The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-15
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ed in a pure and rich young man fifteen
years her Junior in point of age and
thirty in respect of knowledge Of the
world The fool of boy was persuad-
ed 10 promise her marriage, but soon
afterwards fell iii, and coming under
the influence of his good mother re-
nounced his engagement The wo-
man tried her utmost to win back her
lover. and to escape her entreaties AL
fredo decided to go upon tour Of the
world AS he stepped into the train a
person-the woman Rosa, disguised in
mans clothes-approached him with
the words: VIII you marry me or
notE Alfredo impatiently turned away:
a second later a revolver in Rosa's
baud was discharged and the bullet hit,
not the former lover. but one of his
friends. wounding him fatally. Wit
ness the scene in court. Rosa, all in
black, with pallid face, having under
gone rejuyenating process, theatrical
" repeats the words her smart lawyer
had written down for her: Yes, in
tended to kill him, and myself, too. Let
me die, gentlemen of the jury, l can
not live without my Alfredo Rosa was
liberated at once.
''Stil another case in point. An honest
mechanic, Gaetano Fora, who for
years has lived happily with his family,
providing beautifully for his wife and
children, fell into the net Of a bad wo-
man, who, after a while. gained cem-
plete mastery of the unhappy man to
the extent that he left his home, living
away for nearly year, while his wife
and children came near starving. In
the end the couple quarreled and Gaze
tano returned TO his family, who receiv
ed him with open arms. But heir joy
could not be of long duration THE
Juror Of love- had gained complete po-
secession Of the once virtuous and con-
tented man. and though he kept away
from his charmer he spent his days
and nights thinking of her. He began
to neglect his work and naturally land
ed into the osteria (saloon). There one
evening he met the woman that had
destroyed his home. She smiled upon
him, drank with him, and soon had
her arms around him. At this moment,
quite accidentally, the wife came 10
the saloon to fetch her husband away,
as she was In the habit of doing. I'm
beknown to the lovers, she witnessed
the scene, and vengeance cried in her
for the loss of her
husband. She runs home, grabs the
first knife that comes in her way, and
is about to start for the osteria when
her courage fails her. Alas, there Is
half bottle of cognac. She empties it
at one draught and then makes across
the street where Gaetano and his mis-
tress are still drinking together. To
thrust the knife into the profiigate wo-
mans neck and fail ut her side in
dead swoon was the work of a second
or two. AS already intimated, / asked
the jury to be lenient with this unhap-
py victim Of irresistible impulse. But
the jurors would not accept my plea.
They sentenced the woman to a long
term in the penitentiary whereupon l
appealed the case on a technicality. 1t
was brought before a second jury, In |
another district Of the country. These
.welve gentlemen viewed the matter
and favorably; they acquit-
ed the woman, but-hide thy head, o, |
rhemis-not because her act was justi- |
liable, but because at the time of its |
,ommittal she had been drunk