The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-05
He WANTED MONEY
ITALIAN PRINCESS REFUSAL TO
PAY CAUSED LOVER TO
KILL HER.
Husband Learned of Situation by ir.
tercepted Letter--5aron Re-
fuses TO Taik--Likely
to Recover.


Rome, March 4.-Lieut. Baron Pa
terno, the youthful cavalry offiaer
who shot himself after he had stat
bod to death Princess Giula Trigona
.di SAINT Ella, one of the beauties of
Queen Helena's court, yesterday, is
improving today and probably will tc-
cover to answer for the crime. Italian
courts sometimes dear ienlently with
the authors of tragedies growing ont
Of affairs of the heart
II was ascertained today that the
Immediate cause of the murder was
be refusal Of the princess to give
the baron $4,000 with which to pay
Ills debts.
1t had lcen generally accepted that
When the queens lady in waiting
net Palermo at the OBSCURE Hotel
,ehecchcnio her visit was one of re-
runciation. the imperial wishes that
she have done with the lieutenant and
eek a rcconsjliation with her nus
lard, Prince Trigona d Sans Ella,
aYing prevailed.
IIverywActe deep g4npathy is ex
ressed fer Queen Helena who, it is
aown, han made every effort to
ing to an end the unconventional
Lance ard reunite the prince and
incess. Indeed, it is possible that
Ae murder was the nt;rect outcome
u the insistence of both the queen
and his majesty that an end he put %
situation that fer s3.Ae ,ne had
cen fruitful OF back stairs gossip.
he two daughters of the princess,
Z and IA years old, are 10 ag shielded
rom knowledge of tie .rutl,
What actually preceded the hrag
dy in the cheap Hoiei ;,eDeechino
lay never be known. An examining
magistrate has questioned the youns
aron, but he protests that the whole.
fair is to him a horrible dream, ami
he cannot remember details.
Examination of the room in which
he baron and countess were locked
hows that he stabbed his victim
lie she was seated, then dragged
n the hair to the bed and threw
ar urea II and then ran 10 the dooG
I'D sho, Himself.
Countess Married Young.
As a girl of 10, Julia Tusca of the
rncely Sicilan family of De Cnto
vas married in 1895 to Count Rom
laldo Trigona di SAINT Tia, son Of
COUNTESS Manabrea, lady in wait
ng to the queen. Two daughters
we're born Of the marriage anu they
ire now "A and years Old re
pectively.
Their mother led an exemplary life
'ntil six months age, when she met
gain at bail in Peiermo, Baron
}terro, also of princely Sicilian
m'y, and a lieutenant of cavalry
g is "a. AS a boy he used to cal
or his sweetheart, although she is
'eyea years his senior
Following their meeting in Palermo,
loy fell deeply in love BY a su.
enc effort the countess tore hef-
II from him and Wen; 20 ST. Morltz
1rgn Palermo came to Rome and The
jcrchange of many love letters
aryed only to increase their mutual
ASSIGN.
Earon Beoa For Money,
But soon the haron's affections be.
lme sordid, He took to gambling;
ten he wrote to the countess begging
er to send him a cnccr for $500 ~
ayr a debt of honor She lid SO.
lany similar requests by him fol-
owed, The countess wrote asking
i'm to join her al st Moritz, where
! will be arranged" The letter fell
ITO the wrong hands am was used To,
'ackmail Count Trigona.
The scandal became common sos
4; Quen Helena who was much a.Y
achca to Countess Giitlla, persuaded
her to dismiss the baron, but her
husband began an action for divorce
Meantime the conduct Of her husband,
who also is deeply in debt, drove this
unhappy countess to the verge of dis
traction Twice she attempted sui.
eide
Seek to End Affair.
A scandalous scene was narrowly
oycrted at court ball at the Quirnnl
recently, when Palermo met The
countess and upbraided her for
abandoning him. Striving 10 end the
intrigue and avert divorce The
,ouhtess desired last interview
With her lover and made an appoint
ment with him at an obscure hotel
paternu's friends, defending him,
'aY his youthful brain was turned by
The hc2ltV of the woman Win was