New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-03
SHE SHOT HER PAITHLESS LOVER.
A YOUNG ITALIAN WOMAN TAKES SUMMARY

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VENGEANCE on NIccoLo PTERA
Several persons looked with amazcment at a young
and rather pretty Italian woman who was dehberateH
shooting al an Italian the sidewalk In front OF inc
fur store at No 20 springst. at 8 a. m. yesterday
The par were only few feet apart. They had met
face o face after the woman had been walking up and
down the street for two hours as II she was on the
watch for somebody. The italian was sWarthy'
strongly built and ugly looking man, about thrV nVe
years old When he met the woman she spoke 10
him eagerly In their own language lie repulsed her.
Then She drew a revolver from her pocket ana began
to shoot.
The first bullet wounded him. He threw up his
hands and screamed he tried to run away ot'
stood still and fired again. lie fell face downwari
on the sidewalk. The woman kept on shootlhg calmly
but rapidly until she had discharged cach OIL 'c INV
chambers of the revolver. Just as she had fired tho
last shot Policeman lagGerty, OF the Muloerry-'''
squad who was on his way to the police station ran
70 her and caught hold of her She did not resist.
other policemen helped % carry the wounded ltaLah
into the fur store. An examination showed that ono
bullet had entered his abdomen another had gone into
his back a third had passed into his groin ana tho
fourth had made hole in the palm OF his hahd' lh'
policemen learned that he was Nlccolo Plcra an u-
married blacksmith, of No. 1i5 Snllivan-st. lie was
asked to identify the prisoner who was led lh'o 'ho
fur store and he said she had shot him. An anDuiahco
Ceons said there hardly a chance OF saving HIS
life. lie was inSensiblc and apparently sinking In tho
afternoon.
The young woman taken direct from the pace
Of the shooting to the Mulberry-st station she was
cool and seemed to be willing to tell all about the
cause Of the shooting With the aid of an Interpreter
she said that she Pasquella Robertclli, twenty
years old, and lived with her parents, brother ana
sister on tho third floor Of the tcnemcnt-house, No.
l56 Mo 81 They came this city SalcrnO,
Italy, two years ago. Pcia was her lover in Italy
and he renewed the acquaintance when he followed
her TO New York. About four months ago he be-
traycd her under promise of marriage, and she SAID
he gave to her the revolver, saying that she might
kill him with 1t II he failed to keep his promise
Lately when she told him that only marriage could
save her from shame he put her off, but continued
to promise to make her his wife. ON Sunday he said
he would take her to Italy and marry her there That
evening She heard that Pcra had arranged to sail
without her yesterday. She got up early In the morn
ing and went to- see him at his room in Sulllvan-st
lie said he would 90 to the Mayors office and marry
her there before he lett the city If that would satisfy
her She left his room. but suspected that he meant
To desert her without marrying her and she walked
back and forth In spring ST., waiting for MS appearance
She said that when he met her in front ri the fur store
he said he would keep his promise she shot him.
At the romhs Police Court she was held TO await
the result Of PIert5 injuries.