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unmoved and saw no harm. Then Di.
ana contrived that the Duke sbould dis

unmoved and saw no harm. Then Di.
ana contrived that the Duke should dis
cover Marcello in the private apartments
OF the Duchess, an arrangement to which
Donna Violante was an innocent and
surprised party. The Duke was now
convinced of the truth of Diana's accu-
sations, and the Duchess and Marcello
were conveyed to prison.
The Infamous proceedings, designated
in the archives of the town as the trial
OF Marcello Capeccio for grave offenses
to his lord, took place in the vaults of
the prison of Soriano before the Duke de
Palliano. the Count d'Aliffe, a brother to
Donna Violante, and Antonio Tor ando, a
friend of the family. Beside the cord
and rack and other implements of tor
ture stood the Mayor of Soriano
and his hirelings ready to do the
atrocious biddings of their masters.
Marcello was tortured until brain could
stand no more and in his madness, and
speechless, he scrawled the infamous lie
Yes; | have betrayed my lord. Yes;
! have dishonored him." AS the feeble
hand laid down the pen the Duke raised
his dagger and plunged it again and
again into the body of Marcello, who fell
dead at his feet. Then turning to Diana,
who had witnessed the awful result OF
her blind passion, the Duke cried: "T AXE
the reward of thy treachery!" Seiz-
ing her by the hair he bent her down
and cut her throat from ear to ear.
The Duke shrank from adopting ex-
treme measures towards his helpless
wife. This leniency was due partly to an
awakening belief in her protestations of
innocence and partly to the fact that she
was about to become mother. Unfor-
tunately for the Duchess, the Pope
died. The interregnum between the
decease and election of Pope
was then time of unbridled license and |
dark deeds. The Cardinal welcomed |
this opportunity for completing the ven
geance Of the Caraffas. He urged the |
Duke, by voice and by letter, to avenge |
the honor of the family by the death of |
Donna Violante. In like manner urged |
the other brother, Don Antonio. The
mild course of the Duke was ended by |
the grave report that Donna Violante |
was in communication with the Dukes |
foe, Antonio Colonna. The Duchy of |
Palliano, with it's towns and villages, had
been taken from Colonna by the Pore to
bestow upon Don Juan Caraffa. The
fatal rumor further said that the Duchess
had agreed to deliver to Colonna fort
ress Of Palliano, the governor OF which |
was her friend, upon the conditions that
Colonna should protect her from |
the vengeance of the Caraffas and prove |
her innocence. Without investigation |
OF the report, the Duke sent Cardino, a |
relative, and the Count d'Aliffe, brother |
of the Duchess, to- Soriano with letter
ordering the immediate death of Donna
Violante. The unhappy Duchess re-
ceived her brother and Cardino quietly |
and listened undismayed to the an
nouncement Of her doom. 81 am
innocent" she said, calmly, call
that l ask at your cruel hands is
tt, time to receive the holy communion"
This was accorded her. While she was
yet praying her remorseless executioners
drew the silken cord and strangled her.
had so unfeelingly murdered, at the feet
d'Aliffe, followed by Cardino, returned
to Rome.
On Christmas Day, 1859, it being one
year lacking week since the moment
GUS brawl at the ducal palace, Pope
Plus the Fourth ascended to the Papal
throne. His election was due to Spanish |
ihduCuCC diiu OuC VI Lib uIbL dClS WAS tiI0 |
arrest of the Caraffas, the avowed en-
emies of the Spanish party. The three
Caraffas, the Count d'Aliffe and Cardino
were speedily brought to trial and con.
demned to die for the barbarous murder
of Donna Violante.
The Duke de Palliano, the Count
d'Aliffe and Cardino were conveyed to
Tordinore and there publicly beheaded.
The annals Of the times relate that the
Duke died good Christian and bravely.
Don Antonio was privately executed at
Rome. The immediate sentence of death
was announced to the Cardinal in his
private apartments at the castle of Saint
Angelo. He bowed his head and MUIR
INJURED "Me die 0 Pope Plus o.
King PhilipW
After confession and mass the Cardinal
turned to the waiting executioner and
quietly said: ''Do your duty!" The
silken cord was placed about his neck,
sharply tightened, and in a moment
more the last of the Caraffas fell upon
his face dead MARINER T KENT