Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-10-10
HIS TERRIBLE REVENGE
italian Brigand Kills a Judge, Wit
nesses, Jurors and Soldiers.
Imprisoned For Murder. Iyc Escapes
and Starts Out to Stay All Con-
ncctcd With His Trial.

kome iBy Cablcl.-All Italy is in
state of excitement over the exploits
of the briSand Mussolino. whose muir
Ger record is rapidly nearing cham
piou figures. Some time ago lie was
convicted Of the murder of an inof-
fcnsivc peasant and was sentenced
To twenty-five years imprisonment lie
recently escaped and took TO the open
country rs Il brigand with the avowCd
object of taking vengeance upon every
body connected with the trial.
I'm cntcrpriSing reporter, taking his
life in his hands. obtained IN inter
view with the Ood-staincd ruiiian.
MuSsolino said
Il harm nobody who has not injured
me. | ann no vulgar malcfaCtor. but
take my word. l will kill every one
of the ScOundrcls who denounced me
to the law and gave evidence against
me; the members of the Jury who
dared TO find me guilty of a common
crime and the Judges who had the
audaCity to send me to prison. all
shall ,'now what it means To be the
enemy Of MuSSoliua. But all other
people need not fear l protect them"
Such wholesale threats would bc
Srotcsquc in any other country. hut
MuSSuino is 4 man of his word Muir
der has followed murder with incrcd-
ible rapidity. and. after all. the ticnd
runs no particular risk rs there is
no capital punishment in Italy. and
if captured ne will he no worse of
than if he had merely hidden after
escaping. He has already killed every
man who gave evidence against him.
and has murdered seven of the jury
while TWO others are awaiting their
doom in Il state OF ahiect terror. al
though protected by the police night
and day. The remaining three died
| natural deaths. or, us some say. un-
natural deaths from fright.
Apart from his legitimate quarry.
so Ia speak. MuSSolinO mas incidentally
killed TWO carabncrS. The last crime
was committed few days ago. when
he cmpricd the six chambers of his re-.
volvcr into Judge ZiZiIli. member of
the court which sentenced him. The
Judge is dead. of course. and his
sons and brothers are now joining in
the chase of the murderer.
All these crimes have been commi,-
ted i'll the province of Reggie Calabria.
The deSperado is absolutely tcrroriZin..
the entire province. Ills courage ana
llhpllItdDit nerve are superb. lie
does not continc his murdcrouS wor.
To the country or To tn" night time.
Several times he has entered towns
and villages in broad daylight. killed
his victim and disappcarcd-t de
spite the fact that prize OF 10000
lircS is upon his head and that The en-
tire provincial force of gcndarmcs and
militia were huntii" him.
MuSsolino is about twcnty-ci.nt
years old and of fine physique like
the robbers Of romance. lie is kind
to the poor and has pretty way with
women. who are believed To act as
Wlllin" intelligence officers
The great trial at Palermo conSo-
qucnt upon the latest effort to cXtir-
pate hrigannagc in Sicily has just hrcn
concluded. II lasted three months and
was full of exciting dramatic Incidents
hut tn" Italians have nol taken nearly
rs much interest in M as MuSsolino's
murdcrouS exploits. Thc Palermo
prisoners numbered 3IS. Thcy were
accused of all possible crimes from
murder To houSebrcakng The son
tcnccS passed aggregated the Stuu,
douS total of sixteen centuries. t:an
which there is surely nothing more
remarkable outside OF comic opera.