The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-01-27
STRANGE MURDER
MYSTERY IN ITALY
Crime Worthy of the Fervid
imagination of f. Marion
Crawford.
HAS AROUSED CONTINENT
Brother and Sister conspire to Murder
latser's Husband and Commit
Crime, Almost Escaping Even
From Suspicion.

Ht Z rom SQ9PlS'OI.
The Argonaut: One of the most eX-
Extraordinary crimes of modern times
one involving some of the most prom
snent families of Italy; one that has
aroused the interest of the whole con-
tsnent OF Europe. and about which CON
tinental newspapers PRINT page ate?
page, is the so-called Bologna murder
mystery, the trial of the accused IN
which is now going on ard Will con-
tinue for several months. or until the
four hundred witnesses-which include
3 cardinal. a bishop, two generals, half
a dozen senators, and sixty medical eX-
perts-are heard, and the four thous-
sand documents in the case are read.
Clearly to understand the case, 1t is
necessary to go back several years. In
1902, there, lived in the city of Bologna
"A certain Professor. Murri, one of the
most eminent physicians in Italy. de
was married and had two children, of
about the same age, a boy and A girl,
'Tullio and Linda. Tuiiio at his time
was unmarried. He a gained some
prominence politically, and had been
elected by the socialists a membe of
the Bologna municipal council, and a
bscome its secretary. Linda had for
severai years been married to the Count
IsnOninartini, Il man of wealth and an
aristocrat, and two children had been
born to the pair. Trouble between them
Ead. however, arisen, and it was gen
orally understood in Bologna high so
c4ety that the count was Il brute and
that Linda was a patient, beautiful
sufferer.
In August, 1902, Linda was in Venice.
The count had but recently returned
from the country TO his Bologna palace.
when suddenly he disappeared. After a
few days, a fetid Tor was noticed by
passers-by apparently having its
source in the locked apartments of the
count. The authorities We're notified.
The police. accompanied by Tullio,
whose duties as secretary of the mum
cipal council required this service of
him, broke down the door leading to the
apartments of the nobleman. On the
floor lay the dea body of the count,
the corps horribly bloated and bloody
from no less than twelve knife wounds.
The room was in confusion. The
unit trunk and wardrobe had been
violently broken open. An umbrella
and Il travelling satchel lay on the floor
near the corpse. The bed clothes We're
disarranged. Besides the small table
awe chairs had been set, and on it We're
the mouldy remains of a meal, while a
nearly empty champagne bottle was
near by. ON the escritoire lay a letter,
In u woman's handwriting. stating that
its writer would visit the count in his
rooms on the night of August 80. A
pair OF SILK drawers. evidently belong
ing to a Wonai We're thrown over the
back OF a chair. The pockets of the
count, who always carried Il sum of
money with him, We're found to be
empty. The Police, therefore, naturally
arrived at the tentative conclusion that
a woman of the town had plotted
probably with Two men, to introduce
herself and them into the counts apart
ments and to murder and then rob him,
Well Rid of Count.
Ihe newspapers of Bologna took the
aane view OF the matter and the sem
hNen in high society seemed to be
that Linda, sweet angel was well
sid OF the brutal and somewhat stupid
count: though, of course, the crime
was in itself a.horrlble one.
Meanwhile Linda's brother, the mag
astrate Tullio, went to Venice, wher
she was staying, to break to her the
terrible news, and shortly thereafter
he venerable and respected Professor
Murri. his son Tui1io and his daughter
Linda, went to Switzerland, ostensibly
Impression produced by the bruta
arime. The police continued their IN.
y~cstigation.
1t was not long before they began tc
doubt whether the murder had beer
neryed to his task by motives of mer,
baRiAi sAiiollS " letleIS MgIe -
ceived. saying that the police SHOULD
investigate Rosina Bonetti, a servan
of the count, and perhaps his mistres:
on ~accusion, if they desired to Learn
who had committed the murder. Tn
police took this hint. and, among othe
Rosina. that she and the magistrat,
Tullio had been intimate. TEe cam
the climax.
Professor Hurri. the amous scien
aist. the learned and respected physi
elan, appeared before the proper mag
1strate and asked for a private inter
view. Seek no further for the ASSASSIN
NJ Count Buonmartini." he aid. whel
II had been granted him. for | hav
com to tell o his name. 1t Is m,
son. Tullio."
Tullio was arrested. He made
partial confession, the gist of whicl
WAS this: He had. indeed, killed tn
count, put only In self-defense. He as
serted that the u was q viciou
man. aaaF h brutal husband to his sis
ter. HecGPullio) loved his sister as hi
Me, and when he learned that th
COUNT proposed removing from Bolog
aa to Padua with his sister and thei
two children, he believed tha his sis
ser woul die of the counts persecu
Mons. no longer having the comfort o
her fathers and brothers company a
at Bologna. Tullio had therefore Wis
z viz NOhiiN VI tilS 1851 " hdSh
18TH. in order to persuade him to re
niain in Bologna. The count had re
fused: they had quarreled; the coun
had drawn a knife: a struggle had en-
sued for it's possession, and during tn
struggle the knife entered the body G
h count and killed him. Tulio, fear
ing accusation, thereupon arrange
the room as it was found, inflicted III
twelve Wounds, and penned the lette
that was discovered on the escritoire.
Unfortunately for him the polio
disbelieved Tullio's story. and toda
ln the iron cage in the court at Turf
ahere stands accused of murder no
only Tullio. but Linda, Rosina Bonnet
Il. Or. Secchi, and a DR.. Naldi.
yast number of letters, kilograms an
other documents Ia been uneartle
during the last two years. The move
ments of all the persons concerned. eX
rending Over a long period of tim
have been ascertained. And this
what The public prosecutor will en-
deavor TO prove to be the J. story c
abe crime and all that led up to it.
Linda, before her marriage and be
fore she left her ather's house ha
n lover in the person of DR.. Secch
one of her fathers distinguished as
sistants. This intimacy was. for som
reason, broken off when the girl wa
shout twenty n she afterward me
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