Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-10
c.,,r..s, ms. ,, Ros'.r Bo..rs'' sor>
CHAPTER XIV.

And you are further charged with
TIE attempted murder OF the caild.
alice Grayiseourt. whose body you
threw into the East river on certain
night, and On the same day you fiied n
certificate OF death OF Alice Gravis.
court OF smallpox"
Good heayen," sasped the culver
Fog wretch. His fGee was pallld. his
eyes staring. his manner that OF a
eian beside himself with fear.
The superintendent paused. giyln;
the Italian a feg minutes In walch to
recover.
After the pause the superintendent
turned. and. looking the scoundrel full
In the face. he said:
Now. Sigmottn. you see We know
al about you. How would you Ike to
fpend The remainder OF your days in
= DARK cell In Sing Sing prison."
excitement. and exclaimed:
1T is all = lie, IL is all a lle,"
is III" replied the superintendent.
slgmo,ta cried out In his fear and
Now llsien TO me while ! read you
tSo little documents ! have here. Did
you ever see the original Of tAis?'
lie held the portrait of Charles
GrayiseouFt's wife te,ore slgmoita-
-Ye=. yes. ! knew her" he Wills
Icred.
Nov lIstea.-
The superintendent then proceeded
u read the statement OF Antonio Sig.
Taotia. and the wretched brother OF
the trapsze actor rat shiyerins and
quailirg as IN. damnIng sentences
were hurled at him In the supeslntcnd.
eats stern voice.
By The tim. Byrncr had finished
;aa; statement Tie wretch In the chair
seemed ready TO IL. of fright.
Nos listen to this. said tae super.
inte-dent. and tc continued to read a.
in,lows:
The sworn statement O, Luigi Dambo
before tae. -- -. the Prrf-i,o
Of caEilsri. on the s,h day of - Ia
the year Is.
4. Luigi Dasnho. beiuE sworn. and
romp-iied by the obligation thus put
upon me by ray fear q; future punlsh-
fn-nt TO tell the truth. do declare that
this Ia the true Etatsmsnt o! my con.
neeiion With the murder Of Pseho
MaiiEni. End ;A- anAis In ~hlch he
vas an actor.
4 bsesme ATTACHED To MsiIEui's cir.
cEs ia SeE raFg. and kncN TO p-Tson
connected With IL save my employer
and him asiy In the sense named.
After a few days o; the exhibition
- Madison Square Gardca. In Mes
York city. pas met by an Italian
Vho rave his uame as ToT;oui. who
offered nc a large sum Of money II I
aaee.e'ei Ia kiiliEg the siTl. SIiA Bar
iotti. ia sgsae usy that would not
drag him lsto the matter. made ono
aiiemp; hy cHiilnE the Top- O, the
irat-sss en- which Siia tiario;ii acted.
In the hopr that her vciEit might
tsnse the other strands TO break. aad
thus sho would BE- killed by the fall
The severed rope vas discovered. for
the Girl did 10, appesr ths; night. and
nr~ rope vas substituted for the
oae had cut
-oa the following nizhi I tried hrr.
zad saturated the ropes Of the rspcsc
with oil. ard vhcn Baria,;i vas aioft
I set Gre to tsem. but she uas saved
by Manbikcck. the Linn.Tamcr. ard a
man fun the audience whom I nov
recognize as SisHor wilbcrton.
On this same uiEht some person
a-ed a, yalisni and sho, him in the
cheek.
The ucst day NaiiEni and the Eiri
rcre missing. and 50 Sas Tortoni
4 kept myself sscrrtcd. kro~inE
that the affair would stir up the police.
sHd saw neither MaiiEni. nario,ti
Fr.~
Then u became known to me that
NaiiFui had taken passage for Europe
vita Bario,ti. and that he had plenty
81 money. and would. perhaps. return
&c Sardinia and settle.
4 sought Tortoni ard found him.
III told nc that he had fired the sho,
al MaiiEni. and tAa. he wanted me to
foIiow the Snowman TO Sardinia. and
there complete the work that he aud
had begun in Sew YORK Torioni
Informed me that MaiiEni was in pos.
session of certain thinEs contained In
a red tin box which were most essen.
tint to him. and was to get the box
at all hazards. TIE murder of MaliEni
would avail nothing unless the box
and its contents were obtained.
Il came TO Sardinia and awaited an
opportunity. At last Il came. had
obtained an cntrarce into the Villa
di MsliEni by bribins some Of the
servants. and one nisht killed Ma.
iisui and seized the box. which found
lying on the table in his room. bat It
wits empty.
II would have Killed the girl. too.
but the American had taken her away.
sad could not End her in her room.
where went Immediately after XIII.
ing Nalirui.
There is nothing more for me to
say. am the murderer Of Pacho Ma.
iisni. for which vas 10 be-paid by
roFtuni. % New York.
Again I swear that the above state.
ment is true. and may Jesus and the
virgin pity me as | deserve. and as no
man on earth will pity re. am lost.
Luigi Dambor
when the superintendent had fin.
ished this. sigmota's eyes % we're
CLASSY. and he seemed almost ready
to collapse.
Nov. sigmot,a.' said the superin.
tcudert. "you arc rot the bird We are