The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-08

ga mans been murdered, sir.
"Tn what part of the ship|
"Tn the steerage.'
Who is it"
"'An Italian named RaVogh.
',Do YOU mean the fellow ayho used
to sit with the girl under the break
Of the poop?
g That's the man, sir
Where's the doctor?
With the body.
ct said no more and went below The
cabin lamps blazed brightly. A few
people were reading or talking on the
quarter deck. 1 passed through the
great square Of the steerage hatch, and
arrived at a passage or corridor, on
either hand of which were a number
of berths. This was the steerage peo-
pies quarters. The stewards pantry
was down here; an understrapper was
washing some glasses; he whistled
softly, and evidently did not know
what had happened. He told me that
Ravoglfs cabin was the last but one
to starboard, and 1 went straight to 1t
and walked in, scarce doubling TILL l
had opened the door but that the sec
ond mate had talked to me in dream.
so quiet it all was down here
"'But on entering L was arrested as
though paralyzed. A bracket lamp was
burning bravely. On the deck, her head
pillowed, lay the body of a woman. l
imagined it was she and not the other
who had been murdered till, on look
ing at the upper bunk whereat stood
the ships doctor, the steward, and the
steUardess, [ saw the corpse of the
italian with his throat most horribly
gashed and cut The doctor was hold
ing a knife.
" What's this? I asked.
GAS foul a murder as was ever done
ashore or at sea- answered the doc
tor.
"No imagination could figure ghast-
lier corpse. 1t lay in check shirt and
white trousers, with kind of white
sash round it's waist. There was
shocking look as of sudden terror on
the face The fat of the cabin port
was covered with blood, still liquid
and draining down the ships side.
"Is that woman murdered, too? ask
ed I, looking at the figure on the deck.
:" NO, answered the doctor; she's IN
a dead faint
'"The stewardess said: She rushed
into my cabin about ten minutes ago
and told me that she had found that
man lying dead with his throat cut,
his head and shoulders in the port, as
though he had been talking TO some
body outside. She was trembling and
seemed sick and mad. I sent the stew
ard for the doctor. The woman came
with me here, and when she saw the
body she screamed and fell down dead
as 1 believed
"sShe's in a faint said the doctor,
see this, captain.
HE handed me the knife saw at
a glance it was one of the cuddy carv-
ing knives. A label was attached to the
handle, on which was written in a
hand like print:
"'Non 81 scampa DALAI vendetta dun
Dio ettraggiato.'
" What's the meaning of it" said L.
Its Italian answered the doctor,
and SO far as I understand it, signifies
There's no escape from the vengeance
of an outraged Cod
"'This is the work Of an italian.
then said I.
"'There's no making sure of that,
sir, by this legend only answered the
doctor, taking the knife from me and
looking at the writing; but one thing s
certain, this man was stabbed and
gashed as you see whilst he held his
head in the open port
g Was the body so posed when you
entered?
yes. He lay with his shoulders
and head in the port. The first thrust
killed him
{" Who's his murderer? said I, look
ing at the stirless figure on the deck.
Not she-no,' exclaimed the doctor,
shaking his head. Tt was done from
Without-that's quite certain
f." Where was she,' said I, when the
man was killed? Not N this berth.
anyhow
No, captain, she never did it, ex-
claimed the doctor. looking again at
the woman. Her hands are clean: OBJ
serve by those splashes how the blood
spouted. Then. what woman encum-
bered with petticoats is going to get
over the side of the ship and crawl to
rs he dead?' said 1.
AS this knife. he answered.
See to that woman, stewardess.
said I. Doctor, keep her alive; I must
have her story
st ordered the stewardess to carry
her into a spare berth and then went
on deck, i'll, and with a face wet with
sweat, and with a heart on fire with
amazement and horror and wrath.
ut was a secret impossible to keep
The second and third mates and the
boatswain several of them grasping
brightly burning lanterns, entered the
tween decks and started on a search
amongst the male emigrants. married
and single; the females were left I'M
visited for the mate and I, whilst over
hanging the side under which the blood
stained port was situated. had salts.
fed ourselves that no female hand had
done the deed. The squares of the
ports were wide enough to easily adj
nit Of the passage of a body The
port of this tragedy was a little way
abaft the mizzen channels. IT would