The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-27
BEATRICE cENCI.
The Beautiful italian Who Was N Mu
oeress or q Martyr.

The Beautiful italian Who Was n Muir
oeress or q Martyr.
One of the most interesting events
of Roman mediserel times was the
trial and execution of Beatrice Cenci
for the part she played in the MUIR
der of her father, francesca Cenci,
which took place in his palace on
the night of Sept 10, 1898, the day
before his fiftieth birthday.
To every one the birth, ancestry
and fate of Beatrice Cenci have had
a weird charm. By many this beau
tiful and unfortunate Italian girl is
regarded as deliberate murderess,
while others regard her as a martyr.
This sentiment is aroused by the rO-
mantle story of the girls life and
death, as told by Shelley III his great
tragedy. Few persons in history
have had greater glamour of TO-
nance cast over their lives than she.
BY her own confession il Is known
that Beatrice Cenci was accessory to
the murder of her father. 1t is fur
ther known that she and her broth
erS were the instigatOrs of it. but it
was Beatrice especially who ar
ranged the murder with her lover,
OLYMPIC Calvitti, and her stepmOth-
er, Lucretia. The whole life of Bea-
trice in the palace, Rocoa di Petrel-
la, had been one of extreme unhap-
plness and cruel treatment She and
the other children were the victims
of the fathers 5 ungovernable and
furious nature and most brutal tyr
amy. There were proofs at her
death to show that she had suffered
many beatings with certain whip
ping instrument which was a terri
ble flagellant.
Resentment rose to revenge in the
heart of Beatrice Cenci, inspiring
her to commit the heiuous crime,
and she determined, with the aid of
her stepmother, Lucretia, and her
lover, Calvitti, TO carry out her ter
rible purpose. She it was who gave
Calvitti and his accomplice the
weapons with which to strike the
sleeping man, afterward going to
near window to watch the scene, as
she said she would The assassin
then threw the body of Cenci from
the window to the terrace below to
make it appear that he had fallen
accidentally. 1t Is true that Cenci
was the vilest of wretches, but no
amount of sentiment can palliate
the part taken in the tragedy by his
children
4 Rome was excited over the
event and the subsequent arrest of
those accused of the crime After
patient examination the pope finally
decided upon the extreme penalty Of
the law on Beatrice, Lucretla and
GiacomO, the eldest brother. who
was to be driven through the city in
cart and then flayed until he died
The sentence of Beatrice and Lucre-
tia was supposed to be less violent
death, as they were women. 1t was
decreed that they should be driven
to the Ponte SAINT Angelo and there
be heheaded. The execution took
place in the afternoon, and four
hours later the bodies of Beatrice
and Lucretia were conveyed to the
Church of San PietrO and there in
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