Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-13
At THE WINDOW.
Three times have these sig
"a nificant words come. And
20 three times has Death fol
~ THE WINDOW.

three times has Death fol-
lowed in their wake. 3rg
To the three victims who have each
In turn received this strange mes
sage of death. there may beaded a
fourth, brother fitwo of those who,
have already died and a nephew Of
the third whose life has been Ia ken,
declares the New York World. He.
in fact. lives with the fear of death SO
strong in his heart that no amount Of
assurance can dissipate It,
To the words of those who seek to
allay the fear that is slowly but sure
~ overpowering him; that Is making
of strong man weakling, his an.
swer is always the same:
81 am az hand that 10 hopelessly
raised when Deaths sickle 10 swing
Ing"
1t is an answer familiar to the ears
ot,+hose who know of the bloody ven
dettas Of Sicily. And tits an answer
most fitting. for the man stands in
fear Of a Sicilian Vendetta.
Crimes Justice Cannot Reach.
No crime or series Of crimes. has
presented in years all the strange.
mysterious, well-nigh inexplicable
features that are found In the Cardi-.
nelli vendetta. as 1t has come to be
known. Three times has the assassin
or assassins sent one message. warn
ing Of approaching death, and three
times has Death approached, struck
and made his escape. <
n g. NOW, eovapf.Aov, gao &c onA %ov,
months since the Cardinelli family
left little town In the southern part
Of Sicily. There was the father, Fran
cesca. his wife, his brother Giovanni.
and his three sons. Giuseppe. Bar
told1 and Vincenzo.s Francesca. his
wife and Vincenzo are still alive. The
others are dead and it is VincenZo
who stands, as he says. like hand
that is helplessly raised when Deaths
sickle is swinging"
Another. there was. who left Sicily
about the same time as did the Car
dinellis. He was friend In Sicily
he had been neighbor. In this coun-
try he again became a neighbor and
the friendship Of the olden days was
renewed.
Others, too, from time to time. left
their farms, their homes, and sold
their household belongings and Jour-
neyed to the land where things were
free, where money was plentiful and
where one might live without work
ing. s2'T'l 81
Story Of The Other.
And the others had known the Car
dinellis and the Other. who. in this
story at least, must 60 unnamed.
What, then, more natural than that
the Cardinellis. the Other. and the
others be friends here in the country
Of their adoption! And so 1t was.
That much the police have learned
In their efforts to solve the mystery
Of the Cardinelli Vendetta.
It is not so many years ago that
New York was startled as 1t had sell
dom been before or since by pecu-
liarly atrocious murder. The victims
body was discovered. damned in a
barrel. in the early hours Of the morn
ing.
The barrel mystery" as it has ever
since been known. was by no means
easy Of solution 1t took the trained
sleuths many weary hours Of pains
taking work to finally trace the VIC
TINS history to Buffalo. and eventu-
ally to lay their hands upon the men
whom they had charged with the
crime.
Finally Found Solution.
The success that did crown the ef-
forts of the police In that case came