The sun., 1910-05-01
MISS REID CAMORRA VICTIM
CLOTHING FOUND on HER
BODT NOT BER OWN.


were mined-mslasves ahe Was KID
napDsa- Naplss Thh,lss but DaFes Net
say AmsSIeaa GgS Was Nurdsrsa.
Special casls Ds,pa,sA 70 TIE SUE.
RoArE. April O.-Ths Princess Ros-
piGliOai can agnrs out no explanation
q the death of Miss Rad az Naples. sE-
cept that she was murdered. Shs has
received an anonymous letter saying this
IL the case. But apart from that there
are many circumstances which seem
impossible Of explanation othsrWiss.
For instance the body Whsn fO,Iad
Was almost without clOthins. That which
was upon Il. except the shoes and stock
ings. did not belong 10 the dead woman.
The Princess examined Aiias Rsid's trunks.
which she found 10 be filed with common.
coarse clothes. The Princess h convinOsd
that thsas clothes did not beiong 20 Miss
Reid. she fesls sure that her cousins
clothes were Stolen.
The Princess thinks that she had prob
ably been kidnsppsd and starved. The
doctors Who made the post mortem ex-
animation said she had not eaten any
thing for fOrty-eight hours. Her knees
were not bruised. but they were skinned
~ u she had been forced 70 knsel for q
long time
The correspondent Of THE Sum had an
interview to-day with the Princess Ros-
pigliOai. VINO Ia a cousin Of Miss Reid.
The Countess went to Naples 20 make
necessary arrangements for the ship
ment Of the body 10 the United States.
Princess ROspiRliOsi said that she identi-
fled the body a. that Of her cousin. She
arranGed 10 have the body embalmed and
forwarded to New YOrk.
The Princess said she was convinced
that the death OF her cousin was noe due
10 suicide or accidental drowning. bue
was q case Of murder. Estslle. she said.
kept n diary which shc. the Princess. read
through carefully. In this diary Estslle
recorded Incidents Of everyday life. Shs
msntioned several hotels at which she had
stayed In Naples.
The diary explained that she had laft
the Hotel Russis beoauss me found her
bedroom was not kept properly and she
waa therefore obliged 70 sleep elsewhere.
The last entgy in the diary wa dated
April ~. and ths aat words we're sUn-
pleasant night" Ths previous day H.
talle had written IN the book that
ne Was happy and loved Naples and TIE
NeapolitAna. Shs ooaaideFad both vsry
artistic end ths lattsr piSoRres4usly dry.
Ths Pfinoams gaid Estelle Wa sMsan-
tally IN artist. Hha hksG Bohamian
NE, but Was q good. straight giTi of iFrs-
ppnanhnhl1 onaEnoanr- Ths only obiaeel
of her NE was art She hadn't any love
lfaiF The PFinosas sMprsnnsd q slronR
Wlah 10 d7uy sensational and cnlumnious
reports about her cousin. which she Char-
acterizsd a. dlsgFaosGul. Unfortunatsly.
she said. Eatslls resided ~ cheap hotels.
some of which we're dirty: but this nerely
proved that she avoided the life Of the
ordinary American tourist.
The Princess RospiR9iosi takes no stock
In the story circulated by q news aasO-
citation about her cousin being lured
on board an American yacht and jump
ing overheard therefrom because Of her
treatment. The Princess says the lower
ing Of a boat by this yacht near the place
where tho body was found was . mere
ooincidonca.
The nswspapera Of Naples. Rome and
other Italian cities are making q ssnaa-
ton out Of the mysterious death % Miss
Red. The wildsst coniecturss are pub
liahed % explain the tragedy. One news
paper states that Miss Reid was murderod
by members of the Blac's Hand. Another
hidiorously suggests that she met her
dsath On board q steam yacht owned by
a asdats New York millionaire which II
nov lying at anchor IN the Bay Of Naplaa.
Another figures out that the young woman
was made away with by aauAaains who
bad been despatched from New YORK 70
Naplss.
The polics overlook tho existence Of
the Camorra. There 10 q belief IN Naplaa,
20 which publication is not given owing
TO the power Of the CamOrra. that Mias
Reid was Waylaid. robbed and slain by
CamOrrists and that her body was thrown
into the bay. Nobody bslisvas that The
mystery win ever b solved. Her dsath
viii doubtless remain a mystery like that
Of Lisut. Petrosino Of the New York polios
forcs.
The trial of thirty members Of tho
CamOFFa for thS murder Of Signog CuooolO
and hls wife four pears ago in Naplss win
be held IN Rome in Ordsr 70 avoid ths
sinistsr influence Of the CamoFra IN Naplsa.
Tho 0ovaFnmsnt intsnda TO brsak up
this socisty and Il b expectsd that this
tFial win daal a fatal blow 10 TIE orsAniEa-
tion.
Ths GoveFnmsnt has made a thorough
imsesaigntion of the msthOss Of ths
CamogEA Wills following ieo ranniioneiOns
Of ths CuOcolo casa.
No nE FOREST ELOPEMENT.