Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-09-21
RUNS DOWN FATHER S SLAYER.
Sussessfui After Search Of Nine Years
Found Him in a Prison.

- Ound MIN IN Prison.
For nine JCas Antonio Carraciola, a
young engineer has been searching
the world over for the assassin who
stabbed his father to the heart ana has
at last run down his quarry. The man
Is In the penltenttary Oh Blackwell s
/ island, New York. The son was not
yet Is years old when the vendetta be-
gan, but in the nine years Of the search
there WIS never time when he lost
hope Of overtaklng his fathers slayer.
The years this boy spent in the ven,
lctta were among the best in his life.
In that time nc Travelled more than
10 0o0 miles.
In me summer Of 1896 the village Of
LOmCllIna, in the province Of Benc
vcnt0, Italy, was thrown into the great.
est excitement one night by the ruth
less murder CT GioVanna Carraciola, a
lawyer, and one Of the liberal leaders
Of the province, 1t was his own son
Antonio, then a boy of IA, who found
the body Il short distance from his
home. He had been stabbed in the
back ON his way home from Il political
gathering. The weapon used by the
assassin vas discovered near by and
that was the chief clue to the muir
dcrer
Within an hour the entire village
was in search of the murderer. There
was one conspicuous absentee. He
was Giorgio Marchottl, shoemaker,
who bore anything but good reputa.
ton
MarchetG could not lie found The
authorities soon came to the ConCl.
zion that he must have been The slayer
of Calraciola.
The murdered man left widow and
two sons, The boys were Aldonio and
fldcli, II and II years old, respective
II, AS the elder brother Antonio
claimed the right 10 carry on the ven.
dctta. FldCli was left at home for The
estate.
From the police Antonio learned
that Macbeth had embarked fer
South American port He learned,
too That the political conspiratOrs had
given the fugitive a generous supply
OF money to make good his escape, On
the evidence iney had against Mar.
ehetu the courts Of the province. nc
curdlh" to the rule In ltGly, went ON
with his uial as If he had been In GUS.
tody, found him guilty of the murder
of Gairacicla and sentenced him to lie
Imprisonment.
i}iL the boy was not content with
this record, He sailed for Buenos
ANres and discovered the tail of tho
man he sought The boy missed him
~ only two days.
Young Carraclola one day fell in with
u fellow eounlrymaH who knew M2r
,hcrh, ard through this friend he dis.
covered that the assassin had sailed
Tor the United States. In due Zine the
hoy followed, trailing the man through
tais country and Canada, hui In vain.
Young Garrnciola came back to
America in June 104, having in Tie
meantime completed his course of
study IN engineering. He went to Al.
1cntown to live, nut net until he had
enlisted the New York police in his
hunt for the man who was convicted
Cr the murder of his father Detective
Pytrusino was the man who was to
Keep sharp lookout for Marchctti
Two weeks ago Petrosino found a
record Of the conviction of one GiorGto
MarchotH in the court Of general ses.
sions for assault, and he hurried over
to the prison on Blacllwells island 10
see Marchetti. The prisoner fitted the
description of the man who was want
ed for the murder of the lawyer in
Italy nine years ago, He sent 70 Al.
ltntoNu for Cauaeiolu, who arrived
here last Tuesday Together they went
to Blackwelrs island. and there In cell
No 80 he found the man he had So re,
lcutlessly pursued. - WASHINGTON
Times