St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-28
Sophronio Alcidio Eloped With
Her Affinity and Has
Repented.
She Petitions the District
Court to Rectify her Mar i
ital Mistake. =,
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The FOrtieth Anniversary OF
Gov. Ramsey's Advent In E;
Minnesota. !
Court House Commissioners,
Will Lay Carpets in the !
Big Building. . .

A modest notation upon the records
of the district court, which exhibits the
title of suit to be "SophroniO Alcidio
against Livius Alcidio,' is the first and
only iDtimation of the future trial of
one OF the most novel and interesting
divorce suits that has ever been before
the district court where the parties to
the action have been such decided and
in this case are the children of
sunny Italy, and after wandering
all over the world, experiencing the
vicissitudeS of an adventurous career.
are soon to cross swords in an Ameri-
can court and, if. possible, sever their
marital connections. Twenty-Five years
ago Livius Alcidio and Shphronio Pill
licaro, having been lovers in the city Of
Tiu0li, Italy, some five or six years.
were married. Livius was the son of
rich merchant, and early in life cult
waited habits which he gradually nursed
until they held him slave. His
wife was the beautiful daughter
of an industrious and skilled musician.
who devoted his scant earnings to his
daughter and the other members of his
humble family. 1t was the same old
story-a wealthy mans son clipping
with a woman far beneath him socially
and financially, but his superior morally
and Intellectually. A long story made
short is that Livius carrying on an OBJ
stinate and clandestine courtship with
SOphrOniO, and the latter intensifying
the rich young Italians love be a wise
and designing display of her charms,
the two were secretly married. The
stroke was bad one for LiviuS' future,
and an unfortunate adventure for
Sophronio. Alcidio pere, hearing of
the occurrence, first barred the door of
his home against his disobedient son
and then went to PillicarO pere and de-
manded redress for the humiliation the
latter had thrust upon the formers
marriage of his daughter to
the fast but highly connected
Livlus. Pillicaro, who was as anxious
to have frustrated the scheme of the
young couple, purely from sense of,
honor, at Alcidio's bold intrusion and
demand, felt sting which made hisa
blood Jingle with wrath. He had lost
his beautiful daughter, upon whom hel
looked with the pride Of king. Hes
was now to suffer the crushing grind
of the moneymonger's heel. The two
Quarreled, came to bloWs,and just as the
sounds of the tumult were audible OUT
side, the door of the musicians cottage
was burst open and squad of men
rnshed in and bound him prisoner. He;
was dragged to a secluded retreat and
confined and promised his freedom Onlyl
after one condition-that he should re-,
veal the whereabouts of his daughter
and her husband, whom Alcidiol
claimed she. had enslaved with her.
charms and was making away with at
her fathers advice and direction the
ultimate object she had being to-
share in the fortune which would
fall to her Livius. PilIicarO knew
nothing, mourned his child, and begged
for his release; Alcidio was rich, intlu-
entail and cruel, and in defiance of all
law held his victim, awaiting the result
of the torture. While this was being
enacted IN the. floral city Of Tivoli,
Livius. and Sophronio were making
route to London, Eng. In the busy city
of London they hoped to gain
BREATH FOR FURTHER FLIGHT,
and then settle down and look back and
see what their relatives in green Italy
were doing about the affair. They
were strangers in strange land, and
went ''broke' shortly after they
reached London. Livius was an idle
fellow, never having given thought to
earning his own living. Together they
strove on in adversely, with what they
could both cain doing work which
was none too congenial to either:
Poverty's rigorous winds tossed
the pair all over the old country, they.
by their own shrewd guidance, steering
clear of the old folks at home. Nine
hospitable shores as poor in purse as a
silver dollar eagle is in flesh. They had
heard of the uproar at home, and that
Livius had been disinherited and So
phrOnio's father had died. Things
looked very black over there, and they
dared not return, or even make their
habitatiOn known as long as AlcidiO pere
mainta ined his VOW to kill Sophronio
if he ever got the opportunity. Pere
Alcidio was fierce and desperate man,
with a temper like keg of giant pow
der, and no doubt would have wrenched
his son from the arms of his wife and
then disposed of her even at that late
day. But things were destined to turn
SOphrOniO. Livius began to drink,
carouse and associate with the lower
class of those of his countrymen he
found in New York, and soon he could
little for his wife and much less for
. himself. The demon of drink had
taken hold of him, and his old tastes
came upon him with renewed twang.
Down he went, until he was one of the
banana brigade standing about the cor
ners of New York city selling fruit and
drinking alcohol. The once beautiful
and progressing Sophronio was now
mental and physical wreck and appar-
emily prematurely old woman. Liyius
and his wife came West, and
four years ago they logged their bag.
gage up Third street and took up quar-
tiers in the sQuatters' settlement Oh the )
river bank back Of BanhOlzer's brew
cry. Here is where the black-eyed and
=itated system of abuse and torture. He
would go out as early as 6 o'clock IN the
morning. get full by noon, return and
smash his wife over the head with
tame monkey he had bought in
New York. He nearly killed the
monkey. and on several occasions had
so brutality beaten his wife that she was
compelled to lie on her couch, unable to
lected to furnish food. and always
warned his wife never to call on neigh
bors-of which there were few-fOr
help, or he would crack her skull.
After being out Oh nights tour, drink
ing grape juice, he came into his house.
falling over everything in his way, and
once actually
PICKED UP THE FAMILY DOG
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