The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
TERRIBLE REVENGE
OF TILTED LOVER
Throws Dynamite Cartridge Into
Face of Woman, Which Ex-
plOdes and Kills Her.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT,
,ecial Cable to The Tribune


ROME. Aug. 27.-The terrible revenge
exacted by u Tilted lover upon the for
mer OBJECT OF his alteration Is reported
at Cervignasco. little village near Sa-
ando was walking with her sister when
man, who has since disappeared, ap-
preached the couple and threw a cart
ridge containing. dynamite in Maria's
face 1t exploded and wounded the poor
girl in the most frightful manner prac-
tically blowing away the lower part of
her lace. She was taken into a neigh
boring school, but the doctors who were
summoned to her assistance quickly rec
ogniZed that she was beyond human aid
and after some minutes passed in ter
rlble suffering, the girl died From In
quries which were made. il appears that
the fatal explosion was the climax OF a
drama OF revenge. For long time Ma
rln Berando had been on terms of the
closest friendship with the unknown man,
but she lately intimatcd that she would
have nothing more to do with him. He
plished his dreadful purpose with fatal
effect, He Immediately took flight. de-
spite the efforts OF the police. and has
mol yet been discovered.
Attempted William Tell.
man named Percheddu. living at
IGlesas In Sardinia. removed as hunt
er and a skilled shot, recently went
mad. In this condition he was seized
with the idea 49,r Of attempting to emulats,
of his ten-year-old child he placed an
apple and, modernizng the Swiss YER
sion, replaced the bow and arrow with
q gun AT his first shot he was success
full In hitting the apple. but even that
did not satisfy him. He fired again,
and this time the bullet struck the child.
who fell TO the ground dead. Percheddu
is now n prisoner.
Searches amongst the ruins OF Messina
have brought to light the bodies Of five
Arrlgo, Beside them was a diary which
tells how the unfortunate individuals
spent fifty days after the earthquake en-
tombed amongst the ruins of their home.
They lived on salt bread and dried fish.
which they found in the larder. washing
the unpalatable meals down with wine,
which they were also fortunate enough
TO find For several days they worked
hard in the endeavor to make an outlet
for themselves. but vainly. Their wounds,
ness s, and 5Tead Of 1Sn ar and the
after a period OF starvation, all died. The
writer of the diary. a son. who was
the diary closes with phrases which show
that at length he had TO Law aside his
writing and await the end with fortitude
which he could not muster.
Rome is full of Americans these days.
The pilgrimage headed by Bishop Vande
Fyer OF the Knights of Columbus reached
the city and just now these American
knights give a distinctly Yankee flavor
10 the Holy City. Everywhere the Amer
leans are received with enthusiasm as
In these days of trouble and turmoil for
the church America and Ireland arc the
Hgo countries where there is complete
loyalty to Rome and the churchmen ap-
preciate II. The fact that in those coun-
tries where religious freedom prevails
and there is complete separation between
the church and the state. the church is
now most nourishing and loyalty has en-
couraged the element in the Curla which
is yet so greatly in the minority as To
be poweress. but which Is growing TO
question the wisdom OF the fight which
is being made In Spain. This minority
holds IL would be better for the church TO
cut loose from political entanglements
rather than fight battles which do the
church harm