Baron Fava to Mr.
Olney.
[Personal.]
Embassy
of Italy,
Washington
,
October, 1895
.
(Received October 18.)
My Dear Mr. Olney:
With reference to our last conversation, I have the honor to transmit
herewith to your excellency, accompanied by a summary, the statements
which have been forwarded to me by my Government relative to the family
situation of the five Italians lynched at Walsenburg, Colo., in March
last.
It results from the said statements, delivered by the municipal
authorities of the birthplaces of these individuals, that two of the
three Italians who have been killed were not married, but have left
numerous relatives, and one was married and has left a wife with three
children. Of the other two Italians who had their frozen feet amputated
at the hospital, one has a son, his wife being dead, and the other has a
wife and a daughter.
In submitting these official documents to your excellency’s examination,
I leave to your high and benevolent appreciation to suggest the amount
which may be deemed suitable to indemnify the families of the victims of
the Colorado mob, according to the spirit of justice which prompts all
your actions.
It will give me much pleasure to know at your earliest convenience your
excellency’s views on this subject.
With my best thanks in advance, believe me, etc.
[Page 951]
[Inclosure No.
1—Translation.]
Province of Alessandria,
Commune of Cantarana d’Asti.
In re the family of Lorenzo Andenino.1
The undersigned syndic hereby declares that the immediate family of
Lorenzo Andenino, 24 years of age, unmarried, son of Giovanni
Andenino, deceased, and Luigia Cittarello, deceased, consists of
himself alone. His relatives are:
- 1.
- Carlo Andenino, son of Giovanni Andenino, deceased, 38
years of age, wife, Margherita Nebiolo, 30 years of age.
- Giovanni Andenino, son of Carlo, 9 years of
age.
- Fillipo Andenino, son of Carlo, 7 years of
age.
- Lorenzo Andenino, son of Carlo, 5 years of
age.
- Seeondo Andenino, son of Carlo, 2 years of
age.
- 2.
- Peitro Andenino, son of Giovanni Andenino, deceased,
brother of Lorenzo, 28 years of age, wife, Delfina Quirico,
23 years of age, daughter of Luigi Quirico. No
children.
- 3.
- Marietta Andenino, daughter of Giovanni Andenino,
deceased, wife of Francesco Andenino, son of Andrea
Andenino, deceased.
- Giovanni Andenino, son of Francesco Andenino, 16
years of age.
- Rosa Andenino, daughter of Francesco, 14 years of
age.
- Luigia Andenino, daughter of Francesco, 11 years
of age.
- Onorina Andenino, daughter of Francesco, 5 years
of age.
- Andrea Andenino, son of Francesco, 2 years of
age.
- 4.
- Onorino Andenino, daughter of Giovanni, sister of Lorenzo,
and wife of Domenico Mottura, a resident of Ferrere d’Asti.
- Michele Mottura, son of Domenico, 9 years of
age.
- Giovanni Mottura, son of Domenico, 5 years of
age.
- Giuseppe Mottura, son of Domenico, 3 years of
age.
- 5.
- Teresa Andenino, daughter of Giovanni, deceased, 19 years
of age, wife of Giuseppe Vasino, residing at San Damiano
d’Asti. No children.
[Inclosures 2 and 3.]
2.
I have the honor to inform your excellency that, from the information
received, it appears that Francesco Ronchietto, son of Serafino
Ronchietto, deceased, and Giustina Ablasille, deceased, born August
3, 1869, at Salto, corporal in the Second Regiment of Infantry, on
indefinite leave of absence, and lynched at Walsenburg, was
unmarried. He left the following brothers and sisters, all of whom
were born and are now domiciled at Salto:
- 1.
- Antonio, born December 20, 1870.
- 2.
- Felice, born March 7, 1872, messenger.
- 3.
- Maria, born July 24, 1876, operative.
- 4.
- Celso, born January 9, 1878, tinker.
- 5.
- Giacomo, born January 18, 1880, farm boy.
3.
Stanislao Vittone, also lynched at Walsenburg was reputed to be the
son of Giuseppe Vittone, but was in reality the son of unknown
parents. He was taken from the hospital at Turin, where he went by
the name of Arable, but he was afterwards called Vittone, because he
was brought up by the Vittone family of Salto.
Stanislao Vittone left a wife, viz, Maria Avansile, daughter of
Antonio Avansile, born July 4, 1864, at Salto, a farm woman, with
the following children:
- 1.
- Giuseppe, 7 years of age.
- 2.
- Anna, 6 years of age.
- 3.
- Maggiorino, 2 years of age.
The brothers and sisters of Francesco Ronchietto own real estate
valued at 5,000 lire, The widow and children of Arable have no
property.
[Inclosure No. 4.]
The syndic, having made due inquiry, and also from the personal
acquaintance which he has with Pietro Giacobino, son of Francesco
Giacobino and Domenica Riccio, [Page 952] born in this place September 14, 1861, a
widower, having formerly been married to Maria Littizzetto, and
father of a son who is 9½ years of age:
Hereby declares that Pietro Giacobino’s parents own no property in
Bosconero, and that so far as is known they do not own any in any
other place, and that Pietro Giacobino went to America in quest of
work as a laborer or miner so that he might assist his aged father,
who is blind.
Pene Agostinez, Acting Syndic.
Bosconero
,
July 23,
1895
.
[Inclosure No. 5.]
Commune of Pavone Cavanese.
The undersigned syndic hereby certifies that the family of Antonio
Eusebio Cobetto is as follows:
- 1.
- Antonio Eusebio Cobetto, born at Pavone Cavanese February
1, 1871, son of Giovanni Giule, deceased.
- 2.
- Giovanni Domenico Cobetto, deceased, father.
- 3.
- Elisabetta Boralo, daughter of Giacomo and the late Clara
Cobetto, born at Pavone Cavanese, June 9, 1870;
married.
- 4.
- Giovanna Cobetto, daughter of Antonio Eusebio Cobetto and
Elisabetta Beralo, born November 2, 1893.
This certificate is issued on free paper at the request of the
officer in command of the police station at Qualingra.
For the syndic.
Francesco Ronco, Assessor.
Pavone
Cavanese
,
August 3,
1895
.
