The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

tons were mutually agreeable. Their
she again met DR.. Secchi and havins
by this time rather tired of the count
the relations between her ana me aoe-
her husband became to Linda daily
more repugnant.
Tullio. Linda's brother. was aware OF
his sisters relations with Secchi. and
even borrowed money from him on the
strength of it. He in turn q a ms
tress in the person of Rosina Bonettl
and Rosina and Linda were friendly.
Linda and Secchi net at various tunes
and places and even travelled III Ger
many together.
Several years before the actual COM
mission of the murder, il appears these
four persons had often discussed a way
10 get rid of the count Secchi as Q
physician familiar with poisons, sug-
gested. as certain letters show. curaTe,
! the poison with which the natives of
Central America make their arrows
| deadly. This struck Linda and TuHio
as a good suggestion, and during me
summer of 1902 they experimental with
curare on q lamb. One was procured
from a butcher, and the poison IN
| iected with q syringe. The NINA began
trotting around the room, while Seccni
described to Tullio the manner in which
the ENison operated to bring death.
Suddenly the lamp stopped before them
and fell down dead at their feet with
out a CULVER. This impressed Iullto,
and it was his idea 10 challenge the
count to a friendly wrestling bout, and
having thrown him. either Linda or
Rosina should inject curare into his leg
with the syringe. But fortunately for
their plans, it "a Tullio. not the
count. who WIS 5csted ii the struggle,
and SO the method Was reluctantly
given up. The four conspirators de-
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of assassination. and they finally
agreed upon the following plan: Know
ing that the count was absent from
Bologna, Tullio and Rosina secreted
themselves in the counts apartment, to
which Rosina had 4 key. Tullio, fear
ing he should not be able to kill the
count sin~gle-handed. had previously
physician, DR.. Naldi. to assist in the
murder for the sum of three thousand
francs. which were provided by Secchi.
Secchi's investment was q good one, for
had their plans succeeded, the create.
part of the counts fortune would have
gone to his widow, Linda, and Secchi,
as her lover, might well be expected to
have the spending of some of it.
Well. the count having arrived in
Bologna on the afternoon of August
IS. reached his house in q carriage,
INC on entering the apartment where
the two men lie in wait (Rosina had
departed after bringing them supper,
and leaving some of her clothing on
the back of a chair), was stabbed to
death by them after a desperate strug-
gle. Naldi left at once Tullio and
Rosina between them broke open
trunks and wardrobe to give the idea
of robbery and then Went together to
Rosina's room and DR.. Secchi was
called in there to dress a slight wound
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have already been detailed.
AS VIII DC seen, Linda, the person
who was to be chiefly gamer by the
murder, had the least direct partici-
patton. Indeed, the case against her
vas most circumstantial. The pub
lie prosecutor, however, considers her
the most guilty of all, II her letters
to OF. Secchi are said to show that she
Is an exceptionally depraved neurotic
degenerate. Naldi admits being pres
ent. but denies that he struck a blow.
The letter found in the counts room
appears really to have been written by
Rosina. but dictated by Tullio. What
is most remarkable about the whole
affair is the singular affection between
depraved brother-an affection that
should have led the brother, Tullio.
to commit . cold hlooded murder; for
! there seems no other motive. unless
he also expected 10 receive some of
the counts wealth through Linda.
Linda is not said 10 be a very beauti-
full woman especially after two years
Of confinement. She has. however,
borne herself with remarkable calm
ness. When she was arrested at her
fathers house there were present a
dozen officers and almost as many re-
porters. The police knocked at her
bedroom door: che opened it in her
dressing gown and invited them all
father, mother, reporters, police-to
enter. She was told that she was I'M
der arrest. we ali wept.'' wrote Il
of the journalists in his
bur Linda calmly dressed, brushed
her hair, and with incredible cynicism
slowly cleaned her teeth. TT seems to
be the general opinion that a conviction
of all the persons accused will be Sc
cured