Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-29


Leone. of the TENN
lery while stationed
: desperately in love MA
:, tarbartolo de Villar,s
!, young woman. The Nat..,
/, NY is among the mosl as,s'.s'
: where a good deal Of III
tenn flourishes in SPITE y ~ W
UNITY Donna Maria Bent,,. y
Notarbartolo and tia !.
young woman, had bra,hs ''
) IN 1899 for political oiIss ss'
; was banished, but she re, ,sss
: with Garibaldi Althons6
-FOUR years of age she ado '
rick patrimony of her s sa
be- hful Catherine was i hs
child. - yer vi
Inc question before lie
whether the young officer ' a''
, suicide or was murdered Il !, sp'
OF the young girl His bod y
at the door of the Notarbar,ga,.s ~
lie had been shot through ~ :, ~
and Il pistol was found n &. n
evidence for the prosecnt;os s ~
he had been called into X. w
GATHERINGS old nurse, Calico. y
relic, and that GATHERINGS bye MI
We're his sworn enemies, bad ' as
nm at the entrance and ia NV
Francesca Notarbartolo W. '
cused OF having organized NJ W
previously tonight duel with X IT,
II was one sided fight boss
which all the fury was win g N,
toto Leone, who was an exper, 49,, H.
man, foiled all his desperate at,s a., ~
allowed himself to be wonnass
than run the risk of killing tbs "
OF his ladylove. Francesca NV y
the recognized chief of the Mas.
IN Palermo Eleven times Ia y.
the point of being arrested -, Z
occasion he was saved by the MA
at one time he was concealaa :
house OF IA near relative Of the ch,.'
police. - sn''
The trial of the case extended ~.
two years in Palermo, and Then I
venue was changed to Naples wbs,'
lasted for eighty days. Love Ie,,an
abundance from Leone ID f.,s.s'
and from Catherine to Leone wera !,
In which the tender passion was n.,'
with all the high coloring peculiar X,
Italian school The brothers N,,,..,A
toto did not deny anything Of tbe \
affair between their sister Cathern.,
the young officer; they simply roOs.
themselves to denial of the rb,r,s,
murder. One of them pietn dp,sn
IN his examination that Leone MA. I.
pleteiy unknown to him when h.
ceived the following note
SIR love your sister atherine p,o,,..
the last word II II should he "Xo fs,v.r
my word that | shall abide b. Il Ana iu.,y
longer
In describing the effect Of the len.
P1etro said Il spoke OF thai letter
my mother who SAID The yonpp NJ
Is crazy The marriage is lmlpssihIe
informed Lieutenant Leone 81 thlsdr,
ION and advised him to postpone NJ faI
possible the stupid notion Of gpu
married We parted on the hest
terms a few days afterwanl while
were at dinner. we heard pistol Ii
outside the door We came down 4
found Leone dead at the door fiph
Just sent Il bullet through his breast
The medical reports seem to esiu
llsh that Leone did not kill himself
was murdered. the president Of |
court remarked
"On the contrary Pietro respondI
he shot himself in the heart. Low
always shoot themselves in tile be-
ana bankers always shoot themselves
the head Whether it Is the neart
tho brain. it is always the affected p
that they aim at.
The old nurse, who carried the lett
OF the lovers, denied that she indul
Leone to come to the house.
The deposition of Leone, ST.. the fail
OF the young man, was particuIarlyd
matte. He said: when | learned h
my son was in love with one Of the
tarbartolo young ladies' | knew thai
was all over with him. All the lover
the young ladies We're killed BY
brothers NOtarbartolo. Francesca xii
Boccardo and his brother-in-law Z
pola."
"lf ! struck down Coppola, the
FUSED francesca interrupted, ut was
cause he began to court my sister Z
stance, and then deserted her to M
owe to my sister Maria And now P
Constance is crazy from love.
"Gou are also accused of having XII
Lieutenant Leone Why did you
way after the tragedy" the presid
Lsked.
Because | knew that | would be :
'ected | have already been in Pm
or beating policemen, and | know VI
Is to be shut up in four walls.
Other witnesses gave the details Of
uel, in which Leone was kind enor
o allow himself to be wounded by
rother of his expected bride. Lett
we're then produced to show that vi
he broken hearted lovers were par
y the orders of the proud old won
nd of the terrible brothers. who $
aimed her decision, Leone for a time
epted his fate, but on receiving bu
lg and fearful document from Cat
Inc. begging him to continue his
nd asking him if he had ceased to L
er, he weakened and determined TO
Urn to Palermo. His brother otfic
rged him not to go. They VIII
on, they said.
We'll. let them kill me" Leone 81
can't give up my love.
several Of his comrades testified u
Q never had any idea of suicide, !
violence pointed to murder or al lei
manslaughter, for a quarrel betwe
cone and tee brothers was also