The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04
cR1MEAxD MISERY.
,,-,uuoniyatioA of Authority In
ItRly-He6nt Outrages'

From the New York Evening Post.
pane Italy.-It 5 sad to realize that,
scr five and thiay years of national
re- these two wo-ds sum up the history
-, italy. vet such the truth, and as yet
,bara are very fey signs of such radical
.aforr,s as alone 3ould lead the abate-
,,ant nj misery am the consequent dimin-
..,,r If crime. Yesterday Pietro Acciarito,
~ ATTEMPTED the life of King Humbert
IN Anril Is last, vas condemned to the
nouevs for life-tn years of strict cell
confinement. the remainder of hard
labor in common, n some seagirt fortress,
a NJisida. Procida, a st. Stephens. set apart
n for those criminss who, before the aboli-
4 zion of capital punishment, would have
\ Maid for their crimes with their lives. The
sentence is stritly legal; the trial was
conducted with extraordinary celebrity for
Italv. as the md attempt was made on
April Is and tn trial occupied only two
short sttngs.
It is an appalling fact that nothing,
since the old p1nces were dethroned, has
been done to xtirpate the deep-rooted
habits and usaIes of crime. which can be
traced back fol ages in the same places
and in the sam families. Artema, where
Acciarito was lorn. was called Montefor-
sino up to $50, when the inhabitants
changed its name, hoping to cause its evil
fame to be forgotten AS far back as 1857,
Pope Paul ". after summing up the
crimes committed by the inhabitants Of
the little fortified town in the province Of
VelIetri issuedlan edict ordering the place
to be RACED to the ground; "the rebels,
enemies of the church, assassins of the
papal soldiery. thieves, heigands and MUIR
derers, to be put to the sword their prop
erty sequestrated, all surrounding inhabi-
tants forbidden to give them refuge and
allowed to kill any that escape"
But 1t must he presumed that the crimi-
nails were too cunning or too powerful,
as. throughout the following centuries. the
place was noted for the most atrocious
crimes. Between 1852 and 1868 monster tri-
ais were the order of the day, and a SEN
tence of 1872 runs: "In the region of Mon
tefortino In the province Of Velletri. the
classic land of crime. where vengeance is
the barbarous delight of the inhabitants,
crime has increased to a frlghtful extent
during the last twenty years; whole fam
lilies have been exterminated, and at mid
day incendiary fires are common. No
one will bear witness against the accus-
ed and the names of the same families
occur in successive trials" Between 1870
without the condemnation of any of the
arrested The homicides in those years
amounted to sixty-one per annum; other
crimes-burglary brigandage, blackmail-
ing, extortion pillage, rapine, etc.--to 3l1
cases so that the crimes committed in this
little town were respectively five, six and
seven times those of all Italy, taking the
percentage of the other provinces. During
one OF the trials prisoner said to the
Judge: Why should I have invited N
70 assist me in burglary? Does not
your excellency know that with Mas
trangelo francesca and my two brothers.
am capable of strangling an entire viii
lager The extraordinary mixture of
crime and superstition was never so clear
~ delineated Pompilia Zambeccari had
vowed a golden chalice to the Virgin II
bandl" nus
In this town, which, in changing its
-I.u, mas changed its skin, Pietro Accia-
mo was porn and bred-there, where Meth
er the government, nor the church. nor
private societies. nor individuals had at
eellpleo 70 purify the atmosphere by the
removal OF the most notorious criminals.
~ w educating the portion of the NOM.
ia9e as yet unscathed. 1t seems. as though
Helthef the government, nor the nagis-
uaIes' nor the local police dared to tackle
these phenomenal criminals. AS a how
ana youth, Pietro Acciarito seems to have
Dorhe an exceptionally good character.
Nchooimasters and the masters under
"hon ne worked say that he was diligent.
1ocile, exact until three years ago. when
ne was brought to the point of death nv
syphus Iever; he seems never to have been
S ,.,liiseH since. He took up with anarch-
4Sai doctrines, and ceased to give satisfae.
uon to his employers. His famiiv is 70
spectaole he had kept company with a
woman whom he intended to marry. but
Ils aHalrs went badly, he sold his tools
ana told his father that he meant m do
III some pezzo crosse" some high digni
saIS. me father, alarmed, reported his
opeoeh 70 the police, who we're too much
ton. "a 'he uehuhcia-
me King, who is really loved and &C.
ieeinea IN Italy, was driving in an omen
.anuau' the supposed protective renresen-
ed'Ve OF the police long way hehind
mneh Acciarito approached the carriage
da ,'e aiiii ,rl ms blow with a very deadly
~ me KING caught his hand. stand
Hs up ana the would-be assassin fell
ne, Threw away his dagger. and was ar
,Vsted by the carbineers. summoned NV a
poy cyclist. who was Just behind tha rnvaI
SeiTage. The king was quite cool throueh-
out, observing that such things 'are The
teIquisltes OF the trade" Acciarito main
Sl 's.I from the first that 10 had no ac
IA - NiAfiA HN NttlQp0 10 Kill the
AIng SO as 10 compel the nation 10 ronsids
VIC misery Of the people. TO set Z n work
Ut 'helr own safety TO find a remedy Tor
,, ne gaunt misery Haunted by shameless
thu1ury. Throughout his imprisonment he
s ~. never changed his tune never ffertsd
miasuhess, has denied all plot or accon,1
bnVOs. when his sentence was prono,inced
.e sai1; IL Is my turn to-day: to-norrou,
ny e bourgeois government will bsve
ena'rs s; viva the social revolutioni Viva
,,,,t ne police, severely called TO Account h,,
~ opinion and by their superlorsS
~. theh neglect OF the fathers warning
anS "a earth and hell to find OUT = MOI
s ~ 70 prove that the anarchists are a.
r, 'eH OLD tricks again. They arrested
~ ntIs OF young men, against whom
1nauoW OF an accusation was brought
Ms especially on the eve of the lst ~
LAY, which date is sim kent mora or
~" 20 ,he workingman's festival Among
u,su was young fellow named Frezza
~, spoken OF by his Employer ana ~
"a -'w,oorkmen, married, ana never arrest.
No., Seiore' save as precautionary meas
bsd on FORMER list OF May, when no
ts 1L Deen brutality used by one IN he
,,sa'4s VINO was duly punished and wbo
Ma Fss UP MS vengeance. on the "a of