Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-11-18
A Woman's Confession.

From Me Picayunc.

A Woman's Confession.
| From the Picayunc.
sAfew days ago.. said Mr.. f r,
"a intelligence reached us that q Milan
banker had absconded with ansiinmense
amount of money It was believed
that he hadsfed tosthis country andrta-
ken refuge in iNew,Orleans.s AElyoung
italian. girl was the eompanion.6ofshis
fight. .Together=withva= description of
the man was az miniature oftthis girl.
She was very beautiful, and 'theinani-
plate.iyory pictured a face :sowinsome
in its youth and,iunocences so trustful,
50 confdng, that my heart aehed asEL
looked atait.p = s5g7s..5, .a.s,z7.7 ~ * 5, 3
".Months went by in the, ,sfruitless
search for the criminal IF here, his:
precautions were. well taken, and his
concealment efectual ~ t---ss-sie-
"One night:areport reached the sta
tionstliat j, a,4arowneds-womanshad been
Fdrawn from the river. She hadS been:
dead hntsa few hours itswas said, and
wase@elegantly clad, and young gSandi
beautiful. 4yses s:sess-..s - u - .ssss.. sss.
MhysIcopld not ditinesat the,time,
but felt a strange desire3 to. -seesthis.
grill mentionedsthe fact Ito Mr.. L.,
and we walked together to- the. river.
The body was laid outon thepier. and the
lovely upturned face was magnetic in
it's intense beauty. A wealth of black
wet hair fell back from the broad low
forehead, exposing face rounded and
full in. its fresh, spring=time beauty.
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lips had not lost. their delicate curve
and crimson stain. The soft milky skin
showed beneath it the olive tint it mad
worn in life The clinging dress but
imperfectly concealed each rounded
limb and the exquisite outline Of body.
felt a strange attraction in looking
at this dead woman. She must have
been unsurpassingly lovely when life
was instinct in the frame now so chill.
The warm sun Of her native land could
not have been more lustrous than her
eyes were hen / felt that I had seen
her before. The conviction grew upon
me as my eyes became rivited on her
features. The face haunted me. For
an hour my memory was at fault, but it
came at last. Like flash, recollection
returned.
she qoas tie original Of tile picture.
Eagerly l bent forward and traced
again and again each outline of face
and figure. There could be no mistake
the hniaments were the same.
On examining the body it was discov-
erred that she had been murdered. A
deep penetrating wound in her side,
made with small Spanish dagger,
which vet filled the cavity, disclosed
the means of her death. This knife
bore the initials E. F. They die not
stand for her name nor that of her be-
trayer. It was costly weapon, for in
the handle was brilliant of value. I
took the knife to asjeweler, and asked
him to examine it. The monogram ar
rested his attention at once. He took
lit and examined it closely. Then from
his desk he brought a jewel set in gold,
on which was a lettering precisely SINH
lar.
"Wherc did you get this?' I asked
Froi.l customer of mine. :.
"a lady ?"
eyes.
Where is she to be found ?"
He showed me direction. 1t was
that of lady of fashion asCuban Wis
iting in the city.
1 went to her at once. On mention
ing my name she showed me evident
signs of uneasiness, and motioning me
to a private room, begged with white
lips and a faltering utterance, the ma
ture of my errand.
/ detailed the circumstances briefly
1 told her of the ciminal, the flight ant
escape, of the dead body; l showed hel
the knife, and the ring had obtained
at the jewelers..
Madame" I concluded, 81 must
arrest you for murder"
"Oh, no no, no, she exclaimed, :"
will confess all not mine the sin, no
mine the deed !"
She then told me who the man was
where he lived, and the circumstance
that occasioned the poor girls death.
1t appears from her statement tha
some weeks before, the banker hac
wearied Of the young girl, and hat
! abandoned her. He had then paid hi
court to her, and not knowing his ante
!! cedents, and judging Of him by the sta
rtion he held in, society, she had consent
ed to marry him. That the eveninl
previous she had been walking wit
him on the pier. Standing there in tn
moonlight, they had been approache
by female clad as this one was. Up
J braidings and angry rcproaches follow
ed. and the girl, in the madness an
!, frenzy of her distress, threatened to re
veal a secret. The words had scarcel
left her lips when the man struck he
with the dagger l held in my hant
She said he had taken it from her fe7
moments, and was toying with 1t whe
!, the woman came up.
:, "Whcn the blow was struck, sh
said, the woman reeled and fell int
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