Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-06
ITALY STIRRED.
Details Of Royal Tragedy
Slowly Leaking Out.
Baron Patern0's Condition Is
Reported Improving.
Tales Of Scenes Created by Man
Near Expulsion from the Army.

i,.i"'. March ALI Rome stil is
tdh'fhE OF the sensational murder. ON
i"uS"aS "f the Princess Ciiulia Tri-
e"ha III SAINT Ella. the Queens lady.
IN waiting. by Lieut.. Baron patcrno
N"i III many years has the capital
hetn 50 stirred by sordid crime.
Paterno late Friday night was still
slowly imprving. The bullet which he
fred With the intention of killino,
tllnset. Is still imhedded in his skull
N,"'uEh lie Is conscious and able to
taik, he has refused to give anv ey-
pahat6n aS To why nc stabbed and
hiii'o thc woman who had beiricnded
fiite. Inc police, however. are not
averse 10 making known what their
Investigations are unfolding. These
the1 say show that Patcruo treated
The woman brutally before he finally
encompassed her taking of The
princess, frail and unhappy with her
husband. they allegc. fell easy prey
to The r8pacious nobleman. whose
scandalous adventures had brought
liiri 10 the Threshold Of expulsion
from the army.
According to tile police Palermo met
the princess in 1905 at Palermo He
became the friend also of the prince.
The friendship between the TWO men
became SO great that Palermo had
himself made head of the loca! Malta
and brought about the election of
Prince Trigona as mayor of Palermo.
II is reported also that the prince,
returning home one night from Il meet
ns of the municipal council, found
bfS Nsifn Do thU.,h.r En-.
ragged, the prince fired upor PatCfno.
hut missed his mark and Patcrno cS-
capped. When Queen Helena was in
farmed of the relations existing be-
tween Paterno and the princess she
called the princess before her and
induced hsr 10 confess everything.
Throwing herself at the feet of the
Queen and crying out in her despera-
ton. the princess took oath that she
would break with Paterno. begin lie
anew ard hencef0rth devote her life 10
being an afYectionate mother TO her
two little daughters.
From this moment. according to the
authorities, Patorno, seeing his prey
was about To escape, became iart"uS
in his actions toward the princess ana
several tilIltS Gitdtetl So 'it'9 ''i. 80
IN the Qurinal itself. shouting;
Il shall murder YOU; l shall strangie
you-here in the Royal palace amid
the ladies Of the court next 10 the
Queen"
Paterno's demand for money, 1t Is
said, became more and more Impera-
tive and once. it is alleged. he even at
tackled the princess in the antccham-
her 10 the room in which were the
King and Queen. The princess IN de-
tending herself on this occasion. had
her bracelet broken. and this Palermo
picked up and put in his pocket. Th"n
he left hcr. still threatening.
The patrimony Of tho princess be-
cause Of her loans or gifts to Paterno,
is said to have bocr reduced to $50 n
month.
When the tragedy occurred the two
daughlers of the murdered woman
were driving out in n court carriage.
When they returned To the Quirinal
they asked as was their custom. for
their mother. No one he'd tho heart to
tell them the truth. So they were in
formed that the princess had met with
an automobile accident and that her
return to tAe paiac", therefore,. ""u'u
be delayed. Two locks of hair were cut
Friday from the head ( the dead Wo-
man and later viii ~he given TO her
children.
\ post mortem examination Friday
showed that the princess was iirSt
wounded in the back and then in the
neck Either Of the wounds would have
been fatal. ON the left arm also Wero
found two slight wounds.