MAN HUST IN THE ALPS
AN ITALIAN SENSATION. An Italian named ("oratoni of C'arolini. orm'-rly an Alpine guide and now a work man. who i- a native of Courinayeur. stab-i--d a comrade three times with a flagger, n a brawl at Martigny. Then, thinking tint hi- victim wa- d.-ad, he starled fur home on skis across Ihe Mer de (flare, above (,'hamounix. As lie had eighteen hours' start, a party of guides following, lost liis trace-. In the meantime Cham ouiiix informed the Italian authorities, who sent up two patrols to watch the Col du (leant. 10.915 ft high. One of the Italian patrols, al on skis, entered a hut-shelter meant lor Alpinists in distress, where they found Coratoni calmly eating tinned food. He said he was freezing and had thrown ■.wav his dagger. His trousers were cover--d with congealed hint'd. Coratoni was
handcuffed and led by the patrol down by the shortest route across the snow pr.thfrom an altitude of nearly 11,000
feet safely to Counnayeur. where he was formally arrested and incarcerated pending his trial. In the event of the death of his victim, his extradition will be demanded by I lie French Government. This feat of the French and Aupine [-dice in high mountains is greatly admired.
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Southland Times, Issue 18839, 4 June 1920, Page 7
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210MAN HUST IN THE ALPS Southland Times, Issue 18839, 4 June 1920, Page 7
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