The herald., 1895-06-09
"L'ECCO DELLA COLONIA
UgO Paladini, lis Editor, Is Charged
With Criminal Libel
G. Cas.ruceio Appeals to the Law for Proteo-
tion From His Attacks--The War
in the Italian Colony

The breach i'll the unity of the Italian
colony continues to widen as the hot
blooded Latlns continue their quarrel
and their amusing vlliticati On of one an
other continues to spread abroad. Duel
ing is contrary to the law, or no doubt
the brave gentlemen would several of
them even now be writhing on the CORY
sods of the field of honor. AS it is. the
unfortunate discussion has been dragged
before the prosy public tribunals and
has dwindled down TO number of
charges of criminal libel preferred by the
people of the state of California, G. Cas-
truccio, atfiant, against Ugo Paladini, for
criminal libel of the complaining witness.
In the three separate complaints filed
yesterday morning with City Justice
Morrison. Castruccio complains on oath
that the crime of libel was comm itted by
Paladini, who with malicious intent to
injure the complainant and to impeach
his int "ity, virtue and reputation, and
thera . expose him to public hatred,
conten, and ridicule, and to deprive
him OF his good name and credit, did
publish false, scandalous. malicious
and defamatory libel. expressed by print
ing, in the Italian language. OF and con-
corning this complainant, in the form OF
newspaper article. III newspaper called
L. Eco della Colonia, published, printed
and circulated by Ugo Paladini who is
its editor, proprietor and publisher.
In the clippings appended some rare
old Italian masterpieces IN epithets con-
from the pen of the fiery Paladini at the
com planning Castruccio. The first COM
planned of article treats of a refusal of the
Garl1alu society TO participate in pic
mic with which Castruccio was connected,
and Paladini therein declares that Cas-
truccio is the disturbing element of the
colony, is an ass, peasant, an igno-
ramus, a Balmaceda, and intimates that
for his cowardice he will receive four
very strong kicks in the backsid-, accom-
panied by the refrain: 'Nai al dinyl!'
(Go to the devil)"
The second complaint is similar in its
plaint. and the clipping attached is
marked The Continuation. 1t relates how
the "ludicrous, ambitious clown. Cas-
truccio," journeyed to lawyer to seek
redress. 1t accuses Castrucclo OF being a
hypocrit cal Pharisee and an imitator of
feudalism. A quoted letter says the Cara
baldi society is tired of this nauseating
being (meaning Castruccio) and charging
him with being a vulgar, am mbitIous per-
son with a IN serable heart and no soul
except one for Matching black passions.
designs of vengeance and hatred; friend
of the lmpenitent Sodomist-behold the
man. the czar i'll miniature. ., patio
Mere! o. beggarly vagabond!
The third complaint is similar in tone
and contains an aggregation of delight.
full summery Italian expletlves that
would shame a beggar from Mulb rry
bend The blood -curdling way in which
these fiery Italians vllify each other
would cause an ordinary Anglu-Saxon to
shiver with thrills of impending battle
and set the coonels from the south to
reaching for their pistol pockets while
their hair is mixing up in curly kinks of
horror To be called liar, poor mad
man, stupid imbccle, a great ass,
presumptuous. ambitious one, is bad
enough even in English. but when deliv-
cred hot in jaw breaking Italian, its as
much as one man ought to bear and still
live. The soft southern tongue easily
winds itself around such expressions as
"povero maniaco. i'm mbecille, stupdo, as
naccicaccio, presuntuoso un ambizoso.H
Says Paladin: 81 egli un asino. un
pitocco qualunque. (Ies, he is an ass,
beggar COMMONLY
Why the swords and the pistols have
not flashed in the secluded hooks of Ely
sian park is puzzling even the most law
abiding. But the Italian heart is hard
to read, so some coarse-graIned minions
OF the law are around darkly limiting that
perhaps some morning Il cold dead face
will be found upturned to the silent skies,
while the bandie of a sharp Italian da G.
ger a little space below will show where
a hot blade was thrust through an ene-
my's heart. But the Malta are not known
to be lurking in Los Angeles, and our
Italian fellow citizens are too American
to kill fellow unawares. Meanwhile
Paladini is under surveillance.