AN ITALIAN MURDERER.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 445, 17 November 1875, Page 3

AN ITALIAN MURDERER.

Executions are not very frequent in Italy, and when the sentence of death is carried out there, it may be taken for granted that the culprit has committed one or more crimes of unusual atrocity. Such appears to be the case with one Frederick Aliano, who was sentenced to death after having been found guilty upon fifty-nine counts. These fifty-nine counts comprised twelve wilful murders, seven cases of manslaughter, four attempted murders, nineteen of wounding and capturing people for the purpose of ransoming them, three of highway robbery with violence, and one of rape. Ten years ago, Aliano, who had had a quarrel with one of his neighbours, lodged a couple of balls in his body one' day in the presence of several people, and took to the mountains, where he joined a band of brigands who were driving a very prosperous trade. A peasant and his wife having refused to harbour the goods which these brigands had to dispose of, Aliano came to their cottage one night and put them both to death, being with great difficulty restrained by one of his comrades from gouging the eyes of their children. A few years afterwards Aliano, suspecting that one of his friends had been killed by a peasant called di Noja, avenged himself by stabbing his wife and shooting he’- sister. Not content with this, he returned to di Noja’s cottage a few days later, and murdered his daughter-in-lavs and two of his grandchildren. On returning from there, he met his own uncle, whom he suspected of being in communication with the police, so he took the opportunity to stab him, and his wife and child, who were walking with him. He then went to the cottage, murdered another of their children, and severely injured the three others by pouring boiling water over them. Thus he had murdered seven people and wounded three in one day. A month later he captured a wealthy merchant, and not receiving the ransom demanded, in due time cut off first his ears and afterwards his head. So ferocious was he that two of his comrades remonstrated with him, but the only result was that he shot them both. It was only last autumn that Aliano was captured, and so strong is the feeling against capital punishment in Italy that it seemed doubtful ’a month ago whether he would be sent to the scaffold. Fortunately the King refused to exer ise his prerogative of pardon, and Aliano was executed at Potenza a week ago. Fall Mall Gazette,