FORTY-EIGHT MURDERS.
A NEAPOLITAN’S LIST. NOW TORTURED BY REMORSE. (Received Wednesday, 5.5 p.m.) ROME, October 5. When a Neapolitan bandit, Domenico Groppo, was arrested, lie confessed to forty-eight murders. The police find that an innocent man is now imprisoned for many of these crimes. Groppo is overtaken by remorse, sees his victims threatening him with, tortures, and begs his gaolers to allow him to commit suicide. He even petitioned the Government for the privilege of being the first criminal hanged under the new capital punishment law, saying anything is better than the torture of remorse. Groppo usually murdered his accomplice to ensure his own safety.— (A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 7 October 1926, Page 5
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