Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-24
SLAIN AT A HUSBANDS TOMB.
A Florentine Tragedy Of Passion
and Revenge.
WHILE HER CHILDREN WAITED.
Loves Medicine the Bcst-How Or.
Cupid Ofhciated in a Kentucky
Hospital-He Kept Hts
Eye on Mary.
Little ROmnnCes.

a correspondent of the London Times
The victim was a patrician lady of great
beauty, OF large wealth and of honorable
name, the Countess Costa of Verona, and
the scene of the murder was the cemetery
chapel where her husband was buried four
years ago. The countess, n woman still at.
]tractivc and lovely, with a tall and graceful
figure, delicate features, brown eyes aud
chestnut hair, was left a widow with four
children and a considerable fortune, admircd
and respected by all, and siugularly happy
IN the circumstances of her life. Her Ian.
dau, with her handsome children and her
]favorite little dog, was a familiar feature in
the drives of the Cascine.
An Italian officer, Gactano Boschcrini,
who was among the amis dc In maison at the
Casa Costa, and who is believed to be pas
sionatcly in love with her, before his de
parture for Massowah. on his return from
Africa resumed his familiar intercourse with
the family. and was consulted and employed
by them in various matters of business,
Iattcrly, however, he became dissatisfied
with this position of trust and friendship
ana made her repeated proposals of mar
riage, which the countess refused, but re-
fused IN such a manner as to leave friend
ship still possible between them. 1t is
always said to be a pcrilouS task
to change a lover into n friend,
but she evidently believed that it was
possible to retain Il friend without allowing
him to become a lover. For although she
persistsntly rcpulscd the idea of a second
marriage, She continued to receive Bos-
cherlnl as before, and on the 18th of Decem-
Der, when he offered to accompany her to the
chapel of San Miniato on the visit to her
husbands tomb, which she was wont to pay
every month, she allowed him to do so, tell
ing her children that she would meet them
later on at GiuCOSa's bOnbOn shop.
While the poor children waited there, hap
PLY Chattcring of the coming Natalie pres
cnts and festivities, their mother was assas-
sinated by Boschcrinl in the mortuary chapel
at Sau Maniato. The brute stabbed her with
a knife-onc thrust dividing the heart itself,
another passing from the iugular vein on the
Lett to the carotid artery on the right. He
then shot himself with n revolver, blowing
TO pieces his face and head.
The scene of the murder, the high hill
which Michael Angelo called his bella villa
nella, and where the legends of the saints
place the martyrdom of st. Minias, whom
the panther spared. the glorious sylvan
beauty around, where the last golden foliage
of autumn still fingers among the deep green
of ivy and arbutus and cypress, the brilliant
sunshine which fell on that day on the white
marbles, the glittering crosses, the many
COlOrPd mOSaiCS, the old brown watCh-tOWcr
of Michael Angelo b]rOOding over all, with
the white doves CirClmg around it;
down below in the city the waiting children,
ignorant of their loss, laughing and talking,
ful! of the mcrriment of the season, wonder
ing hecdlcsSly why their mother tarricd so
louG-all these circumstances and acccsso-
ries enhance an exceptionally tragic tale of
passion and revenge.
n marriage has just occurred at Louis
vile. Ky, which was the elimination of a
remarkable romance, the hero being so
modest that he prevented his story becoming
lyrn,r, until ,-oCtar1,,- Il, 1sSr Mic. I2,,,;o
Gardner came here to attend a select semin-
airy. Her home was at Martin, Tenn, where
her widowed mother, a wealthy and cul-
tured lady, now resides. Among the many
friends at whose house she visited here were
the family of w. b. Wilson, a wealthy gen
tlcman living near Louisville. }. Wesley
Wilson, a son of W. b., fell in love with her
and they were engaged to be married, last
October being fixed for the event. Last
summer Miss Gardner was thrown from a
horse, receiving injuries which the pnysi-
clans pronounced TO be fatal. The young
lady was brought to the st. Joseph's inirm-
airy here, 50 that the best medical attention
could be given her. She gradually sank,
however, and two weeks ago her death was
pronounced certain. Her betrothed was at
her bedside as much as the rules of the in
Urinary would allow, but when the end
approached he desired to be with her all the
time. Marriage was the means by which
this could be accomplished, so in the pres
cnce of their families the true lover was
married to the seeming dying girl. Her
death was expected within a few hours, but,
strange TO say, from the moment the Cere-
mony was performed She grew stronger, and
the physicians now have strong hopes of her
recovery.
Knox county recently furnished a roman
tic marriage. Long years ago, before the re-
bellion, ". +. Wood, living in the southern
part OF this county, shared his big red apple
with a little girl named Mary. After the
war had closed Mr.. Wood married and
brought up a family and finally came to this
county. Mary married and took the name
of KIncel, and with her husband moved to
Dakota, near Bismarck. During all these
years Mr. Wood kept track of Mary, and
after he had became a WidOWer and she a
widow, proposed marriage, which proposal
was accepted, Last Saturday evening the
Milwaukee train brought put one lady pas
senger TO Running Water station. AS she
allghted Mr.. Wood introduced himself, and
resumed the acquaintance of twenty-five
years ago, They were married that even
ing by Justice Irefry, and yesterday passed
through this place for their home in the
south part of the county.
A poor family living near Kalamazoo has
just fallen heir to Si0, 600. In 1870 a girl baby
was left ut the home of Peter Gohide, a shoe
maker, for adoption, by a beautiful girl of
sixteen and an old man. They refused to
give any reasons for deserving the child, and
have not been heard from since. The baby
grew up here, and in 1857 she married Fred
crick Moore, "A farm hand, and they now live
in Texas township on Sl5 a month. Wcdnes-
day "A detective arrived in this city in search
of the girl, and Thursday he found her. His
story is that her erring father died recently
in Kansas, leaving $1,000 to her, which she
will soon receive, The Will set forth the
clews to be followed in finding the girl. Her
mother is still living ana is reported to be
worth 800, 900.
John and Daniel Nays, twins, were born in
Erie, Pa, in 1863, their parents subsequently,
moving to Hartford, Conn. When they
were three years old their mother was left "a
widow. Being destitute and in i'll health, she
was unable to support herself and children.
She sent Daniel to live with friends in Erie,
Pa. John found a home in South GlastOn.
bury, Conn. Daniel grew up, and became a
miller, John learned the blacksmith trade.
They never saw or heard of one another
after leaving their mother, and each sup
posed the other dead. John subsequently
abandoned his trade and moved TO East st.
Louis, where he follows the occupation Of a
delivery clerk at one of the railroad depOts
on the island, One day recently a platform
labOrer WAS hired and worked in close pnn-