Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-12
DEATH OF CRIsPI.
Noted Italian Statesman Dies After
Long Illness-sketch Of His Career
Very Much conspirator and
Quite as often Married.


Francesca Crlspi died at 7:45 O'clock last
evening. He was surrounded by the the
members of his family and several init
mate friends. The news was Immediate
sly telegra phed to King Victor Emman-
tuel and Queen Helen. The evening pa
pers assert that the body will be con-
veyed by steamer to Palermo. where the
municipality will arrange for great
public funeral.
1t is rumored that Signor Crispi's will
authorizes a prominent Italian poliu-
clan to examine his papers and to pub
slish his memoirs.
Crispi was born in Riberian, Sicily,
in 1919, more than thirty years before
the formation of the present kingdom of
Italy. Crispi was nephew of bishop,
and he received his early education from
priests, which finished he studied law,
and was admitted to the bar in 1S41.
Soon after he married the daughter of
his boarding house keeper, the first of
his series of marriages, all of which
have been peculiar, and more or less at
tended with scandal.
A little later he crossed over to Ma
pies, where he lived by writing and
practicing law, and where he COM
menced conspiring against Ferdinand
| II. with band of young enthusiasts
| calling themselves young Italy. An in
surrection was organized at Naples,
/ Messina and Palermo, which failed and
| being regarded as the chief in a long list
of prescribed persons he was obliged
to leave Sicily. He escaped from Paler-
mo, where he happened to be at the mo-
ment, by swimming out 10 a fishing boat
| which conducted him to g French sail
ing vessel, by means of which he
reached Marseilles. From Marseilles the
fugitive son found his way to Turin,
where he lived some time by his wits
but chiefly by conspiracy and writing
diatribes against the rich and power
full.
4 His suspicious actions soon caused his
arrest and imprisonment which brought
about his second marriage. his first wife
having died before he left Palermo.
His second spouse was his washwom-
an, of whom he became enamored dur
ing his confinement, and the rite was
celebrated at Malta, where the couple
fled after he was released. Continuing
to conspire at Malta he was obliged tc
leave the island and go to London. Here
he made the acquaintance of Mazzini
whom he left to go to Paris to conspire
against Louis Napoleon, at that time
the bette noire of the French and Ital-
ian revolutionists. He was there at the
4 time of the attempt by Orsini to blow
up the emperor with bombs. He re-
I turned to London a few months after
ward and was again associated with
Mazzini.
Returning to Italy disguised as an old
man and wearing blue spectacles, he
assisted in the uprising in Southern
Italy under Garibaldi which over.
threw the king of Naples and gave
the two Sicilies to Victor Emmanuel. II
is said that he forged the dispatches
that decided Garibaldi, who was waiting
with his thousand men at Genoa, t.
take the decisive step and embark fol
Palermo.
Having been elected deputy to tn,
parliament at Turin, he began to disa
VOW his old associations and professet
!, greater moderation of opinion. Afte
Rome became the capital of Italy HI
went there and founded the Riforma. II
due time he became president of thu
I chamber of deputies, and finally sue
J, ceeded Depretis as prime minister.
His third marriage caused grea
9 scandal in Italy. Crispi was accused II
e many quarters of having committe,
y bigamy. He resigned his position a
deputy, demanded trial, and was &C
. quilted because the Jesuit priest VIII
y had performed the ceremony over thirt
years before could not be found.
Crispi was a great admirer Of Bis
marck.