(...) For a simple question of peace troubled marriage, in the autumn of 1886, was expelled from the club member Andrea Mengozzi said "Muzghina", a farmer residing on the farm Ca 'Bianca di San Lazzaro, accused of entertaining an illicit affair with the sister-wife - moves only with religious ritual - another member of the circle, away from the country for military service. (...) ... so to settle the dispute Luigi Mengozzi fired three revolver shots against "Muzghina, wounding him in the chest
(...) The story of the insurrection of Monte Saxon is already known as the illustrious poet Aldo Spallicci has drawn several times, also published in full the memory of Saint Montanari, one of the direct protagonists of the attempted insurrection, and Antonio Sasso, a devoted friend of Mengozzi, another protagonist of that attempt.
regard to the shipment of Monte Sassone see the memories of Montanari and stones published in: Spallicci, Luigi Mengozzi, pp 5-10 and 11-18. The manuscript of the memoirs of stones, held at the Municipal Historical Archives of Castrocaro and Terra del Sole, Spallicci folder contains some variations to the printing
(...) The same evening, Sunday, August 17, Republican revolutionaries gathered again at the "Field" ... Most came from Lugo, and others from Cotignola Solarolo; from Forlì .... The Castrocaresi were eleven: Luigi Mengozzi said "Gigino to Mason," Jerome said Caroli "Zamarén" Fiorino Gurioli said "Vcina" said Quinto Lotti "Baganìn," Monti said William "Battucela," said Joseph Little Boys "Bartlet" Phillip Savelli said "Pipola" , Silvio Saviotti said "Pitin," said Nicola Vallicelli "Putnazz," said John Versari "Maigardon," said Antonio Vespignani "Babacìn" (...) The Mengozzi distributed to each one with a gun ammunition, a dagger and a haversack. Then the armed band, headed by the same Holy Montanari and Luigi Mengozzi, at night, he started running ..... and then began to climb the slopes of Mount Sassone, on whose summit the revolutionaries put the camp by hoisting the red flag, symbol of the Republic .... The presence of forty insurgents, who had explained the red flag of the Republican camp for two days in arms on the peaks of the Romagna could not pass unnoticed, because several moderate newspapers, the "Forum" to "Journal of ' Emilia ", the" Resto del Carlino ", the Rugantino, Roman satirical magazine, had reported the attempted insurrection. The news of the riots Castrocaro bounced even abroad. .... attempting revolutionary at the time and later rose, inferences ironic, not the complete failure of the company, but because the insurgents had been forced to suspend the initiative without having had the opportunity to fight, even completely ignored by the authorities, had a similar epilogue created the impression that the attempt was not been taken seriously either by the government or by the revolutionaries. The reality was quite different: only a series of concomitant causes (...) avoided a clash that would transform this courageous group of Republicans in as many victims of the monarchy. (...)
the night of Tuesday May 24, 1892, the delegate made the usual tour of the village along with two policemen return to their homes and, as was his wont, looked out on the side of the balcony rails, accendendocisi a cigar. Cavina the alley or in front of an unknown murderess fired a shot hitting the chest the delegate, who slumped to the ground crying, "Help, police! Help me kill" (...) Faced with the prospect of a drawn-out process and a long detention, the prison and their families began to criticize and blame the Mengozzi, holding him responsible, as the inspirer of the local revolutionary movement, the events that led to this political process. Overlapping with the recent bitter disappointments tacit or overt criticism also of his companions, perhaps considered to be effectively responsible for them, the Mengozzi, ... took the sad Decision and 13 June 1893, not yet thirty years old, committed suicide by hanging himself all'inferiata cell and leaving a letter in which you assume full responsibility for the crime exonerate anyone else (...)
[Excerpts from "The Republicans Castrocaro - from the advent of Fascism in Italy (1861-1926) "by Antonio Zaccaria - Cooperative Mario Tamburini" Castrocaro 1995]
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