The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-15
A QUEER CASE

H
mined TO take a stroll in the PARK.
sauntered about aimlessly, looking U.
other saunterers and putting cigar
while night was giving place 10 WI
fight. Noticing a crowd collected near
one Of the little Tickets with when the
mark aboupds. l went to see what At
tracted it. Pushing my way forward
| saw a young woman lying on heI
back pale and rigid. She had just been
discovered In the thicket, dead. she
had been murdered.
The moment looked at her u
seemed that | had seen her before.
Indeed. the face was quite famll1ar
Nevertheless l could not connect hcr
features with those of any human be-
ing had ever known.
had been travelling in Europe short
Il before this. and had left my family
In Florence, Italy. One day l received
from my daughter one of the pictorial
nostnl cards so much used abroad, ana
what was my establishment to see on IT
the picture of the girl who had been
murdered. For awhile l was more
puzzled than ever, but suddenly 1t oc-
CURED to me that 1t was the picture
on the postal card that / had seen be-
fore. and not the girl herself. While
In Florence had written several mes
sages ON these cards.
expected to go over soon to bring
my family home. l therefore went to
the superintendent Of police and told
him Of the matter. offering to investi-
gate 1t when in Italy. He availcd him
self 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 a short time and
no one in this country seemed to have
any motive for killing her.
AS soon as reached Florence l went
to the place where the postal card was
made and after n good deal of investi-
CATION was informed that the picture
was that of young italian girl who
had been selected from number of
competitors to sit as a model for pic.
turc to adorn the card. That Is all the
l bot AAOiii tiC eoiA iAi&sh
facturrs. but the police soon found out
for me that the girl was Liza Maron
or Signora Andriano, she having mar
ried Andriano soon after having hcl
picture placed on the postal card. II
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. SignorN
Andriano was not In Florence, but as t6
where she was there was no inforlna
ton. Andrinno also had left the city
some time after the departure of hi:
wife, and his whereabouts were MOI
known. Tho most valuable thing OBJ
tanned in this connection was n photo
graph Of Andrinno which was found II
the possession of one Of his friends Il
whom the police went for information
The photograph was given to me fol-
the chief Of police in New York.
When | returned to America I calIet
on the superintendent. gave him wha
Information / had collected and til,
photograph. He thanked me. remark
LIS et tlfS oth1C tilliS, IL LlC lllih - II
America we shall find him."
lie had a number Of copies made o
the photograph which he gave to pei
sons who were instructed to lool
among tho Italians in New York. IL
Also sent the copies to the supcrin
tcnGents Of police in different cities
Six months. later the superintendent o
police in Philadelphia wrote TINT on
OF his agents had discovered mai
whose face was identical with the pho
togrnph, but the name was not til
same.
The case progressed no further for
long while. The mnn was watched
but no suspicious circumstances nc
ticed. He was dealer in Italian tabl
oils and wine aud Of good standln
among the Italian colony Of the Quake
City. He had been recently married
and BY getting the date 1t wns foun
that the wedding took place thrc
weeks after the murder of the woma
whose picture graced the postal caro-
The police instructed the letter carrie
who brought tho suspected man hi
letters to watch for mail sent to hir
under another name than the one Ii
bore. For nearly year no suspicion
letter came, when at last the postma
reported one addressed to the stree
and number bearing the name Of Al
driano. The letter was opened an
found to be from mother to her SO,
The police now considered that the
were well on the track Of the murdere,
They waited awhile for more point.
then concluded to arrest the man. The
were too late. The bird had flown. Fl
and his wife had locked up their hous
and gone away in the night.
One morning, taking up my newsps
per. l read that Philippe yertuci, q
Italian. had died the previous day an
on his deathbed confessed that lie ha
killed woman who had been som
time before found murdered in Ce.
trail park. She had left Italy with hin
leaving husband there, and had live,
with him in New Orleans as his wife
There she had left him. and he ha
come to New York to induce her to toi
him again. During an alteration in
retired spot in the park he had Stable
her.
Soon after this the man. who ha
disappeared in Philadelphia, rcturne
to his place Of business. The expInna