News report: A triple murder in Rome. No U.S. copies.

[Ephemera] / [Crime] / [Execution]. Ragguaglio del fatto orribile seguito in Roma il di’ 9. Maggio 1761. nella casa posta in Banchi Nuovi di tre donne barbaramente uccise dal cocchiere Giovanni chiamato Chiacchiarino in età d’anni 45 e giustizia eseguita sopra il medesimo il dì 11. giugno anno sudetto. Rome: s.n. “Si stampano a S. Michele a Ripa,” 1761. 4to [19.0 x 14.1 cm], [2] ff., with woodcut initial. Bound in later cartone. Binding well preserved. Narrow margins, stains, folds.
 
 
Rare (no U.S. copies) ephemeral news report from Rome describing the savage murder in 1761 of 3 women by the coachman Giovanni Neofito, a.k.a. “Chiacchiarino” (“Chatterbox”).
 
Chiacchiarino bludgeoned his godmother and her roommate and cut the throat of their neighbor. He then stole from them crosses, rings, necklaces, rosaries, and silverware. The report traces his movements through Rome to fence the items at various pawn shops and secondhand dealers and to dispose of the murder weapons. After the discovery of the bodies, Chiacchiarino was quickly implicated and agents trailed and surveilled him (recording his spending habits, new wardrobe, etc.)
 
Described are the killer’s capture, jailing, and trail: He was “decreed to be bludgeoned, have his throat slit [to mirror is own murders], and be chopped into pieces in the public square of Ponte Sant’Angelo, with his head cut off and mounted atop the walls of the Porta Angelica with an accompanying inscription of this infamy.”
 
Visible on the last page are creases and discoloration showing that the item was casually folded up for distribution or filing, which was common for such news reports.
 
 
OCLC, KVK and OPAC/SBN/ICCU locate copies of this report at the Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (Naples), Biblioteca comunale Mozzi-Borgetti (Macerata); Biblioteca romana ed emeroteca (Rome), and the British Library.
 
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