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Show ITALIAN CHOLERA ' HOSPITAL RAIDED BY FRANTIC HOB Patients and Suspects Released Re-leased and Paraded Through Streets. CHIASSO, Switzerland. Sept. Cioia del Colle, a city with a pepula ties of 20.000 ia the Italian province f Ban da la Pagli. has. according to - official advice received here, been the acene of parage excesses in eonse quence of tha cholera epidemic now raving in Italv. The disease ia said to have reduced tha inhabitants to desperation. The authorities ordered that all persona attacked at-tacked be cholera should be taken to a hospital and that those who had beta in contact with cholera victims be isolated ia a neighboring building. Tha population, inceased by these meaeitrce and convinced that it was tha intentioa of the autboritiea to kill the patients and also those under oh-eervatioa. oh-eervatioa. gathered to the number of several thousand to liberate their relatives aad friends. The hospital was stormed and the building threatened with incendiary destruction should the mob be interfered inter-fered with ia releasing the cholera atriekea inmates. A small force of earaaiaesea. ceded ay a (aw policeman, attempted to awa the crowds, but the police were inadequate to eope with the aitnatlon. and in order to avoid bloodshed ike doors of the hospital were tbrowa open. Tbe crowds rushed into the building, brought out the cholera patienta and carried theaa ia ghastly processions through the town. Tbe afreets were lined with people, who acclaimed the cholera victims asd shouted imprecs- tinaa against the government. The cholera suspects eader observation were alee set free amid similar scenes Of frantic eothustaatu enacted bv the people. The Italian government baa despatched troops to Oioia del Colle. |