CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-09-17
A QUEER CASE
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Ii W.. hot evening and ! deter
mined to take stroll In the park
sauntered about aimlessly. looking at
other saunterers and putting a cigar.
while night was giving place to twi-
light Noticing crowd collected near
one of the little thickets with which the
park abopnds. | went to see what at
trscted II. Pushing my way forward.
I saw a young woman lying on her
back. pale and rigid. She had just been
discovered in the thicket dead She
had been murdered.
The moment | looked at her II
seemed that | had seen her before.
Indeed. the face was quite familiar.
Nevertheless could not connect her
features with those of any human be
ing I had ever known
I had been travelling In Europe short
ly before this. and had left my family
in Florence. Italy One day received
from my daughter one of the pictorial
postal cards so much used abroad. and
what was my astonishment TO see on II
the picture of the girl who had been
murdered For awhile l was more
puzzled than ever. but suddenly II oc
CURED TO me that IL was the picture
on the postal card that I had seen he
fore. and not the girl herself. While
IN Florence I had written several NEE
saees on these cards
I expected TO go over soon 20 bring
my family hone. l therefore went TO
the superintendent of police and told
him Of the matter. offering to investi-
rate It when In Italy. He availed him
soh Of my services. informing me. by
the way, that he had no clew to the
murderer. since the woman had only
been In New York short time and
no one In this country seemed TO have
any motive for killing her.
As soon as reached Florence went
to the place where the postal card was
made and after good deal of investi-
cation was informed that the picture
was that Of young Italian girl who
had been selected from a number OF
competitors 20 sit as a model for pic
ture to adorn the card That is all the
information I got from the card manu-
facturers. bat the police soon found out
for me that the gfrl was Liza Maroni.
or Signora Andriano. she having mar
rfed Andriano soon after having her
picture placed on the postal card. 1t
was reported that her husband had
treated her badly and she had left him.
This was as far as the Italian police
Investigations carried the case. Signora
Andrisno was not In Florence. but as TO
where she was there, was no informa'
ton. Andriano also had left the city
some time after the departure OF his
wife, and hts whereabouts were not
known. Tie most valuable thing oh
tanned In this connection was n photo.
graph of Andriano which was found In
the possession of one OF his friends TO
whom the police went for information
The photograph was given 10 me for
the chief Of police in New York.
When returned to America | called
on the superintendent. gave him what
information l had collected and the
ing at the s-me time. III the man Is in
America we shall ind him.
He had a number OF copies made OF
the photograph which he gave to per
cons who were Instructed to look
among thu Italians In New York. He
also sent the copies to the superin-
tendents Of police In different cities.
Six months later the superintendent Of
police in Philadelphia wrote that one
Of his agents had discovered man
whose face was identical with the pho
tograph. but the name was not the
same.
The case progressed no further for
long while. The man was watched.
bot no suspicious circumstances no
ticed. He was dsalsr In Italian table
S1ls and wins and of good sanding
among the Italian colony Of the Quaker
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