New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13
now THE DEID FOLLOWED THE KING
FroD' NoirS m queries.

| FrOD NofaS nj queries.
In 1871 was at Naples when an tal an corvette,
! the AmIrale tara"cIol0. was launched ~ Castel-
lumare. Inc vessel was christened by The Countess
Teresa CuIaccolo tie lighter OF tie Cd ei OF the
! elder branch Of the aracclOli. | stdy.ng at
Naples rs the guest oi the young ladys iataer aud
heard from him very remarkable story corr ectcd
with the death 81 I'll, unfortunate officer N honor OF
whose memory the vessel WAS named. The circuM-
stances which led to the execution OF Prince
Francesca CaraccOlO IN 1893 are well known. L
~hali merely state. Therefore. that he con-
dcmned by p court martial composed 81 NlCllldn
o;cers 10 10 hanged az The yard-arn Of the flagship
for b.arDg arms AGAINST his lawful sovereign:
W hen the official communication Ot the finding aud
the sentence of tie ,Ourc brought 10 the prince
he was explaining the names and u-cs ol ;lc yarI-
Gus parts of the rigging to some young Ncapohtan
policemen " ho happened t. he on board the '.iip A
glance ~ the letter sufficient To show bIm its
contents He showed no sign 81 emotion. bnt re-
quested the officer who brought ths GHpateh TO
wait for few minutes while h. finished his eX-
plantations. Tins BENG done he retired u his
rahiu and after vain attempt to ret tie sentence
changed to a more honorable manner Of dctth. he
resigned himself 10 his fate. which lie iael with
some days after the event the King who had been
for IN afternoons cruise OF Scll.an ~hip Ol war
outside the bay,was returning 10 Naples IN the ever
Ing. It was moonlight night, and tue sea vas
perfectly calm There Was, indeed 80 litte Wind
that II was difficult to steer tue vessel. Inc King
sitting in the balcony of the stern cabin,
watching The SEA, when suddenly he became aware
thai sOmetmng following the ship. As the
OBJECT came near It easy 10 distinguish thar it
was the body OF man IN an upright altitude as
to recognile tie features Of Admiral Caracclolo.
His eyes we're open and seemed to he liked on the
King and, except for It's ghaNtly pailor the face
was unchanged. The explanation was simple.
After being submerged for some days the OOdy had
become so huOyant that the weights attached u the
feet were not sufficiently heavy 10 keep 10 under
water: but they retained It in urrlgut position,
and it was drawn along by the current created by
the movement OF the ship. Ii is easy 10 imagine the
horror OF Ferdinand at hat he believed TO he
appalitIDu from another world. When at eugth lt
wis explained 10 hun what had happened. lie gave
orders that a boat should he lowered and that the
CORPSE should lie brought on board aud taken to
Naples Tor Christian burial. But the supeTstItIOus
Sclllans Jared not obey tao royal command. anu
the ship. drawing in It's wake the upright body of
the admiral sailed slowly into the Bay Of Naples.
Here q boats crew was obtained from an English
man-of-war who took the admirais body ashore.
where it WAS deposited in his own palace, and at
length received the last rites OF the Church.
A different version ot the story is given in
SOGtheys Lie OF Nelsvu' have here related the
tradt. onal account preserved in the family Oi the
admiral exactly as il was told ne by It's chef