The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28
SUICIDE OF A MARQUIS.
An Italian Who Is Said to Have Been
a. Pet of the $780,"

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-The man who
killed himself in Newark, N j., on Wednes-
day night is now known to have been
Marquis Muzio Degli Azzi Vitelleschi. The
unfortunate marquis, according to the Her
aid, formerly was an officer in the Italian
navy, but is said to have deserted his ship
in this city rather than possibly face
charges of remaining ashore longer than
his leave allowed and quarreling with a
brother officer. The young man had been
employed as a printer, but a paper which
was found in his room told who he was. 1t
was headed "Testamento," and the follow
ing are some of it's eccentric features:
1.-THE dough roller, for making macaroni.
/ leave to the Rev. Frank Pesature, for his
sister. The revolver with which I kill my
self 1 wish to have pass to Miss Margaret
Treichler, of Bangor. The pen with which
l write this, my last will and testament in
the full possession of all my faculties. I
leave as a souvenir to Miss Dora Meyer.
Written and signed few hours before
my suicide"
On the upper margin of the will, ap-
parently written with trembling hand,
was: Il am going to death as 1 should go
singing to ball."
The uncle OF the dead marquis is a sem
ator in the Italian Chamber, and the fam
lily is said to be one of the oldest in the
Italian nobility. He was a tail and finely
proportiOned man of arlstocratic appear
ance. he had been educated for the Italian
naval service and held commission as
lieutenant on the Aetna, which took part
in the Columbian celebration and naval
parade in New York bay in 1892. While
his vessel remained in the harbor Vitel-
leschi made many friends, not only among
the United States naval officers, but also
among the fashionable folks of New York.
who received the -courtly- young Italian
nobleman with open arms. He found New
York society so congenial, SO the story
goes, that on one occasion he OverStayed
his shore leave for so long a time that he
was afraid to go back on board his ship,
believing that he would be severely dis
ciplined, and that his prolonged absence
would be regarded as deSertlon. Rather
than face the disgrace which he believed
would result from his absence from the
Ship the marquis resolved to remain in
this country and become a citizen. fac
tor in this determination was an alterca-
ton which he had had with a brother Of
fcer, and the dread of punishment for that
offense as we'll as for the desertion. After
the ship had left this country he went to
Newark His relatives in Italy forgave his
onense and would gladly have welcomed
him to his ancestral home had it not been
for the fact that the naval authorities
would probably call him to account in his
action in leaving the vessel.
Not long after his father sent a draft for
So 600, and other remittanceS had been re-
ceived by him at regular Intervals. He en-
gagged in the printing business in Arlington
street some time ago, and was apparently
in a fair way to prosper. His title had
been dropped, and among his friends he
intimate friends say that he had been in
love with two American girls who had not
reciprocated his affection. He is also said
to have brOOded over the death of an elder
brother, which occurred a few months ago
and the news he received last week that
MS 1ather VINO Is SeVenty-elght years old.
had just married an eighteen-year-old girl
in Naples