Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
A ETTY WIFE MURDERED.
q SPARAIIEs. BssUtaI..EY OF
AN italian HUSBAND.
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F.c:in-s Mother Dentand-
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Excitin:- see e.. isa n roman Court
The x":im-s Mother Demtand-
ing Ne Prisoners Head
Cow .-rdice of the Murderer
[Roman spondence of thu London Times
The Il IAN Court of Ass Z-s has
rassed t. Ice cf death upon a MUIR
derer, IT,. verdict for once having been
unaccom .nied by the recommends
ton of e. ,-nuating circumstances In
this case. 3iowever, public opinion had
been :ul aroused TO tho htinnus ma
ture of t chine. On the morning of
the trial and I.oi u iths aiding that
nearly III mouths have p .sSed sill ce
the crime Fas committed, a crowd as
Sc mbed . times at the door Of the
prison. - tnt murderer was brought
out the !, ID saiuted him with a storm
OF biese groans, aud inprecstioLs,
and, acc, hpanying the van, kept up
the same .iorns along the entire Iou
from the rison to the Court. AS they
rushed i. the Court House, wbei,
after t.e prisoner had been placed
in the * and tho Court bad ed
tersd-ti doors were opened, they
hurled a. Their storm of deteststlon
upon hin when he attempted to ex-
cuse the Iced by seeking TO cast All
imputati't't on his young wlfe's char
acier, t. women IN the crowd
shrieked out, "A naorte i! 4 mOrte p
...ld when his victims moth. had
6 Ie" hr.r evide nee, she strobe along
t!.e estre, e on Which the witnesses sit
to Q examined, and raising her Land
aloft before the President, cIie,i out,
"Vog!lo la sua tesla; avete capItoI
Fogllo la sua tests" CT want his
| cad; do you understand me ? want
his head.')
FelOmena Ricci-or, as she was call
ed by those who knew her, Ga bella
grauarola"-was Irastev rina OF
great beauty, that type So Well know
through the portraits of Rnphaels
'Foruarina.' Rut Felomena was not
ouly handsome spirited girl, she is
describ. d as having been a. good as
she was beautiful, and a great favor
'te even with those among her compa-
uions whose mothers held her up in
the odious light of an example. But
she had the misfortune Of marrying a
vagahond, who possessed tie idea
that it WAS his wife's duty T., Dor
til It he M ght hive in idIenesr. The
poor girl did her best, but tie harder
she worked the greater became the
reQuir. ments of his plea ures; ih"E he
began 20 beat her, aud finally eEdeGv-
ored to III ist that she should give
herself up TO life of infamy to SUI
ply him with motley. TuIs br, ught
about q separation. Felomepa fled for
protection to her mothers house, and
nfter a short time while. Vincenzo
pr. fessed regret. He would leat; an
other lie, be had not really int. Do.
what size imagined, he only thought
to try her, he would do all be con d do
make her happy. The girl VIZ nn
too gsd to believe bis p1otestations,
and putting her arm in his, they went
eff TO ce' citrate their reconciliation by
a country ramble and a meraada at
one of the wayside osterias outside
the gates. Radiant with returned
happIuess-a popolAna tod friend
Of mine that she had ''such HAIR
and such ey's as would ena-
NOR the angeIs" was clirgirg
lovingly to his side, when, having
reached secluded part of the road,
The brute stopped, faced round upon
Der, and told her to say her prayers on
the spot, for there he intended to kill
her. For that purpose he had brought
her out. But, ly-though It
prcYed to he only O tenn oorary respite