Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-08
SHE WAS A DEMON INCARAATE.
PENELOPE cARNEyALI AND HER
LIFE OF SIN AND cRIsiE.
Beautifnl In Fnce md Form, She
Charms Men only 10 Ruin and TO
KIN Them-Her Husband She MUIR
der. to Take up with Another.

peared In the Freslnone criminal court
late in August to be tried for murder
ing her first husband. Mario carne-
vail. her second husband, took his
place beside her to answer the charge
OF killing her lover. says the New York
Sun. This double trial is the culmina-
ton of a criminal romance such as
has been seldom equaled for intricacy
and novelty. even in the varied eN-
perience OF the Roman police.
Penelope Menghini was 10 years old
in 1888. She was the daughter of
prosperous Roman tradesman ana mad
been carefully educated by govern
ess. Her preparation for society was
TO be finished IN young wonehs
seminary in Rome. She was eNcep-
tionally handsome; was TO have large
dowry, and was expected TO make
fine snatch. which these conditions
almost invariably guarantee IN ltaly'
Her mother had set her cap Tor no.
bleman.
Early In 1883. however, Penelope met
on her way to the seminary Mario
Carneyall, n retired cavalry officer,
with only his face and figure To rec
ummend him. He was generally
worthless, had spent all his money
and was looking for an opportunity 10
marry for money. lie learned what
Penelope's prospects were, and pro-
posed an elopement. Old Menghinl
heard that his daughter had been
tempted by a cavalry officer and. To
protect her. sent maid servant with
her to school every day. Nevertheless,
Penelope eventually smuggled out OF
the house n letter telling her cavalry
man that she would run away with
him.
on her 18th birthday he called at the
seminary, introduced himself as her
uncle. and, under pretcYt OF taking her
to see a sick aunt, carried her on to
Roman suburb. She lived with him
year. when she returned home, stun
Penelope Menghini, she had baby,
but 1t was hurried into an orphan
asylum.
Her beauty was unimpalred and in
her 18Th year was striking enough TO
gain for her the love OF william Jones,
Il young English engineer who knew
nothing OF her past, He had money
and she mnrried him. He worshiped
her, She had box at the theater,
her horses and carriages, and Il large
house, In which she entertained her
friends lavishly, yet when Carnevali,
her old lover, came back 10 Rome she
welcomed him secretly,
Jones soon discovered that his wife
was deceiving him. lie did not have
the courage to leave her. The strug-
gle between his sense OF honor and his
love unnerved him. and he fell III. one
morning his physician found him dead
In bed. 1t'was suspicious case. but
9s Jones was only an Englishmnn and
did not have u ldnsman IN all Italy,
the italian doctor let the body be
buried without an examination.
IN Italy a widow must NNnlt nj lnpqt
ten months after her husbands death
before marrying again On the day
when her ten months expired Mrs.
Penelope Jones became the wife of
Mario Carneval. She had her dowry
ana the property left by Jones, and for
year or more she and her cavalry
man lived In royal style. The money
was scattered right and left on ser
wants. hOraes, thea:ers and races, In
sporting society OF the better class
nobody cut n wider swath than did
Carnevall and his beautiful wife.
Although her home was In Palllno
their faces were familiar AT all the
race tracks OF Rome aud Naples. and
he backed n few horses, hut without
success, When the morey had vanish
cd they borrowed more, bought u vine
yard, and tried to pay their expenses
by growing grapes. Carneyali re-
formed. The change lost him his
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