, but he was expelled from Swift
srland. After that he lived for some
time In Brails, Roumania, support
ing himself as teacher OF 'tal-
ian: but things became toe "
for him there, so he returned &c
erland, only to be again expeT
then tried Italy again, but C
remain there few weeks,
London, where ne has been
Of the time since, support