The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-09-17 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

POLITICAL MURDER.  From Rome comes the news of another atrocious political murder which has just been committed at Cesena, in the Romagna. Pio Battistini, the head of the group of Socialists at Cesena, was walking, in company with one of his Socialist friends, Di Gorenzi—commonly called Pacciachella—under the  portico which leads from the Church of the Suffrages into the Piazza Victor Emanuel. At a certain point he remarked that a stranger was eyeing him closely. Battistini asked Di Lorenzi if he knew who the man was, and the latter answered "No." "Then what does he want with us ?" asked Battistini. In the meanwhile the two had crossed the narrow street of Dane Stalle, which leads Into a labyrinth of other lanes and turnings. The stranger stationed himself at the corner of the street, and suddenly fired a pistol at Battistini, who immediately fell to the ground. Di Lcrenzi turned round at the report, and started after the assassin down the narrow street, firing his revolver at him. He says he is almost certain that a bullet struck the runaway man, but Di Lorenzi was unfortunately stopped by the people, who Rocked in the narrow lane, and who thus helped the murderer to escape. It is not yet certain whether the assassin had accomplices stationed near, or whether the people merely ran aut at the sound of the shot. Di Lorenzi asserts that the assassin was dressed in peasant's clothing. Battistini was only able to utter a few words con3erning his family and then expired upon the spot where he had fallen. The corpse was taken to the hospital, where Dr. Della Mama certified that death had been caused by a bullet fired from a large revolver at claw range. The ball had pierced through the body, coming out at the chest. The Romagna and the Bologna newspapws state that the occurrence has made a deep impression at Cesena. There was a tumultuous scene when the murdered man's brother, running up, found the Will palpitating body. His son was at the theatre when he heard of his father's murder; the entire audience left the performance at once. The shoos were all closed, and remained closed during the lext day. Very few people are to be seen in the streets. A manifesto protesting against the atrocious misdeed was immediately issued by the iocialist and Republican Club. The Municipal l:louncil assembled in haste, and passed a resolution m the effect that they would resign rather than *emain in office where such monstrous crimes were xmtinually being perpetrated. They stigmatised he murder of Battistini as a shameful action, worthy only of the times of the most tyrannical rule the Council is composed of Republicans, and dattistini was a Socialist. The assassin was a man of short stature, and had reddish hair. Hs uas not yet been arrested.  It is understood says the Times Calcutta corres pondent, that the Ameeer of Cabul is .taking Mere to obtain from England s geologist, a chemist, two miners, and a number of mechanics.  A Rangoon telegram states that it is reported frcan Sangkok that the Preach fortis marched to listabong and arrested the local awthorlties there mid then returned to Cambodia, rating with them the chief Df Batabong. The cause of this aggreasion on Siamese territory is not stated.  Mr. Freude's new book on "The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon" gives "the story as told by the Imperial ambassadors resident at the Court of Henry