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Show "MARRY OR DIE!" AND HE OIED. rartiriitars of a Terrible Drama aarlvd at Saint Ouen. Paiiis. Aug. IS.- Crime among Italians Ital-ians iu Paris or London in common enough, but a terrible drama, which wa.sctiacted at Saint ( lucn, a borough lying outside the fortification. midway between the metropolis and Saint IVnis. i of no ordinary character. According to tho full particulars now known. Ihe actors in the tragedy were countrymen of Sig. t'rispi; not belonging belong-ing to the. organ grinding fraternity, but employed in a large sugar refinery. For some lime past Kspirito Iielaroso, a young man of '.'8, ami iiginia del l ireco. a country a 'iman if his, aie. IU. had been passionately attached to one another. They were Imtli members of the hard working Italian colony of M.Oiicn. and Virginia' fa tlier and friends were very auviou thai she should marry her lover, especially espe-cially as she showed sign of becoming a mother. F.spirilo Delaroso, however, began to waver in bis affections, and when the girl endeavored to make him come to the point about the marriage he either gave her cva-ive answers or adopted a procrastinating policy. Virginia Vir-ginia told this to her father, who held a "family council" iu hi house, at which wci'o present the girl's two uiu le mid her younger sister. It was resolved that F.spirilo should marry or die, and the two uncles, after having procured substantial revolvers, went out in search of him. IMoroso was asked to meet the lel tirecos by another Italian, who was scut for him, and he accordingly did o. The meeting took place in the street oulside the house in which all the aciora in the drama lodged. "Are you going to marry Virginia or not r" aid one of her uncle to the seducer, advancing toward him in a threatening iimnner. IVIarnso refused to answer the question, ques-tion, whereupon another of this self elected evceulioners lifted his revolver and said, "Yes or no! Marriage or death!" The voung Italian once more tried to nut off his interrogators, hut hardly had he uttered a few wonts than i he two I cl ireco tired at him simultaneously and point blank. He fell to the ground w ith three hulh'U in Ids head and four In Id breast. Virginia del (ireco mid her sister watched tlicr) blondtlli-l V proe lings at a short distance aw ay w ith complete equanimity, nor wern they perturbed when the dead body of the lain limn was borne past them to the police station. sta-tion. Kverybody connected with the tragedy was arrested and confronted with tlio corpse by the local commissary of police. Hill ing this aeen Virginia del (ireco (aid that IMarorn bail be. (rayed; her, and he accordingly had no right to live. The Italians at Saint ( luen applaud the deed committed by the del (irecos. mid maintain that In Itieir country the murder of IMuroaa under the circumstance would be considered an ni t (i I retribution. |