Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-16

1.-The stranger was not troubled.
With plenty of patience and money, he
was confident OF success. There was al
so another method which it employed
in such circumstances-to prove to the
wife that her husband is not worthy
of her lover. The stranger made use
of this.
There were two maids at Arman-
dos villa, one Carlina, who was devot-
ed to Filippo, and the other, Lodovica,
a slave of her master. Naturally. it
was the former whom the stranger
made use of, aided by the two brothers,
who continued to draw deeply from his
Ipurse.
"The plot was to prove that Armando
was carrying on a columinous corre-
-lspondence with a woman at Catano.
ICarlina was therefore instructed to
write, during two weeks. letters which
were dictated to her, and mailed from
Catano, when 1t was her duty to see
that they came beneath the Signora's
notice.
"But Carlina could not always be
sure Of taking the letters from the
postman when he brought them, and
what would happen If the other maid
should take the mail and give it direct
ly to her master!
"Carlina alone had intelligence
enough to foresee this contingency. At
any price, Lodovica must be taken in
to their confidence and made to aid
them.
Accordingly, without warning her
companions, she told Lodovica. But
the latter Indignantly refused to have
anything to do with the plot, and even
went so far as to say that she would
tell the whole story to Armando when
ne returned that night from Syracuse.
where he was spending the day.
"It happened that very day, how
ever that the foreigner at the end Of
his patience carried away Armando
NitopPs wife and when the husband
returned to the villa he found no one
there except Lodoyica, who told him
Everything. The signora had gone
away with Carlina.
1.-The unfortunate husband under
stood perfectly what had become of his
wife. He did not however. start i'm
mediately In search Of her. There
were doubtless some arrangements to
be made first, for it was not until two
days later that the villa was closed.
1t has remained so ever since.
"a week later, signor, man, evil
IDENTIFY a foreigner, who was walking
with a woman somewhere near Mes
sina, was suddenly attacked and killed
with knife thrust In his heart by two
masked men. The woman was gagged
and carried to a carriage which was
waiting close by.
"One Of the men took off his mask
and examined his victims pocketbook
curiously before they fed in haste. The
woman had succeeded in freeing her
self and was uttering desperate cries.
but when the rescuers came up they
could only see the dust of the fast dis
appearing carriage.
Near the body however, they found
mask and the open pocketbook. 1t
was full of bank notes, on one Of which
was written:
This man was a scoundrel. His pun
ishment was his just due.
VALsAvon.
"An inquest was made, and 1t was
discovered that the victim was Dan
ish gentleman, the Baron de Sehrd-
rupp. He was to have left Sicily the
next day with the woman who accom-
panied him. Who this woman was,
was never known.
1T was also known late that the ba-
ron had been living for some time at
Catano, where he had been seen in
company with two brothers. The au-
thorities sought to find these two men,
but they had disappeared.
Several months afterward a guide
who was returning from Mount Pelley-
rino and who had been in Palermo but
short time, was found with a dagger
in his heart and a piece Of paper lying |
near him, which bore the words:
This man was a scoundrel. His pun |
ishment was his just due.
VALsAvoIA.
Three weeks later a travelling mer-
chant who had recently set up in bus
mess in Trapano was likewise killed in
the same manner, and as he had done |
twice before Valsavoia signed his deed. |
find out who these two men really |
were. The names which they had CIV |
en- were proved to be assumed, but 1t
was impossible to discover their iden-
tity. Criminal justice, when it comes
in contact with the Malta, Immediately |
confronts tremendous obstacles, and it
1t is worse than useless to try to find |
witness who knows and will tell any
of his knowledge.
But those who told me the story
think that these last two victims were
Filipino and Vincenzo and that VAL
savoia-which is by the way, the name
of the village where they and their sis
ter were born--is no other than Ar |
mando Nitopi."
rs this a true story? I demanded |
incredulously. as the stranger finished. |
How much is fact and how much ia
ble?"
1T is true, in my opinion" replied |
my companion. 1T Is perfectly log
ical explanation Of events"
Then Armando's wife,
Was the woman who was carried |
away from Messina"
And where is she now?"
Probably in one Of the numerous |
caves Of which our mountains are full. |
There she will doubtless be kept until |
she dies"
But the servant?"
Nothing has yet been heard of her. |
But, as you see, you must not con-
found, in Sicily, the people who kill for |
revenge with the others (whose num- |
ber is constantly lessening) who kill |
for money, and do not believe that |
this Valsavoia, who has three assas-
sinations and kidnapping to his ac-
count, is one of the famous brigands |
whom the popular tourist loves to fear. |
Besides-but 1 beg your pardon, here |
we are at Girgenti"
We were indeed, just entering the
station. The engineer, whose CONVEX |
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