Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22

HE PLUGGED WITH THE STRENGTH OF DEs-
 PERATION.
 words in the Long Island hospital when Detective Corraro came to take his dying deposition were:
 "I died to protect her. My mother is the Sonora di Grande Norma Cassarti, 1 Piazzare Tingalia. Milano. Tell her."
 He had been stabbed with a stiletto while lie fought two Italian enemies to save from their grasp the Neapolitan lass that he loved.
 The girl arrived in New York on the Lombardi At Ellis island it was found that she had weakness of the eyes which would compel her deporta- tiOn.
 Gillette had come to this country with the boyish intention of discovering gold mine and making fortune. He had seen the hardest part of foreigners life in this country and was fighting his way back to his home when he reached New York penniless and found that the Lazio was the next steamer home ward. o-
 He determined to stow away on board. He watched his chance and hid himself below. On board about to be deported was bis sweetheart. Crawl ing from his hiding place after the Lazio had passed Sandy Hook, Gillette found her. She provided him with food and water while he still hid.
 The LaZio was only. twenty four hours out when her propeller shaft broke, and she was helpless. She caught tow and was brought back to port, her captain ordering her into the Erie basin to go into dry dock. @s
 There being 8 heavy fine for allow ing a, deported. immigrant to escape, the girl was locked in room below the deck when the ship began to dock. As she was being led to this room Gi- letto was discovered as 8 stowaway. He told of his love for the Neapolitan girl and was allowed to see her before he was put ashore.
 In the few moments they talked he told her that if she could wriggle through the porthole of the stateroom he would manage to reach her and get her ashore: The ship docked at night and in the rush and excitement of the work of docking the Lazio Gillette managed to get in the shadows cover ing that part of the deck from which he would have: to work to rescue his sweetheart f..At
 Bending over the deck rail of the vessel, he saw. her leaning out below. He got rope, fastened it on deck and, leaning far over, reached one of her extended hands. He rugged with the strength of desperation and got her clear of the porthole. In 8 moment she grasped the rope and slipped to the wharf He was soon after her.
 After the steamer had been berthed her captain discovered that the deport- ed girl had escaped and that the stow away had disappeared. He gave or ders to the watchmen ion the pier to allow no one to leave until he. had found the runaways.
 The two. hand in hand, sought the darkest corner of the. pier while this search was.on.
 oaOssO lO!N ACteCuSc SOiA01V Ou ulo deathbed that just as they seemed about to slip by the watchman two men jumped from the darker shadows upon them. One of them grasped the girl. A moment later Gillette fell with mortal wound There was group of five Italians surrounding the prostrate body over which the girl bent weeping when the police arrived. All were arrested. It was learned. however. that they were employed on the ship and had been en- gagged in the hunt for the fugitive girl. They, were discharged. f
 Besides saying that he died defend- ing his sweetheart Gillette would give DO details of the murderers motive.