The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-06-09
ROssi Case About to Reach the
Claims Commission.
Fruit Dealers Family Coming Home
After Tedious Delay Caused BY
Government.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENTS

Artemisa Rossi, wife of vinanni
Rossi. through Bagby & Martin. at
torneys, will sue the Italian governs
ment for damages. The suit will be
prepared in Paducah and sent to
Genoa, Italy, for filing. The suit
grows out of an act OF government
officials in Italy and involves an end
less chain of correspondence between
the United States and the Italian gov
eminent extending over period OF
fifteen months.
Viyiani and Artemisia Rossi, Ital-
ians, are citizens of the United States
by naturalization. The trouble grows
out of the detention of Mrs. Rossi in
Italy for more than a year, and the
case is an Interesting one.
Mrs. Rossi left st. Louis over a year
ago for Genoa. Italy her old home.
ami her four children accompanied
her. She started TO leave Genoa for
home. but the government officials
refused to permit her departure.
claiming that one of her children was
deaf and dumb. an imperfection which
under the laws of the United States
would preclude the admittance to this
country OF an alien.
Attorneys were secured and after
much correspondence. lasting over
eight months. the fact of the child's
nationality was established and the
authorities at Genoa released the
mother and children.
On May 22 they starte. to sail for
this country on the steamship KONG
Albert" but the Royal Commits
sary." who is vested with authority to
detaIn IN case OF infectious or con-
tagious diseases. stopped the family
the second time. alleging that Alberto
vlviani Rossi. son, had the measles.
The fact that the family had been
released by the officers of the Italian
government was published here and
the father was expecting his wife and
children home. They failed to come
and the correspondence was renewed.
This morning the mystery was cleared
up In a batch of official letters re-
ceived by Attorneys Bagby and Mar
Ii
The fact that the second detention
had occurred was cited in the letter.
With the letters came affidavits from
attorneys and physicians testifying as
TO the condition OF the boy, saying
that he did not have measles and the
action on the part of the royal COM
missary was hasty.
The diagnosis was made and the
child held until the time limit was
reached and the disease shown not to
be measles or an infectious disease.
The family was then released for ths
second time and sailed May 81. They
are expected within the next two
weeks. and the suit will be prepared
as soon as Mrs. Rossi returns.
1--WE file such suits with the COM
pensatlon commission" Attorney
Bagby stated. 'Such claims. by
treaty agreement. are paid by the gov
eminent but the regular formality
has to be gone through, and 1t will
be necessary to file suit. This we
will do. The fact that in both in
stances, where Mrs. Rossl was detained
in Italy the action was unwarranted
is sufficient grounds to secure dam
ages, but the amount to be asked for
is not yet decided
81 do not remember OF any suit ever
he wing been filed in Paducah against
a foreign government. About twenty
five years ago | filed a suit for a
Frenchman against the United States
government. The case came from
Charleston, S. c.. but do not remein-
Der the circumstances. At that time
the United States had a commission
By which such matters were decided.
eve have written an attorney at
Genoa to handle that end of the case
and II viii be an interesting one
Mrs. Rossi experienced a great deal OF
Inconvenience and mental anguish
and is damaged beyond doubt"
Rossi came to Paducah over yeaf
ago from St Louis, and conducts \
fruit stand on Broadway near Second
street
Over a hundred Official letters, il Is
stated, were written In Strengthening
out the case