A SICILIAN SECRET SOCIETY
The vast secret society o»Hed the " Mania " is still the real government of Sioily. It taxes all traders at its will, and secures obedience to ltj deorees by lentencea of death. It cannot be put down, beoauae the people are on 1U ilde ; and they are on its side because the land is parcelled out Id huge estates, managed by bailiffs, and tilled by wage-reo»iver« who are wretchedly paid, often reilde five miles from their work, and are, In troth. savages. In 18% It wai faqng that 1200 persons were actively engaged In one 1 murderous society, and 159 were sentenced In a single trial. v The tystem, however, will never be cure* until the tenure Is reformed, and attempts to murder punished invariably with death, Juries hardly ever frill give verdicts of guilty without reservatious, and, as a consequence, the. average murder-roll In the tiro Slollies is •ixteeu times that of England. —K. S. Morgan.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1741, 16 January 1888, Page 2
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160A SICILIAN SECRET SOCIETY Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1741, 16 January 1888, Page 2
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