The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-25
ROMANCE IN NAPLES,
An Hsires- Abducted ssd shut NJ In an
Asyisi. Tor fanatics.

Our correspondent at Rome writes Miss
Verniert stiil In ner teens, has lost her father,
anu lives with her mother IN lerno. Sue Ia
DC uuiul clever, end accom- plished and in j.
nerits E'O Oo0 ducats, or about h II "a million lire.
ner mother IL completely undtr the power Of
tne family physician, DIR. Cosiinati, rho pOees s.
p,oteclur OF the widow and orphan. ELIGIBLE
but are skilfully STAYED Oh by tue doctor and his
uupe, Tue mother, their OBJECT being to enjoy
~ x shnin,,nis.ratlon OF the young Ldy's MEANS
", "nich lhe mother was stu Dly the dc 90 sitary
.nu Oh wnion the prospective son-il- law wo Id
nte,i :, absolute master At length Miss Yer
et ~ ined her ina iori Wand her qua rtlinns an
uclp TED her Intentions " IN ,trimony nv propos.
xnan NO aen as h.r hance n.r FIRST cousin. hrs
Tue nAsther. daughter, and f,mI,v doet'r 20
ever fa,,, @ ge we nuptias. 1be youth, how
| VINO, on me contrary, became desaar,1aiyy
enhmored OF young advocate whom sne ,n,g
| under the roof OF an aunt In NapIss Ia ~.
sion was ieciprocated, and the m9tSsr,s ",,s
uon made the daugn,er only more resolIp "a in
| ner determination To marry the young nd yocats
so doctor and mother together cuanp al SSae.
| tactics One m rning Nd me verniart s,in ~ ~
marry sln - Y 'o' fs sn ~ deSerm'eed to
| see you unhappy, give my consent" Inc y,n,no
lady fell on ner mothers neck ana we OF win inys
TN, gentiy disensa- ING nsrsei Mad anne Vern'ey
saId, Now, IS your lover aud his family live AT
hx the day Of marriage. aud q Il your troussstu
Iehut. lhey started accordingly, anu took
apar,nenis at IN motel Fiuri, near the FiOrtiui
Theatre, Intending 20 take a house In tue cOun-
try Tor the ensuing summertime ma rage having
been ARRANGED Tor tue eno OF autumn. They had
matt came IN with "a Signor Miraglii, whom he
Represented IS cousin Of mis-. aud as oesirous Of
forming miss Netnioii's acquaintance. Tue visit
seemed one OF pure cOurtesy. Tho Young lady
,nAtted p'edsan.y emo gn on current topics
leave, and sbe thought no more about
nun. FOrty-eignt hours sIterw. I'd, the doc
Tor proposed drive into the country,
n. which tue ladies ere dehghted, and ali three
were 5000 III oa'nsSo uo"ling along the Via
MISS Vernieri asked many questions al IN
The psl~zz aud villas they pass,d III tnev Ap.
IIoacneI ~ nj edince whose magnificent
site awoke ner adniraIJu. Whose w.sitf lne
uoctvr, as u sudueuj struck by all idea. ordered
tue uriver 10 s,op. "hcre," he I'd, rs pre-. |
ciseiy whit ynn want, IA country Residence til !
lhe close OF NOvem.er. This y lace 10 divided |
INTO suites o, apartments. Come Ia snd LEI US |
see now you Ike tuen." they aiIgnted md en- |
tered, and the Doctor asked Tor Mad a1ne Flou-
reiis. An IRON gate was tbeu opened, dtnItttng
To a ,ourl yard. from wnicn they luo,,ntra W.
flights Of st-irs, aud tnen tney we're usnersd
INTO urd"inx room wners they were pu-
then intimateu that s,Iss Vernieri wished To
take Apartments for the Summer IN the palazzO,
anu wVuia axe To tie SHOWN tnroGgn the various
SUI e.. Madame FiOurens was on.y too deliuh / |
cd. and offered her arm to tie young Lazy,
Mh3 meonancaliy TOOK IT, hen the mother
make your cnoice. whicn Is sure 10 s,t,sl, me
I'm .ired. and viii wait here with the doctor
Miss Verbiei then moved of, and the moment
Tue door closed beniud them the mother and
u 0' sipped stealtnils through prlyale pas
sag Ealneu W" staircase, aud were soon IN the
Courtyard. Meanwhile sii-s ', rnien was maK-
lnK tue tour OF the apartments. and tt was no.
iohg vtioro bliss NefuIcri learned Iuat sue had
Deen let III an asylum Tor iunatIcs.
