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

! fact, she had got it into her head that
a number in the 'tween-decks suspect
ed her of the murder, and she said she
was afraid to show herself.
''One quiet night I came on deck at
II O'Clock. All but one cabin lamp was
extinguished, and all the saloon pas
sengers were turned in, saving as 1
guessed by the rumble of voices. two
or three who fingered over their ci-
gars in the recess under the poop. Mr..
Marshall, the second officer, was in
charge of the watch. We had caught
the first of the southeast trade, Tut
it blew slightly off the bow; the yards
were braced sharp up, and the squares
of canvas rose pale to the stars with
a piece of red moon hanging over the
topsail yard-arm.
81 was standing a. the pinnacle
watching the card with IN end Of che
root betwixt my lips, when 1 was star
tied by a sharp cry from alongside. l
Sprang to the rail and looked over,
and saw the body of a man gliinmer-
ing white as he foated off into the
wake apparently on his back. My first
Imagination was a passenger had crept
through port in his sleep, and / roar
ed Man overboard"' and bawled to
the steersman to put mis- helm down,
whilst slipped luoy off q beckett
and sent it spinning boomerang fash
1--WE brought the ship 10 a stand,
and lowered a boat. The second Of
fcer went in charge. The moon made
a little light, and the wind was 50 small
there was scarce any feathering OF
ripples. | could not see the buoy, but
I believed 1 saw the man, as some
thing faint and fixed within the rail,
holding by one of the empty davits at
which the lowered boat had swung.
| rO1SP6 nv the
disturbance had come running on deck.
Looking down into the post mizZen-
chains, he exclaimed, Is that woman
lying there, sir?'
Il peered and saw a dusky heap as
of clothes. The mate, without another
word, dropped into the chains, and in
a moment or two clambered over the
rail again with a woman's skirt and
bodice in his hand. He held them up,
and / said:
"'Whose port is near the chains
where these things were lying?
"He reflected, but could not remem-
Der and [ babe him go below and tell
the steward to see if it was all right
with the people in the steerage. Whilst
he was absent they hailed us from the
boat to say that they had got the man,
and shortly afterward the boat came
alongside, and the figure of a mere
STRIPPING, youth dressed in drawers,
long stockings, and shirt, or chemise,
was handed up. He was alive.
81 went to the quarterback, near the
gangway, where they had left him to
lie till the doctor came, and thought
him a girl: but on peering close [
saw, by the light of lantern held by a
seaman, that it was a young man,
very delicately framed, about Is or 20
years of age-clearly a foreigner; but
[ did not recollect ever having seen the
face before aboard the ship. Whilst 1
bent over the young fellow, the mate
rushed out of the cuddy, followed by
the stewardess. Mr. Lever cried:
oh, my God, captain, there's been
another murder donei This time it's
the woman Guilia Ravogli. She lies
in the port dead of a stab in the
throat, just as the man was killed. A
cabin carving knife lies in the port,
close beside her head, with a label
made fast to the handle Of it.
"a number of people had assembled
on deck by this time, alarmed by the
backing of the yard and the lowering
of the boat. They were gathered about
me as I stood in the gangway; and
when Mr.. Lever had spoken, a strange
groan of horror went up into the silence
of the sails. said, See to this young
man. He'll prove the murderer in both
cases. And thus speaking, ran into
the steerage.
II found the doctor and the steward
in the murdered woman's cabin By
the bright flame of a freshly lighted
lamp saw the figure of a girl in her
bunk as laid there by the doctor, bar
barously stabbed in the throat and
stone dead. In silence the doctor hand
ed me just such another knife as Ra-
vogi had been slain with and upon a
label affixed to the handle ran the
same old grim and bloody legend:
Non ST scampa dalla vendetta dun
Dio ettraggiato.'
"The mystery of this dia,bolical bust
ness was cleared up when we discover
ed that the woman's dress which the
mate had found in the miZzen channels
belonged to the young fellow. that in
short, he had been masquerading as a
woman throughout the voyage, hav-
ing shipped under the name of Clara
Month. He had sailed with his scheme
of murder in his brain, and one didn't
need confession from him to under
stand how he had contrived to ASSIST
nations now it was understood that
the strange, dark, staring, fiery eyed
girl had on several occasions taken no.
tice of was nervous Sinewy youth
who, on removing his woman's clothes
in the mizzen channels could go about
his murderous work as lightly attired
"He was far from being drowned
when rescued, and when brought tc
was locked up in a cabin. 1 visited him
several times, but never could get him
TO answer or even to lift his eyes. He
sat black-faced, sullen, mute, all day
long, never refusing food, but dumb
as a f1gure-head; until one day it oc-
CURED to me to ask cuddy passenger
a Roman Catholic, a serious quiet per
son. one who had Travelled much in
Italy and who spoke several continental
languages, to look in upon the Sound
) rel and see what he could make of him
How he managed I don't know; the
first visit was good for nothing. The
prisoner, however sent next day for
the gentleman, and in the course of a
: few visits he confessed, the ship then
being within fortnight of her destin-
alton.
His name was Dominica Orladfni
The woman he had murdered was his
sister Her name was Monti and she
had deserted her husband and child tc
elope with Giuseppe Ravogli. Domini-
co swore by his God that he would wipe
out the dishonor his sister had done his
family by Strengthening both fugitives
and ascertaining the name Of their shir
and their destination he clothed him
self as a woman, and for weeks mas
queraded to perfection in full inter
: Tor He had prepared his murderous
, labels ashore ready for the handles
| of the knives, which he confessed ht
had stolen out of the galley He sale