MURDER OF AN ENGLISHMAN AT NAPLES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2251, 26 October 1875, Page 3

MURDER OF AN ENGLISHMAN AT NAPLES.

The trial commenced on Tuesday at Naples of the supposed assassin (by name Carmine Paesano) of Mr Hind, late editor of the Naples Observer. Mr Hind was Brat enrolled among those adven.turous young Englishmen who served Italy with the sword under Garibaldi, and later, in more peaceful , times, was obliged to adopt the pen as a profession. Haying long cultivated flowers as a congenial pastime, he, in an evil hour, thought well to turn his fondness for them into a -source of profit. | The rivalry he encountered among the regular guild led to threats of personal violence, and the "Oamorra" soon intimated to him that he must conduct his business according to their exorbitant system or take the consequences. Mr Hind venturing to disobey the mandate, his murder ensued. On Monday, the Ist March, he was missed by his friends. The next day his, mysterious disappearance attracted greater observation, and on Wednesday intelligence was anxiously sought for, and the head gardener (Paesano) declared himself unable to understand what had become of his master. The consul (Mr Calvert) being informed, at once commenced an inquiry, and the police were called in to aid. On entering the missing gentleman's study, a half- written letter was found on his table, but no sign of anything that could explain his absence. A careful search was made in the gardens, and at first without result, but it presently occurred to one of the party to throw a few stones down a well 99ft. deep, that to the practised ear gave a sound as if falling on a solid substance. Too late that night to examine more thoroughly, a guard was placed over its.mouth, and early on Thursday morning the dead body of Mr Hind was there found and brought to light. His head bore two marks of heavy blows, and the first impulse of many -was to believe the unfortunate gentleman had committed suicide. That his death was, however, the result of murder was soon made clear. The rope with which his body, had been lifted .out of the well had drawn up his clothes bo as to conceal his neck, and a few minutes elapsed before, it was perceived that a very fine cord, the ends of which were burnt oft, was bound so tightly round his throat as to make strangulation certain. His hat was also found in the well, but bearing no traces to answer to .the blows on the head. Immediately on the discovery of the cord attached to the neck : the police authorities took the gardener into custody. The friends in England of Mr Hind have engaged Sigoor Pessina, an eminent criminal lawyer, to represent them at the trial.