Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-05-20

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blade so thin that no blood would fiow.
A surgeon was directed TO carefully ex.
amino tho body. with view TO dls.
covering II tho mark Of any instru.
ment of death had been left upon II. !
The examination was made and the /
report awaited with intense eagerness. |
WELL" said Slgnor del Prombo when
the surgeon came TO report.
''Hc was-ussassinated."
'How? StabbedT'
"Not exactly A small steel needle
was injected into the flesh"
''How? by whom"
"That cannot tell"
"was death caused by this instru-
menty
"There may have been poison on IT,"
could you detect poison?"
"There were no traces OF anything
on the needle"
The Del Prombo family were sure
that the needle had I'm some mysteri-
Gus manner been injected by Pessero
into the breast of the murdered man.
But who was to give evidence of the
fact? Nor were the courts of that
time overburdened with justice. More
than that, the detective methods of the
present day were then unheard of. So
there was nothing to do but suffer and
permit the murderer to so his way.
Francesca, feeling that her life had
been bllghted, decided to go into
convent The palace of st. Marks and
Its gay company knew her no more
She disappeared entirely from the
world.
One day not long after her retire
ment Pessero succeeded under the
guise of mendcant I'm gaining access
to her. Before she was aware OF II
she was In an apartment alone with
the murderer of her lover. Throwing
off his disguise, he knclt at her feet
and implorcd her TO take pity on one
who loved her better than life.
lie was greeted with n look OF hor.
ror, of detestation and with but one
word:
Murderer"
He attempted to plead, but Frances
ment the room was filed with nuns.
Pessero. foiled, skunk away. But rs he
departed he gave Francesca look that
froZc her soul 1t was love changed to
hate, and with IL was mingled triumph.
He had no sooner gone than Fran
cosca quickly placed her hand on her
! breast The expression on her face
| told those about her that something
serious had happened Then she be.
gan TO tear open her bodice and there
| on her bosom was n drop of blood
! In a word she told them that she had
been stabbed By the man who had
killed her lover
\ surgeon who attended the nuns
when they were i'll happened TO be Ia
! the convent az the time. lie was hur
rlcd 10 Francesca In as few words
rs possible he was told that something
was doubtless underneath The tiny
wound, and he prched for It. In n few
moments he extracted steel needle.
BY this time Francesca was losing
consciousness from the effects of the
wound, and the surgeon, believing that
the needle had been poisoned before
being injected. used such antidotes rs
he was acquainted with For several
hours Francesca's life hung in the
balance; then slowly she began Il
revive and in few days was restored
In the present case Pessero was
known to have been with his intended
victim at the time she was stricken
and this, taken with the circumstance,
Of Sansovino's death, was strong evi
dence against him. Francesca's father
had concealed the cause OF the dealt
OF Sansovino and the suspicion tina
rested on Pessero. DESTROYS Of getlinl
other evidence he directed that tn;
murderer should be kept in ignoranc,
Of what was known Of his methods
Pessero, who had stricken Francesci
in moment of passion and knew from
her greeting that the circumstance
connected with the two tragedie
would be sufficient to convict him
fled.
Signor del Prombo no sooner learn
ed that his daughter was out OF dan
ger than he sought Pessero. Not find
Ing him and learning that he had beel
seen pulling In a boat for the main
land, Del Prombo followed, caught tn
murderer and, single handed, brough
him back TO Venice. Pessero wa
thrown into prison and his HON
searched. There in his workshop wer
, found number Of parts which tC
gether made up the implement used 4
, his crimes.
1t was a large key. In appearance
very simple. but really very complies
| The handle, being turned. exposed
> spring which, when pressed. sent froI