Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-06-19

looking the Modlf orraDean. line SecGlOn
was overrun with poaohers, desperate
class. u. so s-tt-2
i Paracrotti was an inventive genius, and,
failing to make much Roadway against
the encroachments of the poachers, he in
vented sort Of internal machine for their
undoing. It was trap to be set upon the
ground, and the young inventor claimed
that 1t would do no harm moro than to
MAIN any one who tempered with it. The
machine consisted of wire trap to be
baited with live birds. An explosive
bomb was SO arranged that when this cage
was raised the bomb was exploded. One
day he was explaining the workings of his
device to party Of interested persons in a
barn on the estate, when 1t was accidentally
exploded, and three men, ono of whom
was his employers eldest son and heir,
were killed. Paracrotti suffered the loss
of two fingers. ~ III II.
In great fear he fed from the estate,
and, travelling into the interior, sought
shelter with his brother and brother-in-
4 law near Terra del Mauro, y here they ran
stage line. M .ss., n ss5 ~.
One day Paracrotti became angry at
vicious horse and threw stone at 1t. The
missile few wide, but struck his brother
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was arrested, but was acquitted, as the ao-
oidental nature Of the homicide was appar-
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brOther-in-law. In the barn there were
two bottles, one containing a horse lini-
mont of poisonous character, the other
brandy. One day Paracrotti, needing the
bottle containing the linament, which was
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and poured the liniment into the smaller
bottle, which he returned to Its usual
shelf. Three weeks later the brother-in-
law picked up the bottle OF supposed
brandy, took large drink and died that
night In great agony. Paracrotti was ar
rested on suspicion of having murdered his
relative, but was discharged on trial.
There was now q prejudice against Para
crotti in the vicinity, and he went away.
ParacrOtti now went to work in tunnel.
The work was rendered difficult by sub
terranean water courses. During the day
temporary gates were used to dam up the
water. At. night the gates were opened,
off during the night. These gates were
worked by hand levers, and to this work
Paracrotti was detailed. .,l't
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were all out of the tunnel, poor Paracrotti
gave the signal to open the gates. Twenty
one belated laborers were caught In the
food, and every one was drowned. Fear
ing the vengeance of his fellow laborers
Paracrotti fed that night, haunted now
with the memory of 26 human souls gone
to their last account at his hands.
He found his way to Pazznoli, on the
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freightboat. On his third voyage along
the coast he was stricken with fever. He
was at once isolated from the crew. In
those days water was denied fever pa
tient, except in small doses. The stricken
man, tossing with parohed throat, saw that
his guard had fallen asleep, 40 he orept
from his hammock, made his way to the
water tank, plunged his burning head into
Its cooling depth and drank his fill. The
fever germs once In the drinking water,
the disease spread among the crew, and
six of them died. This brought the grew
some record of deaths up to 49, t
The survivors were taken to shore hos
pital. One day, while the oonvalescents
were sitting In the hospital park, one of
fected the ship and attempted to assault
but messmate took up the quarrel, and
in the desperate fight with knives which
followed Paracrotti's defender was slain.
1t was then that Paracrotti determined
to leave Italy. He arrived in New York
last March. On his first day on the streets
as peddler he ran into an elderly man,
pushing him under a cable car. The man
sustained injuries that will cripple him
for life.
Poor Paracrotti has q premonition that
he is yet to work more woe in the world.
He has never married and lives the life Of
a recluse, mainly because his countrymen
fear and shun him and believe him to be
possessed of the evil eye. ~
A Good Day to Swear on.
A year ago Henry Gluso of Pennfeld,
Pa, proclaimed the doctrine that those
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