The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-06
"A THE WINDOW.
IA Three times have these sig.
~ nificant words come. And
44A three times has Death fol.

- - ShiSe huieS LAS DeaLu lOi-
lowed in their wake.
To the three victims who have each
In turn received this strange mes
sage Of death there may be added a
fourth, a brother OF two OF those who
have already died and a nephew Of
the third whose life has been taken,
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. 7
To the words Of those who seek to
allay the fear that is slowly but sure.
ly overpowering him; that is making
OF a strong man a weakllng. his an
swer is always the same: 80
81 am as afhand that 70 hop elessly
raised when Deaths sickle Is swing.
lno.T SOS .i;#'sl3,'
It's an answer familiar to the ears
OF those who know of the bloody ven
dettas Of Sicily. !. And tits an answer
most fitting, for the man stands in
fear Of sicIlian vendetta. Ia
|. Grimes Justice Cannot Reach.
No crime or series Of crimes has
presented in years. all the strange,
mysterious, well.nigh, inexplicabie
features that are found ip. the Cardi-
nelli vendetta. as 1t has come ito be
known. Three times has the assassin
or assasslns sent one message, a warn.
ing of approaching death, and three
times has Death approached struck
and made his escape.
1t Is now seventeen years and few
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.
told and Vineenzo. Francesca. his
wife and Vincenzo are still alive. The
others are dead and 1t Is vincenzo
who stands, as he says, like a 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 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.
Story Of The Other.
And the others had known the Car.
dinellis and the Other, who. in this
story at least, must go unnamed.
What. then, more natural than that
the Cardlnellis. the Other, and the
others be friends here in the country
OF their adoption? And so It 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 sci.
dom been before. or since by a pecu.
liarly atrocious murder, The victims
body was discovered. jammed in n
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 thelr hands upon the men
whom they had charged with the
crime, ~
Finally Found Solution.
The success that did crown the eft.
forts Of the police in that case came