Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
THE FATE OF TIE MARQUIS.
0verstayed Leave, Deserted Ship and
ReSorted to Suicide.
The Curious Will He Left CHASTITY
Mementoes Bequeathed to Two
Young Ladies-He Was Of an Old
Family in the Italian Nobility and
His Material Circumstances Were
Easy.


who killed himself in Newark, N. j.,
on Wednesday night is now known to
have been Marquis Muzio Degli AZzi
Vitelleschi. The unfortunate Marquis,
according to the Herald, 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
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 is as
follows:
The suicides will:
THE undersigned, Muzio Degli AZzi
Vitelleschi son Of the Marquis Fran
cesco Maria Vitelleschi and of Virginia
Borelli, his wife, declares to have sold
his little topographic establishment to
Raphael Capone. Of No. A Prince
street, Newark.
ct is my firm wish that this place
now pass to the above named Signor
Capone.
ITO my intimate friend, DR.. Giasto
Calvi, | leave and bequeath the judg-
ment note of Sis"
Here he names the person against
whom he obtained judgment and refers
to the man and his wife in terms any
thing but flattering. Continuing, the
will reads:
Il have some other things, as fol-
lows A bed, desk and other pieces of
furniture, and these / leave to my dear
friend Casimir ScoppilCne.
'The dough roller for making macar-
oni. | leave to the Rev. Frank Pesaturo
for his sister
THE revolver with which | kill my
self | wish to have pass to Miss Mar
garet Treichler, OF Bangor.
''The pen with which | write this, ny
last will and testament, in the full pos
session of all my faculties, | leave as
souvenir to Miss Dora Meyer.
written and signed a few hours be-
fore my suicide.
"MUZZIO DE GLAZI AGLIO,
"Of the House of the Marquises of vi
telleschi."
On the upper margin of the will, APP
| parently written with trembling hand,
was: Il am going to death as | should
go singing to ball"
The body was taken to the morgue,
and when the truth as to the young
mans identity became known many
compatriots in Newark paid their re-
spects to the dead.
Raphael Capone, one Of the mans in
innate friends, has taken charge of his
| estate. and is arranging a funeral
thought to be fitting to the suicides
rank in his native land. The funeral
| will take place on Sunday afternoon,
and Italian societies CT Newark, New
York and other cities will attend
The uncle of the dead Marquis is a
Senator in the Italian Chamber, and
the family is said to be one of the old
est in the Italian nobility.
He was a tall and finely proportion
ed man, of aristocratic appearance.
He had been educated for the Italian
naval service, and held a 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 har-
Dor he made many friends, not only
among the United States naval Off
GERS, but also among the fashionable
folks of New York, who received the
courtly young nobleman with open
arms.
He found New York society SO con-
genial, 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 disciplined
and that his prolonged absence would
be regarded as desertion.
| Rather than face the disgrace which
| he believed would result for his alb
sence from the ship, the marquis re-
| solved to remain in this country and
| become a citizen. A factor in this
! determination was an alteration
which he had had with brother Off
| Ger and the dread of punishment for
! that offense, as well as for the deser-
ton. After the ship had left this
country. he went to Newark. 1sEiis rel
! atiyes in Italy forgave his offense and
would gladly have welcomed him to his
ancestr al home had it not been for the
| fact that the naval authorities would
| probably have called him to account
! for his action in leaving the vessel.
Net long ago his father sent him
| draft for SO, 000, and other remittances
| had been received by him at regular
| intervals. He engaged in the printing
| business in Arlington street some time
ago, and was apparently in fair way
/ to prosper.
His intimate friends say that he had
| been in love with two American girls
| who had not recipdocated 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 his
| father. who is IS years old, had just
| married an 1S-year-old girl in Naples.