Show AND JULIET THE OLD OLD STORY RETOLD WITH accessories A young shot and killed by tho arother of the garl he loT oCTha girt goes insane the Mar derer sen fenced to irloa for alve te ari in the criminal court of naples tha story of romed and juliet in modern life was told recently lieutenant Leo neof the tenth regiment regi meat of artil lery while eluo desperately in love with catherine 0 o tarba riolo de the alyis among the most sicily where a goad deal of the old eoal bys tem flourishes in spite of the italian unity donna maria Benti ragna widow and the mother of abr bonne yonne ruan had a brodber executed m 1859 for political offenses offen sas and she waa finished hini shed anthe to sicily with garibaldi although she ial lisiy four years of age she administers the rich patrimony of her faintly tha catherine WAI her child the question the coart waa whether the officer committed suicide or was murdered by the brother of the young girl his body waa found at the door of the mansios he had been shot through the and a pistol waa found at his feet the evidence for the prosecution was that he had been called into the bouse by catherines old nurse calogera brothers who were his sworn enemies had waited for libin at the entrance and had shot him francesco who waa au cuard of having organized the plot bad previously fought a duel with the lover it was e one sided which all the fury was with Not arbar tola leone who was an expert swordsman foiled all his desperate attacks and allowed himself to be wounded rather than risk of killing tha brother of his ladylove francesco was ala the recognized chief of the mafia society in palermo eleven times be was on the point of being arrested but on each occasion he was saved by the mafia and at one time ha was concealed in the house of a near relative of tha chief of police the trial of the caad extended through two years in palermo and then the venue was changed to naples where it lasted for eighty days love letters in abundance from leone to catherine and from catherine to leone were read in which the tender passion was painted with all the high coloring peculiar io the italian school the brothers did not deny anything of the love affair between their sister catherine and the young officer they simply confined themselves to a denial of the charge of murder one of them pietro declared in his examination that leone was completely unknown to him when he received the following note SIR I 1 lovo your sister catherine pronounce the last word it it should be no I 1 giva yon my word that I 1 shall abide by it au d no longer in describing the effect of the letter pietro said 1 I spoke of that latter tn my mother who said the young man is crazy the marriage is impossible 1 informed lieutenant leone of this decision and advised him to postpone as far as possible the stupid notion of get hug married we parted on the best of terms A few days afterward white we were at dinner we heard a shot outside the door we amne down and found leone dead at the door he bad just sent a bullet through his breast the medical reports seem toe stab lish that leone did not kill himself but waa murdered the president of the court remarked on the contrary pietro he shot himself in the heart lovers always shoot themselves in the heart md bankers always shoot themselves in the head whether it ia the heart or tho brain it is always the affected part that they aim at the old nurse who carried the let t era of the lovers denied that she induced leone to come to the house the deposition of leone sr the father of the young man was particularly dramatic he said when I 1 learned that my son was in love with one of the no tar bartoo young ladies 1 knew that it was all over with him all the lovers of the young ladies were killed by the brothers fraucisco Frau cesco killed boccardo and bis brother in law cop aola oola if 1 struck down coppola the ao aused francesco interrupted it was bei cause be began to court my si conj stance and then deserted her to make love to my sister maria and now poor i constance is crazy from love i i yon are also accused of having killed lieutenant leona why did yon ran away after the tragedy tha president asked r because 1 knew that I 1 would basus pecked I 1 have already been in prison for beating policemen and I 1 knowl what it is to be shut up in four walla othar the details of the duel in chich leone was kind enough to allow himself to be wounded by the brother of his expected bride lettera were then produced to show that j when the broken hearted lovers were ported by the orders of the proud old woman and of the terrible brothers who ans decision leano for a time accepted his fate but on receiving a burning and tearful document from catherine begging him to continue his suit and asking him if he had ceased to love hip hi p ha weakened and determined to re turn to palermo his brother urged him not to go they will kili they said you well let them trill me leone said I cant give up my love several of his comrades testified that he never had any idea of the evidence pointed to murder or at least to a between leone and the brothers was aso described bed francesco waa sentenced to five years the others were acquitted and noar catherine is crazy new york bun |