Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-10
BIIE FATAL TRAP OF !THErdNQUI-
,''%''SsA sITION AT ROME. - q!

Thoro is IN Rono, and near, to the
palace Of the :Vatican,; between st.
Pctor's Church and tho Castle Of st.
a street which goes by tho
title of the street Of the in
quisition. There, it was reported, tho
infamous Court held its session, which |
mado the altar footstool to the scaf--
fold. ".
Whom tho Government of the Re-
public, in 1910, needed room for sta, !
bling tho artillery horses Of tho ma
tional guard, it determined to appro'
pirate ono of the buildings Of the
iDduisKion and prepare It for this
purpose. Tho place.to bo 30 occupied
was below the'pillared arch way par
ti:ioned off from tho second yard.
The arrangements 10 be mado no:
cesstated tho breaking down of. q
partition walt, tho doing of which re-
veaicd a space which: was Immediate
Iy recognized as tho outlet Of a trap
door. ....-.. ,....
After tho debris was cleared away,
they descended into damp collar,
dark as midnight, and without any
place Of egress, and~~no other pave
mcnt than rich, 'darkish Garth, like
that found in graveyards.
Fragments Of ~anliquated costumes
wcro lying about in a pouldcring, de-
composed eohdition.e ghcso were the
garments. Of those unfortunatos Iwh ho;
after being prccipitnted from the
trapdoor above, wore in this cellar to
die of their wounds, their agonies, and
of hunger andsthirst. :.
A coin Of the time Of Plus VII. in
dicatcd plainly the epoch whom this
place Of darkness and despair was not
yet walled up. p, =.
i d shoscling round tho damp, rfch
earth, human Bones and long human
hair wore found, which had evidently
been those of women. ALI the mon
who wero present whom these discov
cries were mado, took some Of the
Garth and long hair along With them
as mementoes of the tyFapny ,of IPR
perry.
This falling trapdoor swallowed thu
poor victims, all traces of whom tn
I.quisition felt concerned should dis
appear forever The pipes lArongl
which they were precipitated into tn
cellar, were connected with. the SOC
ond floor Of tho building, and it
mouth Immediately below tho ante
chamber of - spom2 of thS sedo4
superintendent, .-shick led to the jads
+mcnt- -ifn,t, n'the same floor. -. ''.-'
In several monks cells there wor
significant evidences of shudderin
secrets vlsibl,. In one, there ",
found Tho ncck-handkerchiof Of
woman, and small bonnet, tn:
might havo been worn by q girl ten {
e twelve years of age. In othor cell
!, sandals were foundssevera waistban'
:. of nuns, ouo distaas small basket
,lneds iqas. ind rosarics,-a ynfinish'
sssfssstatJgiIags- sill on tho needles; also
fse, lid gaFhents tar iesApts in tt
~ R IasoRe I'LL, on the ground foor, W
! to be seen a, largo etope fdAaro pIa
% ;tifiiik iiks r gratostono, fastened r. i
~. pavement; and oH"lifting it up,
IL I openfng wias discovered ekat led to
" undsggsouud apartment. This W
J. ApHp ~ )he name Of 1<psrt in psa
- ad Hefo; too, when ths' stohd platesN
nj opsEelessa over the head Of thSpt
~ sWsrer, neither Light noss ssound sfr'
y this world would es&reacfbim aga
oD "In peace he was buried 4alive, b
,or must there die g miserable, cal
,mas pagtisn of tba.remsieing sub
,ct rahss rtmontskad been closed
during the preceding century, ;wh
could be discovercah by examining
,ad walls. In ono ofthessssapartaae
a,e. there was thrown on a.heap, fn:s'
anIsGs a4cuous'sss OLD Hainseott
yIsasxeh assa mentsssand shnkets,
ick. 6S removing theas.a a stoao starr
lib yaedssssgored that vtas sfastene
,xo Shosthieks& ellis, aad GREW hich
J, could descend. Ertbe end of@
t sSfssssy ass6s, this: stai4Ssaso lss'
,blv snsItndSth, whisksserved as the 2
rasn,.s other and laSeW rvss
!. by Gsss Ssfe the reasprisonSof Piss
the Tho eaFth was hers mixed with
Ing .sssxwalls N Ntss inysative q
;mo. SSahis monster lad baih col
,dc- .pjebes. In sevssa ofsshese sHi
d t7 n nsah p5tsons tkS oon4smned::
tssiad asve, anasa .hsAhouldoss
,4nca Asaosahpk into the earshSmixed.
office This can hs plaislz seen il
SaanpN@ the coseses eg'the mi
,rnal. bls victims that populated these
!. for aSS h whiekssre ssll visibl
oblv a16a1aAa the spasmodic contol
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