The Detroit times., 1910-03-31
HAS IT.
CAREER OF GRIM
Goes on Trial on Charge Of KIM
Husband-Plan Was To Get n
Of Lovers, Too.

VENICE, March 31.-In beaut1
sun-kissed Venice. the city az
nance, the most sensational ana Z,
.uresque murder trial OF modern tim
10 Deing held. In those siIk-covef>
and plush-lined gondolas, gliding so(l
~ upon the bosom OF the famous Veno
tian canals. drifting lazily beneotl
bridges, rich In stories OF love and r.
trigue. there is only one topic OF cda1<N
Nersation, the beautiful Countess Tn1
howski and her career of scandal. ~
trigue and crime. She II Is who n ~
trial for the murder OF her HUSBAND
IN August. 1907.
Each morning a closely Shelters
gondola leaves Guidecca prison for ~
assize court. In IL the countess
carried to her trial, carefully guard6
by hundreds of carbineers. artillar{
men, police and flremen; guarded nG
10 prevent her escape, but to prevo1
the enraged women OF Venice fro
tearing her to pieces. The pictureSou
carbineers, with their brilliant ~
forms, long cloaks and cooked h1(
who escort the prisoner everywhe1>
standing with guns ready to repel O.
attack, give the trial the appearnnG
OF military courtmartial, instead e
the sordid, scandalous murder Co..
lit is. " Z. ~,
Crowds assemble In gondolas on ~
Grand canal and wait for hours tor ~
glimpse Of this frail, clinging beaukyt
whom the late, Caesar Lomobros0. TIE.
great criminologist, declared to be The
most remarkable criminal of modern
times. When the police gondola az
pears, the croucling, frightened w0e
man is greeted with Kisses, cries a.
abuse, and rs often peited with refuno
from the markets nearby. WomGn
ESPECIALLY hurl excavations at tho cow
ering creature. Their loathing for hor
many crimes leaves no room for any.
thing like pity In their hearts.
Gondolas trying to get too near hers
are turned back by firemen, who hold
the nozzles of the fire hose ever ready
TO send deluge of water on tho too
lventuresome.
While there is nothing but pitileoo
hatred for the woman; for the real
murderer, the man who shot hi
friend, the countess husband, theirs
is pity and appeals for mercy. Neither
do venetians blame the other lover.
with whom she conspired. They -
l"vampire"-by her flashing, green-
black eyes.
Daughter of Count --o44surik. a..
scendant OF an Irish family. the Coun-
tess Marie Nicolaevna Tarnowskf was
horn In Kieff, Russia. In 1879. AS a
schoolgirl OF ~ she eloped with the
Count Tarnowskl, and the first trag
edy Of her life occurred two years
later, when, to torture her husband.
she kissed her lover in his presence
and before company OF guests. The
count shot the youthful lover dead on
the spot, and was later acquitted In
the Russian courts. After this he d.
vorced the countess, and 1t was dur
| ing this divorce case that she en-
tranced her attorney, Luiz Prilukotfs
married. wealthy, and the father OF .
family of children.
For her sake he abandoned every.
thing, family, friends and practice.
Through Europe he followed the adj
yenturess, throwing aside both wealth
and honor other men were brought
to her dainty feet by the spell OF ir-
iesistible fascination.
One OF these was the Count Ka-
lmarovsky, who first as her lover and
later as her husband. fairly worshiped
her. That she might not want after his
death. he insured his life for 100000
in her favor. That insurance applica-
ton was mis- death warrant She con-
spired with her lovers TO bring about
| his death
She chose one lover, DR.. Naumoff, az
the slayer, promising him all that q
woman can give-herself-as his re-
ward. Another, the lawyer Prilukoh.
was set 20 catch the former in the
Yery act OF murder, and thus she
fendshly hoped that the men who
we're sacrificing their very souls at
her whim might Kill each other in the
presence OF the body of the slain hus-
! band, for she reasoned that her In
fanny would never be betrayed were
they all three dead.
J In this her diaholical plans went
astray, for Naumof. after shooting fiv6
lLuliets into the body Of the husband,
ESCAPED ih n waiting gondoia and fed
/ from Venice, only 10 be arrested a.
Verona. The woman and the lawyer
/ lover were also arrested and for two
and one.half years the three have re-
manned shut up IN the dismal cells or
tine old Venetian prison.
The men have confessed, both laying
Ian the blame upon the countess. whom
hhoy declare TO have been the orig
Iinator AMI instigator OF the murder.