The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-03

returned, when the Count attacked him
and was killed during the struggle. He
explained to the jury that he was a man
q Yh e sa but pre1 %puys s anS mo
Kill his brother.in-law. for the sake OF his
sister, he had changed his mind at the last
moment and only intended to argue with
him.
nothing of the Intentions Of her brother;
her advocate represented her az an angel
OF virtue except In the case OF Seoohi. The
ourare had been bought In Germany by
secohi, because as a medical man he wished
to study Its effects, She denied that there
the attempt to inject 1t into the lambs
veins had ever taken place. In few last
words that she herse. addressed to the
jury she told them that she had realized
how kind and good her husband, had been
as she wished to consecrate her life to bring
love h her. .'' 'n''''n 70 n0A0r MN anu 70
seoohi admitted that he had given the
ourare to Tullio, but that he had 30 diluted
he had hoped that the failure to attain
his aim would lead him to seriously recon-
slider his intention to murder his brother.
in-law. Naldi asserted that he had agreed
TO accompany Tullio to the Bonmartini
had isft It before the Count had entered Il.
Bonetti's advocate declared that she was
under the hypnotic influence Of Tullio and
was not responsible for her actions, while
s she herself h,,, invited the t%ry to condemn
end were called for the prosecution and the
defense, days were passed In listening
to essays from experts in mental disease,
to prove that one or other Of the accused
was mental degenerate and, although
able to distinguish between right and wrong.
= kor{o t<,v Tnxt linn al
to distinguish between them in action.
The only one Of the accused for whom
!! felt any sympathy was Bonetti. She
had been picked up out Of the streets by
iullio, and seems to have 80 adored him
that she was prepared to sacrifice her own
life or that Of any one else at word from
him. Az for Linda, she appears to have
been as bad a woman as ever lived. The
impression produced by the evidence was
that she was really at the bottom OF the
others to carry it out. Had its authors
not been discovered she would have mar
ried Secchi, and, as she would have become
the administratrix Of her first husbands
fortune, she would spend the income with
him, and probably would have lived on
ceptionally noble qualities, for she was q
most skilful hypocrite.
Tullio was reckless spendthrift. His
father was rich, but he could get no more
uOu0y ITOIn MN. Ills BlsteT Lhu oltSu
given him money that she had received
as he was well aware--from her lover. Had
his scheme Of creating the impression thai
his brother-in law had been robbed and
murdered by burglars passed muster he
would have continued to live on his sister,
and he would have taken good care to have
his full share of the Bonmartini fortune.
I confess I see no ground for finding
extenuating circumstances, as more
deliberate and villainous murder could
not well be conceived. But in Italy the
verdict is given by a majority of the jury,
and, considering all the influences that were
brought to bear to secure majority for an
acquittal, substantial justice was done.
Tullio and the bravo Naldi will pass the
next thirty years in prison.
implicated in her husbands murder. and
will be treated by all as she deserves when
she comes out of prison after ten years.
Secchi seems to have been a weak creature,
really In love with Linda, and possibly his
story as to having given to Tullio poison
too weak seriously to injure any one may
have been true, but he deserved the pun
ishment meted out to him. Bonetti Ia
treated the most leniently, and this, con-
sidering all the circumstances, Is only Just.
One Of the most strange personalities
In the case has been Prof Murn A num-
Der Of his letters to his daughter were read.
He seems to have been aware Of her intrigue
with Secchi and not to have regarded 1t
with diApproval and to have encouxa ged
his daughter in her sentiments toward her
h,iahand