AZ er hsr discovery, niss Nernieri asked
sl"uiiLe floufens, the lady SUPERINTENDENT,
now sue eouiu nave consented 20 become an
ihs.ruu en- IN such base conspiracy. The
iauy suned sadly. "Figttd MA were / 10
believe all those who say lney have been
brought here as the victims OF a cons piracy.
snou,d have Few patents On my nanusv'
" Bat" demonstrated Mass Vernler, whit To-
s e., proof sy nave you nat | am NJ subject
IA. replied ne Elplrall4
pled to uie for tue admission Of patient. /
tod MIN he must first have oertilia OF the
patls L 5 m tdnc,s, sgneL 10y tue director Of the
staDiisn neut. wno l. the first alenst IN Ma
pies. Dr. MiraglIi. An" broke IN Aiss Yer
perndIoas pottersl that cousin of his, whom !
". Iosinat presented u me, was Dr. hlraGiia,
theb! but now could The doctor certify my lu-
nacyt talk r.tiOnaiiy enough. GA! the mon.
s.e,s ttg'I mia behold my justincation,'
ana nadamc fioureDs produced the certin-
cate OF the aiieuist, Or. Mirsga, the director OF
tue asylum.
Ihereupon Miss vernieri addressed herself to
me TASK OF de.ising Der eKtrcstiou from the
fiourens Asylum. Vigllantly watched, she yet
s,ueeeedea IN se.ting a letter conveyed to DER
iover, .nd he went straight To work TO rescue |
hei aud orlng her prosecutors to justice.
ne got the Procurator OF the King 10 send
forthwith 10 the asylum an instTuctlng Judge |
lglidIce ulstI Wtorc and a notary. these gem
tiemen obtained Immediate access to the
Young laoy, aud ex ilnined her with the most
miputensss, putting questiOns OF
sVery klnd. hling traps for her, end taking
and tho result was the immedi ito
der non the PrOcurstOre del lie for her re-
ease, ana criminal Proceedings were at once
sken agalnsl ID. CosimLtl, the widow Nerneri.
ma nr. biiraglls. No sooner set at liberty, than
Mss ' ernlerl He'd To the aunt at whose house
me had met her nancs Their marriage took
llace Immediately.
Heanw hne tue c1nspirators, whose OBJ
ect II had been TO lrsvent the marn ge,
ma TO inNadate Miss Nerniers rignt 10 the
control oil her fortune uy making her out mad,
we're put upon their rial at >aierno. hey had
Ilready ken legal steps to complete tueir ne
siious design, when the young itdy's release
ipsst every tning, and turned tnem from APP ,
'eh .nts iuto deiendants. rae section OF ac-
'us~tlOn tas the Italian phrase goss) acquitted
ne mother AS the Cupo Of COslmatl. dIIagIla
vas auinllled 10 have acted with bona lid -
nd ne, TOO, was declared guiltless before
he law. Inc doctor WAS fuzzy convicted.
me Public Miuister dem ,ndeu, as his sem .
ehce three years imprisonment year :
or each oay duilug which his victim was .
IL INJURED IN the asylum, and that SEN
ence was pronounced by the Judges. Dr. c
'Vsipat appealed and he term OF inprsou-
nent was reduced 10 one year. Not content
WIN TINS REMISSION OF the sentence, the doctor
always, toe 1t remarked, eDj )iing provisional b
ioerty, That Is. not IMPRISONED at ALL .plieu o.
ne Court OF tassation: but his plea WAS re- 7
ccteu men ne solicited the KINGS mercy;
ut sienor Niglani iatc minister VI Justice, re-
used MN That also. Tue 1871 Of March came,
uu, VITA IL, the Left ~ power. he a. peal to
ne Mugs mercy VS. 70 ewed, anu his Majesty
az ADVISED 10 giant II. Sentence was COM 4
iuteu 10 lnternument In prescribed locality
rom MAY 10 NoVcm Der-siX months, as fdHfulLd
Lts II, VI yhisggiaIura 30 mucn Tor Italian
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