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NAPLES Sc?t. \,
A singular ciimc-or rather a crime accompa.
MED with circumstances such as, perhaps, never
before happened, took place, some time ago, in
Bari. man condemned to be hanged for some
unpardonahle offence, waa conducted to the
scatfoId and underwent his sentence. Alter the
execution the body Was stripped and laid on a
bier, to be carried to the place of intrrmeut; but
as it was on the way towards its final home, it
was observed 70 move, and, on examination, it
WAS discovered that the vital spark was not cx-
tinct. Surgical assistance was procured, and
the criminal was brought back to lhc, and after
wards re.cunducted to prison. On his arrival
there, his grave clothes were taken away, and, as
the hangman had taken possession OF tic others,
and refused to give them up, furious dispute
arose between him and the naked fellow about
them, the hangman claiming them as his pcrquis-
ties upon the plea that he hanged the fellow
whereas the other demanded them as his prop.
ery, alledging that he had not been properly
hanged. Enragcd in not succeeding in so just
a demand, he caught up knife that lay near and
Stabbed him in the belly. The wound was dan
gerous, but not Immediately mortal. The Grim
inal will probably be hanged again with all con
vcnent speed. At all events, it is most hkcl,
he will be the first and the last who will have t,
boast ofhavng killed his own hangman, and that
too, after having been hanged.