The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-05-25 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

WHOLESALE MURDER IN ITALY. Details of a terrible tragedy at Nicastro have nc vr been received. The murderer, Antonio Torchia, a carpenter, aged 40, had lived tor all his weikled life at Nicastro. His wife, Giovanni Rubino, was industrious and domesticated, while her liii,barld was sober and hard-working. They had live children, the eldest aged eight, and the hotteehold was completed by an orphan child aged nine, V.hoill his wife had adopted. Entire harmony prevailed in the household until a few months ago, when Terchia became enamoured of Clementina Chiumbalo„ a woman who fired chests by. The wife, m ddened by her husband's brutality, sought out her rival and viclently assaulted her. Giovanni was Imked up. being finally sentenced to a short term of imprisonment. She was released on May 12th. and on the road homewards she was ov,rtaken 1.3 her husband. Some of Cie wounea neighbour, hearing an altrrcatinn joined there, cue urged Giovanni not to irritate her hligband, so be itad told Borne of his companions that on his wife's return there would be a massacre in his house. The i!e. however, paid no heed to their warnings. they eidered the house together, and the tieighboute lcard the door bolted. No sourer was the Meuse barricaded than the husband, producing a revolver, fired at his wife, who made not the slightest elfort to escape, and fell Ocad at his feet. The murderer then entered the adjoining mom, where his children slept. They w?re already alarmed by the report of the pistol, and seeing their father cuter, wild and haggard, with the revolver in his hand, they wept bitterly, arid begged him not to hurt them. The eldest child, Francesco, sprang from his bed, and, clutching hi, father by the kner s, prayed for pity. Unatiected by the child's petition, he tired close to the boy's head, killing him instantly. The other little owe I fled in terror, but the murderer prevented tin snaps of all but one son. Ilia little daughters, Angela and Maria, had taken refuge under the bed, hut lie dragged them out and shot them dead. 'thee he espied the orphan girl crouching in a comer. He wounded her, and the little girl, falling down. feigned to be dead, and thus saved her life. With hie sixth shot the murderer tur.,ed his weapon upon the baby of 18 months and killed it. The neigh bouts had by this time secured help, avid sought Ic break the dtor down, but before they ,41:teeeded doing so the watchers at the windows raw Tor:lila emerge [rein the bedroun, calmly reload id yea, on, and fire into his own mouth. tie died at once. When the mews cf the tragedy becalm The Empless c' Austria, it i 3 stated, not only kirown the entire population of Sicastre lost .m.dr.s from a 0 to 60 Turkish cigarettes a day, hut :igainut the woman Chiumbalo and sought to lynch during the evening also smokes several "terribly her. The gendarmes, however, suoceeded in Py,• string cigars." This acts as a sedative on her teeing her twin the mob, and she is new titaler Majesty's nervous temperameut, and has become arrest. almost indispensable Na her. Two thievos—ene an Englishman and the ether an Irishman—who gave the names et. Robertson and Egan, have bee-c, at Nice, renters :el to five years' eisonment ror robbery. What appears to hay., been an attempt to injure the Premier was made on Friday, as the right hon. gentleman was travelling by train from London to (thester. When passing near Willesden-junction a heavy missile, considered no he a large stone, was thrown at the carriage in which Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone were travelling. Missing their compartment, the stone entered the next, going out through the plate-glees window on the opposite side. The glass was shattered, and fragments fell on ala -y whose face had been narrowly missed by the aton'. The Dean of Chester was in the compartment through whirl the missile passed. The people who always lmow what they would Jo in an emergency which is never likely to jemme, a bright boy of sis, while being recur to them are like the schoolboys reply, when • dressed for school, observing his little ovens& asked, "Which animals are beet protected from much the w Thoee that inhabit tropical countries." orse for wear, and very much repaired, she severity of a northern winter ?" He said, turned quick/ to ma mother, and asked: "Ma, is pa rich?" Yes, vat rich. Johnnie; he's walk