New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Red Spirits .
Firing in Sky
/ Alarm Italians
|ursterious Shoe < and
Explosions i'll Mir To-
gether With Showers of
| Stones Tcrrorize Perugia
/ |pandemonium al Night
PEASANTS Identify the Mis-
creants as Anarchists
Escaping From Hades
N 6 SnccioI cerr,snonderf

l FROM Speci0i Correspondent
Milan. Nov 3.--Many newspapers
.,.rtly printed thrilling story of
Extraordinary things happening in the
..;shborhood Of Perugia. The story
~.s Of shooting spirits" described as
,,,hot anarchists. evidently come from
4. other world. Anarchists had
a-oun bombs in Milan and were being
crested, but at Perugia they evidently
ls;,ted through the sky at night. threw
.,,lOsives from the clouds and van
| ;.h.d in the air as soon as the
lsnbinierl appeared.
How the story originated IS still in
I;orbt. According to the best account,
| ,ts priest Of country church at Mon
,.ssilo. about two miles from Perugia,
.arted to ring the Angelus one even
+ Inc Immediately there was shower
| Il stones from the sky. All the win
Jaws Of the little group Of houses and
| 4 the church were smashed, and this
| us followed by mysterious shooting
| mi explosions in the air.
The priest was frightened, the in
|hb;tsnts were terrified and although
It,a country round about was searched
M the police called nobody was found
| h the neighborhood.
Mystery Unsolved
The same horrible demonstrations
rsre experienced on successive nights,
|,ven when no attempt was made to
|rrg the bells. The ''invisible" mis-
|,resnts were heard walking on the
(roofs and producing pandemonium in
Ithe air. The police remained in OBJ
|,erstion several nights when the same
were repeated and
|snalv withdrew without being able to
seve the mystery.
1t appears also that. according TO a
|lmsl legend, il is not the first time
|Ibese "devillsh" spirits, now identified
liz the peasants as anarchists from the
|scther world carried on their tricks
|,t Montebello. Many Years ago the
landlord Of the principal house in the
District was present at country dance
h, which he had invited all his tenants
|snd in the midst of the festivity he
vas suddenly lifted up in the air. car
red away and dropped into a well out
|ci which he was able to climb after
several hours Of fatigue.
/ The misdeed was attributed to
wicked spirits and to-day it is sup
posed that the same have returned in
greater number and must be anarchists
sho escaped from Hades.
Wine Tax Protested
Anarchy in Italy s All old thing, the
vne tax IS q new one, and some peo-
PIE are more troubled about the latter.
+ At meeting OF wine growers there
have been important memorials sent to
minister's and threats of a wine boycott
rom some important centers IN Italy.
Within the last three years the gov
eminent has so extended and increased
rs wine and wine excise taxation that
sHc is tempted to go to ones cellar all
sCne and empty a hasco Of Chianti
slthou, inviting friends. The cost
Hen to-day OF producing a fasco of
vine at Frascati or Chianti is only
about one Ira liter, and what with
The taxes and super-taxes it now
reaches four lire. This. if nothing else.
Il enough to produce a emi-revolution
in Italy, for a real revolution need
never be feared
brltlshers and Americans may i'm
sslne that a revolution is possible here.
but the real natives smile and know
better.
report from Asst, where the best
Italian champagne" is produced. is in
cheerful confusion. Out Of it all one
sn see clearly that the wine tax will
le paid, but not quite all of it-and
We still shall have some Asti to drink.
Iae report says:
we are in the critical period of the
'gNatlon against the excise tax on