BELGIAN TRIAL
•PRISONER’S STATEMENT. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this dav at noon.) BIT SSELSj Sept. 25. The trial has beg 'n of the twentytwo years f old Italian'. Fernando Derosa, for attempting to kill Prince Umberto, hoir to the Italian Throne. There was a remarkable scene when he explained to the President how he became an antifascist. When twelve' years old he was given a pistol and’ while playing with it he accidentally killed a comrade. The' event ed him and it occurred to him that those who gave revolvers to children were bandits. He spoke for an hour and criticised Mussolini.
Dealing with the shooting, the pris-oner-said he acted machine-like. He selected ' a spot and' when he saw the Prince,-' he rushed from the crowd and fired. “I expected the people to scamper ajs they do in Italy, when a sliot is fired- I acted because 1 wished to attract the attention of Europe to the unlucky state of my country,”
There are seventeen witnesses for the- defence,
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1930, Page 5
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