The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-02-20
Venetian Vengeance.

A Paris correspondent Of the Detroit
Free Press tells the following terrible
story of Venetian husbands revenge: !:
A startling instance of cruel Venetian
vengeance has recently occurred in the
celebrated city of gondolas and lagoons
and of mysterious crimes Two Eng
Gshmen, while exploring one of the
least frequented canals in the suburbs of
Venice. saw a body floating upon the
water. On approaching it they discov-
cred it to be that of man, still alive,
but in horribly mutilated condition.
The eyes had been plucked out; the
ears aud nose and other parts Of the
body had been devoured by vultures.
The arms were firmly tied to his sides
and the feet strapped together. Under
meath each shoulder was placed large
glass bottle Theoretically sealed, which
acted as float to sustain his head and
shoulders above the water, while the
body was slightly submerged. These
facts being reported to the police au-
thorities, an Immediate investigation
was made, which resulted in the follow
ing discoveries: It seems that for some
months previous a young man, named
Tedaldo, had been in the employ of a
farmer, Luigi Parmaschetti, as an assist
ant on the farm of the latter. Parmas-
chetti was married to an attractive-look- K
ing Italian woman and had a little
daughter aged eight years. Tedaldo,
! with the customary Italian fervor, fell
passionately in love with the wife Of his
master, and made her some advances,
which being promptly reported to hel
| husband, made the latter very angry
| and he thereupon thrashed Tedaldo and
drove him from his employ and the
| farm.
A few nights after this event, Parmas
| chetti left home one morning at two
| O'Clock in his batteau to carry his farm
produce to market. Immediately after
he had departed Tedaldo clambered in
| through the window of the wife's bed
chamber and made an assault upon her
Springing out Of her bed, she tried te
escape him, but the door was locked
and she could not find the key. The
assassin had also closed the only window
SO the poor woman had no avenue of es
cape. She ran about a table which
stood in the room, and the intruder pur
suing her, succeeded in giving hel
thirty-two wounds with large poignarG
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woman fell down exhausted, in dyins
condition. Tedaldo then left the house
and the little daughter, who had mean
while been concealed underneath tn,
bed, came out and alarmed the neigh
bors, who at once came to the assistanc,
of her mother. 1t was too late, as tn,
woman died in few minutes. Whe1
the husband returned and was Informed
of what had happened, he and tw'
brothers started in search Of Tedaldo
whom they found concealed near by.
Instead Of killing him outright the,
resolved to torture him to death, and 81
bound him in the manner above de
scribed, stripping him and covering hi
body with Oil, to attract the fish an,
birds of prey, and threw him into tn
lagoon, to suffer for more than two day
| a living death, Imagine the torment
endured by the wretch, while foatin
upon the waters during those days
He died in a short time after bein
taken from the water. The brothers
Parmaschetti, upon their arrest, freel
avowed what they had done, and tol
all the circumstances. They were eac
condemned to ten years Imprisonment
at hard labor, but the great majority {
the citizens of Venice have united in
petition to the King, Humbert, for a
unconditional pardon to be granted t
all three. This true tale recalls t
mind some of those old romances {
the medieval days at Venice, Florenc
or Rome.