The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
IN DREAD OF MUSSOLINO
Italy Excited Over the Exploits OF
a MurderOus Brigand.
Escaped From Jail, vorving Ven
geance on All Who Had Aided
in His Conviction - Has Already
Killed All the Witnesses and Most
of the Jurors-TriaI of Bandits.

LONDON, Sept. 29.-All Italy is in great
excitement over the exploits of the brigand
Mussolino, whose murder record is rapidly
assuming championship figures. Some
time since he was convicted of the MUIR
der of an inoffensive peasant and sem
tencei to twenty-five years imprison-
ment. He recently managed to escape and
took to the open country as brigand in
the most modern and approved style, with
the ayowed object of taking vengeance
upon everybody connected with the trial.
An enterprising reporter, taking his life
in his hands. obtained an interview with
the bloed-stained rufian. Mussolino put
On highly virtuous frills with the news
paper man. He said:
Il harm nobody who has not injured me.
/ am not a vulgar malefactor, but, take
my word, / will kill every one of the
scoundreis who denounced me to the law
and gave evidence against me, the mem
bers of the jury who dared to ind me
guilty of a common crime, and the judges
who had the audacity to send me to
prison-ali shall know what 1t means to
be the enemy of Mussolino. But all other
people need not fear. ! protect them"
Such wholesale threats would be gro
tesque in any ether country except Italy,
der followed murder with incredible rap
tdity, and after ALL the fend runs no par
tieular risk as there is no capital punish
ment in Itaiy, and il captured, he will be
no worse off than if he had merely hidden
after escaping. He has already killed every
mEn who gave evidence against him, AMI
murdered seven OF the Jury, while two
others are awaiting their doom in q state
OF abject terror, although protected by The
police night and day, and the remaining
three died natural deaths, or, as some say,
unnatural deaths from fright.
Apart from his legitimate quarry, SO 20
speak, he has incidentally killed two Cara
bine officers The last crime was commit
ted on Tuesday, when he empied the six
chambers OF his revolver into Judge Zizilli.
G member of the court which sentenced
Kim. The Judge is dead, of course, anG his
SONS and brothers are now joining In the
chase OF the murderer
All these crimes were committed In the
province OF Reggie Calabria. The desper-
ado is absolutely terrorizing the entire
province. His courage and indomitable
nerve are superb. He does not confine his
murderous work to the country or TO the
night time Several times he has entered
towns and villages in broad daylight, killed
his victim, and disappeared; this despite
the fact that a price OF 10000 lires was
upon his head and that the entire provin-
cial force of gendarnes and militia were
hunting him.
Sussolino is about twenty-eight years
old and of fine physique, like the robbers
Of romance. He is kind TO the people and
has pretty way with women, who are be-
lieyed to act as willing intelligence off,
GERS.
The great trial at Palermo consequent
upon the latest efforts to extirpate bril-
gandage in Sicily WAS concluded this week
1t lasted three months and was full of ex-
citing dramatic incidents. but the Italians
have not taken nearly as much interest in
it as in Mussolino's murderous exploits.
The Palermo prisoners numbered PAS. They
were accused of all possible crimes. fr, m
murder TO HOUSEKEEPING. The sentences
passed aggregated the stupendous total of
sixteen centuries, than which there is
surely nothing more remarkable outside
of comic opera.
AZ soon as the president Of the tribunal