The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-16

Svef's house with the intention OF killing Dou
| Miss Aver and himself unless ne wrung iron
! the lady a pledge that she should marry him-
This young fellow sad M nat AVER Moaro e
some time last month, and he fell as des
perately in love with her as il - possinie 10
an allventurer such as L believe him TO De, te
fall in love with anybody. He is very hne
hooking fellow and have no doubt that In
story that he comes OF good family IS true. INT
report that he has plenty OF money II not tfu
lave made fun investigation OF that part y
the story, and am conndent Ihat MS OaHA az
eount had run out"
MIR Aver SAYS Bettini was insane evidentl,
on the sub ject of shooting himself. he foi
lowed Miss Aver from Fortress Monroe TO new
York, and called on her three on Tour lnei
here As he was gentleman she treated nm
as SUCH but never encouraged HIM III the ldei
that she had any Thought OF marrying HIM
Miss Aver had never rejected nor accepted
him, and he never proposed to her, III!
brother says, until last night. He tool
every occasion, however, 10 give her the
idea as he did other people, that he was
capablt of killing himself and on one of his
visits he left with her three photographs,
winch we're very plainly the .despondenl
nature of his mind. One OF the three repre-
SCENTS him standing with pistol pressed 10 ms
temple; in the second the pistol IS pointed e
his heart; and in the third he Is seated with ms
head resting on a table, ana his.hand, IN which
is pistol hanging over the arm OF chair-
Sunday afternoon, according 70 MI. aver
story Bettini roamed around the Windsor tell
ing a number of people that he was going up to
the Ayers house in the evening and bring his
affair with Miss Aver TO crisis, and that II he
failed in his mission he would kill himself.
His threats OF suicide had become so com
mon that very faM paid any attention to his
talk, except Francis. E. Irowbridge, who IS a
friend of the Aver family, and who occupied a
table with Bettini at the hotel At dinner Mr..
Trowbridge asked Bettini where he intended 10
pass the evening, and lac answered. that he was
going to visit Miss Aver Nj. Trowbridgc,
AtsaF
family also. He followed Bettini and en-
tered the house Immediately after him. Bet
tint reached the house at about
$50 and was received by Miss Aver in the
drinking, and the lady was afraid of him, but
she concluded that the best thing TO do was TO
treat him kindly, hoping that he would leave
the house without making trouble. Mr. ITOW
bridge sat in the back library, which commun-
Gates with the parlor, and Miss Aver went to him
and asked him to remain until Bettlni went
away, which he promised to do Bethnl sat
throughout the interview which followed
with his hand resting on his pistol
pocket, and Mr.. Aver believes now
tlat but for the presence of Mr.. Trowbridge
the man would have killed both his sister and
himself. He was very much excited, and once
made motion as though to draw the weapon,
and the lady, seeing 1t, started to leave the
room. Bettlni asked Miss Aver If she would
promise to marry him, and the lady, hoping to
temporize and get him ont of the honse quietly,
told him. that he must give her time to con
slider: that she had not known him long
enough to take the step he proposed, but that
in time she would give him decided answer
Bettini replied that he would not wait aud
that the question must be settled then and there
or he would kill himself He had before
showed his pistol to Miss Aver, and told her
that he would as soon shoot himself not !;
that he wouid not die at once, and that that the
papers would be full OF the sensation. Miss
Aver refused either to accept or decline the
proposal, and finally Mr. Trowbridge who had
heard all that passed, walked into tic parlor
and asked Bettlni if he was ready TO go. He
Mr. Tfowbrdge returned TO tho Ii
brary After waiting about half an hOur
longer, and, finding that Mr. Trowbrdge
would not so first, Bettlni babe Misa Aver
good bye, told her he was going to kill HIM
self and left the house. At the door he gave
dressed to Miss Aver, and then stepped out
ON the stoop Tho door was scarcely closed
when two pistol shots were heard and Mr..
Trowbridge, exclaiming He's done 1t at last"
rushed TO the door and opened it. Bettini
wars seen coming up the st6op with his
hands over his head in theatrical
position, and his pistol had been re
turned to his pocket He entered the door
and dropped on the hall floor, where he lay
until he was removed 10 the hospital The
filled with professions of ardent love and de
votion and in each of them Bettini inporcd
the object of his love to marry him.
MY own opinion of the whole affair, said
Mr. Aver, "is that Bettini is insane on the sub
.iect OF shooting, or. what * perhaps as reason
s.blc that his bank account having given ont
and finding that he could not secure from my
sister the promise he demanded lie thought
that he would make a sensation and possibly
secure sympathy by this attempt at suicide. 1
don't think the man expected 10 die. "
The Pope and the Patriots.