Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-09
NOT BORN MOROS|N|
So Says Aged Brother Living
in Roman Carrot.
BANKER CHANGED NAME
Cavalier Partegnazza He Was En-.
titled to Be Called.
RAN OFF FROM STERN FATHER
Poor Kinsman Long Pensioner Of
Millionaire at $40 Per
Month.
BANKER CHANGED NAME
RAN OFF FROM STERN FATHER

ROME. October 9.-The name Of Clio
vanni P. Morosini, the New York mil
lonaire. recently deceased, was not
Morosini. his brother says with emphasis
Many interesting details of the wealthy
New Workers. early life are given In an
interview with his brother. Napoleon
Partegnazza, published in the newspa-
per. Gornale dItalia-
The old gentleman, who bears by right
the title of cavalier, Is poor. says the in
terview. and lives on the top story OF
q humble house on a street near The
Coliseum.
The Cavalier Partegnazza has Moro
sinis birth certificate. which shows he
was born in Venice July II. 1881. SON Of
Antonio Partegnazza and Maria Angela
da Malta, his wife. When he was eight
cen years old. after the end of the cam
paign of 40 with Garibaldi, Morosini ran
away from home.
He left without even bidding us good
bye" says the old cavalier in the inter-
view. Our father. a severe man. gave
US more cuffs than coppers. Name Uhe
pet name for Giovannl) got most of the
cutting, for he was the eldest and most
rebelliOus.
Il wanted to go with Name, but he was
selfish and shrank from the responsibility
OF taking me along.
Why He Changed Name.
"Why did he take the name of Moro
sini?' asked the interviewer.
'One day on the ship going to Ameri-
ca Garibaldi jokingly proposed that his
fame would equal that of Morosini, a
great Doge of Venice Partegnazza re-
piled. The generals words made a pro-
found impression on my brother. and he
adoped the name
Here the interviewer takes a fling at
American plutocrats, saying:
"One need not be surprised at your
brother taking that name He must
have been happy in deluding the world
into the belief that he was descended
from the glorious Morosini The plutoc-
racy OF the youngest NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Tor example-are eager to trace their or
igin to noble source. however remote it
may be-
THE name we Partegnazzas bear was
won on the field OF battle" retorts the
cavalier disdainfully.
The old gentleman says he rejoined
Name and worked with him and Carl
baldi in the candle factory at Clifton,
Staten Island, n. Y.
But my relations with my brother
were not always cordial or affectionate,"
he adds. Naturally. for every one jeered
at us when they found two brothers with
different names. No one could under
stand the reason.
Recollection Of Victoria.
II had great admiration for Giovannis
wife, who was Julia Loiset, a beautiful
Canadian girl. 1 have been with them
often in their walks In the fields around
our tiny little house. and 1 used to walk
out with the little Victoria. their eldest
child. who one day was to interest the
whole world. by her runaway match with
the coachman.
II have handled her on my knees. She
was really an angel, poor little mite
And see." he says, fumbling again in a
writing desk. here is a lock of Vic
torta's hair I cut it on myself"
Because of great inconsistencies" the
cavalier returned to Italy.
DO you know how Morosini got his
great fOrtune?"
Probably less than you do" says Par
tegnazza. Giovanni confessed to me in
later years that he had put by few
pounds. which enabled him to live COM
fortably. For some years before his
death he sent me SO month"
The cavalier concludes by saying he
has no hope that his brother remembered
him in his WILL Nevertheless, his lawyer
is making inquiries las to the heritage OF
The MOroSpi millions