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Show A Story of Human Blood. Rome, December 10. The trial commenced com-menced here to-day of a butcher named Tezzio, and his wife, son and daughter, who are oharged with the murder of one Poggi, also a butcher. The motives for the crime were trade jealousy and family disputes. Poggi wasentrapped into Tozzio's cellar, where the murder was committed. The body of the victim was cut into pieces and scattered scat-tered in a suburban wood. The blood was boiled into black puddings, which were sold in Tozzio's shop. He made a confession to-j to-j day. He narrated the story in court with a cold-blooded cynicism which provoked a howL of fury, the audience yelling: "Away with him to the scaffold." In reply the murderer tauntingly screamed: "Here I am, tear me to pieces." The terrible story has created an intense excitement throughtout the oity. - |