ALLEGED TORTURE OF PRISONERS.
charge against fascists.
icaiTga ra*ss associatioii—Bt electric TIUOEifH-COPTBIOar.)
(Received Notomber 12th. 7.5 p.m.)
LONDON. November 12.
Professor Crespi. addressine tba International Conference of Young Liberals, in London, made remarkable allegations of ■ torture practised on imprisoned opponents of the Fascists in Italy. He said that sometimes people's feet were placed in boiling water, or they were pounded over the heart with a hammer covered * with indierubber, or forced to listen to shrieks from near-by cells. The professor said that JJprtoJo JJellotti, a well-known lawyer, died in prison on Sunday. The only accusation against him wa« that, his wife wrote a letter in which she said she wondered where things were leading in Italy. _ Professor Crespi added that pignor Mussolini was bringing the youth of Italy »ip to a gospel of hatred against England, Franca, and the whole world.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20084, 13 November 1930, Page 11
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