ITALIAN MURDER SENSATION
The trial of a butcher named Tozzo, his JM son, and daugliter, commenced in Rnrnl Dec. 10th, Befcndants are charccd J ~'" the murder of Poggi, also a buw,".' The motives for the crime wpi jealousy and family disputes ■-VBM was enlrtaped into Tozzo's cellar, wheroHl murder was committed, the body of thi ,'V was cut into pieces and the remains SB scattered in a suburbnn wood. His blood iK boiled into black puddings, which were mid W: in Tozzo's shop. He made a cosfe*. f narrating the story in court with a «S froid that provoked a howl of ftirr iI;S audience yelling, "Away with him -tosH scaffold !" In reply, the murderer tannttii**; screamed, " Here I am! tear me to w,, I The terrible story created intense <s\, • ' throughout Rome. Tozzo and his son wetSU detnnod to death; hia wife was sentencejffl twenty yoars' imprisonment, and liis diuisWi to ten years.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 9 January 1886, Page 2
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154ITALIAN MURDER SENSATION Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 9 January 1886, Page 2
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