SINGULAR INCIDENT IN THE ITALIAN CHAMBER.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2035, 1 September 1880, Page 3

SINGULAR INCIDENT IN THE ITALIAN CHAMBER.

During the sitting of the Obam- ■ ber of Deputies on 25th June, an individual in the gallery set apart for the public Aung two large stones into the hall below. Fortunately nobody was hurt. The man was immediately arrested, and on being questioned said that he wished harm to the Chamber in general and not to any deputy in particular. He refused to give his name and said that he would later on state the motive which impelled him to act as he had done. Subsequently, on being interrogated, he said his name was Gordigliani, and that ho was a tailor by trade, at Viterbo. He also declared that he had come to Rome with the intention of killing a personal enemy or committing suicide, but being in a desperate state, and tormented by hunger, he had done something to cause himself to be arrested, so that he might obtain food in prison. It is stated that he also alleged that some time ago he received a commission to come to Rome to assassinate the King. Active proceedings are being taken to investigate the affair. The accused is twenty-six years of age, and it is believed that he is insane. When he was seized, his pockets were found to be full of stones. Those he threw fell upon the Ministerial benches, upon which several deputies were sitting. They were flung with great force, and penetrated some depth.