The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-06-08 00:00:00

A ROMAN TRAGEDY.

The Rome correspondent or the Kelm writes on May 31,
Within the last ten days two young women of the
pepolana class have been savagely muniered in the Monti,
one of the city region. whose inhabitants pride theinselvoi
on the purity of the Roman blood and their long, though
plebian, pedigrees. Of the tint, Angela Del Monte, I need
say little; it was a not uncommon case of guilt and furious
jealously. But the unfortunate Filomena Ricci merits a
passing notice, her undeserved fate having tilled her whole
'ion.. with mourning. She WY a remarkably beautiful
young woman, about 11 rears of age "with a head
like an antique carved gem," awl her virtue and good-
ness even exceeded her beauty. and all her neighbours
pointed her out to their daughters IA an example of
modesty and industry. Poor Filomena had the misfortune
to many a few months since a handsome mason, Vincenzo
Oddi, who, however, was reputed an idli, worthless fellow,
and she was very soon obliged to leave him, as his
infamous purpose was to trade on her beauty. So sbe re-
turned to her mother, and while some friends advised her
to sue far a legal ilivoree, she gained her livelihood by
working daily as • graminile, or grainaifter. So things
went on for some time; the husband drinking and
threatening his wife, by whom he expected to be main.
taints' in his vulgar dissipation ; his wife working in a
granary at Campo Vaccino, together with a large number
of fentale companions. On Friday rning, at seven
o'clock, while Filomena and the other granarok were
seated on • well outside the granary, waiting for the
master to come with the keys to open the door, and she,
like limit of the others, was bury knitting, her husband
Vincenzo made his appearance, and began one of his usual
persecutions "Either give me money or come along with
me." Filomena let him talk, and as the granary was
opened, and the other women were entering, they heard
a shriek. Enraged at her silence, the husband had struck
her twice "with a knife a palm long," in the stomach and
breast. While the screaming women were surrounding
the bleeding corpse, the noise attracted a number of men,
who pursued the murderer and caught him under the Arch
of Titus, where they would probably have torn him to
pieces had not the police hastened to the spot to arrest
him awl carry him olf to prison. The body of poor
Filomena was taken to the dead house at the hospital of
Conselazione, and all tier companions and friends im inedie-
tely subscribed (nal, their earnings to give her the last
tribute of respect; and yesterlav afternoon I witnessed a
very touching scene in the funeral of this poor victim.
When the vivant-4r put their subscriptions together they
found that instead if carrying the dead Filomena on thew
shoulders, no they had intended, they could afford to
engage the first-class municipal hearse, and a handsome
coach for the parroen, or curate. So a long procession of
women was funned, each woman carrying a wax torch'
those who could afford it in black dresses, those who could
not, wearing at least a black shawl or handkerchief. A
very fine band composed of working men, played funeral
music, marching in front of the hearse, which was strewn
with laurel wreaths and dowers, and the unfortunate
Filomena, was thus carried from the hospital to the
cdmetery through the long winding street of the Monti,
amidst the tears and lamentations of the populace. To
give you an idea of the fatigue these poor granamis readily
incurred in enter to pay the last tribute to their poor
companion, the cemetery is a long mile outside Porta San
Lorenzo, one of the meet remote gates front the inhabited
part of the city, and yet they were even willing to carry
her !

HINOULAR CASE OF IMPRISONMENT.
A few days ago a coal dealer named Joseph Boxwell
Was summoned by the Wolverhampton School Board for
not .unding his children to school. When the summons
arrived Borwell was out of town, and a warrant was
issued for his apprehension. On hearing this the man
voluntarily returned and appeared before the Bench, but
there being only one tuagistraM present, Boswell was
locked up /or four days in the police cells. At the expire.-
tion of that time his defence was beard, when be proved
to the satisfaction of the magistrates that his children
were suffering from cutaneous disease, which prevented
their attending schooL

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