Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-08-03
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"lt IS but JUST, mumured Ihe regent.
40 ensure mysell--as / had heard that a
price was put upon Rocco del P,zzos head--to
ensure myself. | say, went to the minister Of
police, aud Offered 10 deliver 10 him this man
whom you seek 50 earnestly, aud whom YOU
cannot hnd; buI the minister would not grant nv
hrsI reques1--an audience wnh your highness.
would not be baiilad, so | robbed on Tie road
between Rcslna aud Tore del G Greco."
Then II was you and not Roccode Pho
81 robbed on The road to Ayersa-l commll.
ted murder on the road to AiauIh. The death
OF Raymond was the begirniug Of my revenge,
Tor was resolved 10 have recourse 10 revenge.
since ] could not obtain Justice
1t IS we'll said the rengenr. "God has
brought sou here; all is for the best
All is for the best said The stranger.
You will engage to deliver Up Rocco del
Pizz-you know where he ISL
II do"
aIiyel,'
in exchange for Caracciolo dead-these
are my conditions, madam.
so be III but who shall answer for you ii!
thenl"
"lI it easily done--send me to prison: only
Promls thru you will station me and nv guards
IN some window from whence can wlness his
death, and then will place Rocco del Plzzzo in
your hands. -
The regent claPped her hands; the captain on
guard entered.
Let this man be confined in The yicaria, "she
said. Two guards carried away the siraoger.
Now" continued the regent, ''seud to arres,
The count AnIoneo Caraccolo, and place him
Il the castle deli Oya."
The captain presented himself al the plazze
Caraccou; bul the count, suspccling his dan.
ger, had disappeared. The regent, on learn.
ing this new proof Of her iayorile's guilt. de.
manded him Of his family. giving them three
days to Ind hun. The three days appeared.
Naples on the morning Of the lourlh, found
my workmen buslly occupied IN destroying his
palace, which was Immediately opposite the
Cathedral. When il was done, they p.owed up
the foundations, aud sowed salt on lhem.--
They then began to pull down the next palace:
Il was that of prince Carraccolo, his lalher.-
They then proceed 10 another, that Of the duke
CarraccloIo, his brother; tney sowed salt on
their foundations also; ard the regonI ordered
all the castles OF the Carracciolo 10 be destroy.
ed if they did not deliver up the criminal. The
following night AnIoneIIo yielded himself
prisoner.
The next morning his father and TWO brothers
presented themselves at The royal palace: the
regent refused to see them. The day after, the
prisoner himself wrote to the duchess, soIici.
llng the favor OF any interview; she would not
accord II. Each day, for week, new al.
tempt was made in his favor, but with the same
result.
On the morning Of the ninth day the inhab.
IIanls OF the Mercato.N Nuovo were alarmed and
aStonlshed 10 see a scafold which was not there
on the preceding eve. The funeral machine
had appeared III one night; none had seen its
birth, none had heard lis growth. There was
an altar at one extremity of the scafoId. block
1t the other; between the block and the alter,
were priest aud 40 executioner. No one knew
for whom was this scaiIod, this block and aIler,
his priest and execulloner In a short time
they saw man conducted by two guarGs APP
proach by the quay, which leads from the Mole
10 the Mercato Nuovo; was he the hero of this
awful drama!-no; he entered a neghboring
house followed by his guards; he was only
simple spectator, for he was soon seen al the
window still accompanied by his guards.
An instant after, double noise was heard pro.
ceeding from the quay which leads from the
Madalena to the Mercalo Nuovo and from the
street de! Sospra. Two professions advanced;
that from The street del SoSplra brought hand
some young man, that from the Madalena con-
Quoted beautiful girl. The fine young man
was AnoneIlo Carracciolo-the girl was Cos
Ianza. Both appeared on the square at the
same lime; both approached the scafiold logelh
er; only Costanza mounted by The side OF the
priest, and Antonielo by the executoner.-
When they were on the platform he would
have darled to CosIanza's side, but the eXecu-
Iioner held him back, while the priest retained
Costanza. Then the notary unloded parch-
ment 10 read lis contents; il was the marriage
contract between Anlonielo Carraccoo aud
CoStanza MaSeli; contract by which the no.
BILE lord gave his wife not only his name and
titles, buI all his estates.
Although the square was crowded with per-
sons; although this crowd extended to the
streets; although each window was
blocked with heads; although the houses bore
living roof; there was dead silence, that not
Il word was lost. But when the notary had fin
ished, they rent the air with their cheers, lhev
began 10 understand that, Notwithstanding the
disparity of rank, the regent had forced the
count TO restore the honor he had taken from
the poor peasant girl.
The marriage rites began; the priest asked
each for their consent, and each inIeIligibly
pronounced the solemn yes Then the man of
God gave AntoneIlo The nuptal ring, and he
placed it on CosIanza's finger. They again
knet before the priest and he blessed them.-
The spectators wept as they witnessed this
strange scene; when, all at once, the same
priest terminated the nupual bonediction by the
pryers for the dying.tAt this change, the crowG
shuddered with horror, for it felt that terrible
catastrophe would close this exciting drama
Antonieo, like the others, was iguorent Of
his approaching fate; he cast terrified glance
around him, but ere he could defend himself
they had tied his hands, and had forced him 10