The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-05
'FIVE PERSONS
WHINE I'D die
THEY oFFER TE4EMs Ives IT.
TIE LAW WILL SPARE MRS.
NeEElitA NAP LlTAllo

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Five persons who have no Ties Il
hind them already have offered to dii
IS. tie law viii spare Mrs. Angelina Ma
Ipolitano to her children. They are
81. BIZ Whitney, railroad man Of Gin
ton, III: Dr. Alexander Aalto, OF Ash
Etabula, o.; DR.. H. S. Tanner. the s'of
iginal 40 days faster, z OF Los llnge
lies. Calf. Patrick s. Fallen, q Brit
ish subject, living in Chicago; tAlisi
or Mrs. Elmie Britton, Of Spring Val
ley, Wis. 4.
The general demand with the say
ing OF the life OF Mrs. Angelina Na
politanotis shown by the fact that ii
the following cities petitions hay.
been signed by thousands Of persons:
Evansville, Ind; Terra Haute, Ind;
st. Paul, Mimi; Columbus, o. Port
Gre. Des Moines, Ia; Denver, Colo;
Wilkes Barre, Pa; San Diego, Calf;
San Francisco; Muskogee, Okla
Fresno, Calf; Tacoma, Wash; De
troit, Mich; Sioux City, IT, Berkeley
Calf; Coyington, KY; Akron, o.
Sacramento, Calf; Toledo o.; Dial
las; Texas Cleveland, o.: Clnclnnatl
o.: Wheeling, w. Va. sti
Thousands Of other petitions, sing
ly, have gone in from other cities.
,SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont July 81
In a grimly. illy-lighted prison cell
Mrs. Angelina Napolitana waits to
become mother. Within ten days
she expects her fifth child to be tIorll
to her.
In a remote corner Of the jail, the
gallOws waits to kill the mother as
soon as the new born babe may be
taken from her breast. "A
I In the Outside world, horrored at
the thought, hundreds of thousands
of men and women are petitioning
against the death penalty in this
case; demanding that August 8 shall
pass without this women dropping to
death into the jaw Of these gallows.
beast. ~
For Angelina Napolltano. though
she slew her husband, killed him
rather than yield to his unthinkahle
demand that she sell herself and give
him the money she earned by the sale
of her honor as woman, wife and
a mother.
In Ottawa, Ont, Minister Of Jus,
tice Aylesworth, whose recommends
ton to Earl Grey, encouragement
of the Dominion Of Canada, will
doom this mother to die at the ropes
end or send her free into the world
to mother the children that already
have been born and the child that yet
Is. to be born, is deluged daily with
petitions pleading for her pardon
From every province Of Canada, from
every State in the American unton,I
from the kingdom over the sea, men
and women are writing urging mercy.
ii was on Easter Sunday, April l6,
that Mrs. Napolltano slew her beast
of husband, but so quick Is British
Justice that she already would have
died on the gallows had the law been
willing to kill two persons with the
same neese. For Mrs. Napolitano Is
soon to become mother, to bring
into the world a child by the man
who would have sold her for money.
And so her death is decreed to take
place August 9 unless Earl Grey
Yields TO the world wide clamor that
me either be freed or else have her
sentence commuted to imprisonment.
Th meek lIttl Italian woman
she speaks little English-does not
complain. But often in the night
the death whlch-those grim matrons
who watch, her every moye-heard
her moan the names other four chill
iren and gasp broken prayers for tneI
child that is to be hers for Q few priel
lays.
The woman cannot be called prettysI
She Is %. Twelve years ago sheI
married Pietro Napolitano IN ltaly.
Ten years ago he brought his child
wife to America. They lived in New
York steming little Italy for seven
years. Three years ago they went
q Thessalon, Ont, and lived on g
arm Of Pitro's brother. Two years
"a they came to the $500 and were
,wallowed up In another little italy. |
Until last October they were happy
N their poverty stricken way. Then
oiedro gave her $40 and went away.
you can make more" he told her
oIetro wanted her to sell herself.
Three weeks later he returnd and
that she sell her body. She
,efused. He stabbed her nine times,
IN the face. the arms the breast. She
led to the river and tried to drown
,erself. She was sent to 9 hospital
or three weeks. Then Pietro and
he made up; and again he tried to
orce her to sell herself, When she
efused he threatened to kill her,
Three days before Easter he bran
tab you so much you'll go to the
$50 by Easter. "lf you don't III
thab you so much you'll go to9the
iver,n he told her.
Sunday morning he came home
rom Ibis night OF work in the steel
Mills. She had been true to her chill:
Ireh and so she had not the $50;
With fiendish cruelty, Pletro told herl
he must leave the house. Then,
vii follow you and tell people
tiled you because you left the chill.
rem" he said. @Then he went 70
leep.