Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-18
THE MISTAKE OF THE MARQUIS
Royal spendthrift Who Slew His Ser"
want Found Courts Called Murder

Royal spendthrift Who Slew His Ser"
want Found Courts Called Murder
Murder.
Had Lord Ferrars, who was hanged
with a silken rope in 1760, studied the
criminal history Of his country, he
might have thought twice before shoot
ing his servant, which prank brought
him to the gallows. Long before his
punishment in the British courts had
decreed that the shooting Of servants
by noblemen was a capital crime, rath-
er than q misdemeanor.
Fernando, Marquis de Paleotti, was
the head of a noble Italian house, and
during the reign of Queen Anne he
distinguished himself for ability and
valor as a colonel in the imperial army
The Duke of Shrewsbury, an exalted
Britisher, visited Rome and fell in love
with a sister Of the marquis. In due
season they were married and went to
England and settled down to live hap
py ever after in the dukes ancestral
hall. The marquis followed them. The
marquis had expensive tastes, and, his
private treasury representing an ach-
ing void, he rightly figured that his
sister would be a great convenience
as the duke had all kinds Of plain and
fancy money.
That was 200 years ago, and London
was we'll supplied with native bloods
who gave daily demonstrations in ex-
travagance. 1t was a time when 1t was
patrimony at the birds. Gentlemen
made a practice Of retiring with theil
boots on, and gambling was the life
work of many aristocrats. Relying
upon his sister to attend to small de-
tails like paying his debts, the mar
quis started in to show the London
sports the real thing in high life. He
spent money as though he owned a
newspaper in America, and before long
his creditors were so numerous that he
couldn't throw a brick without hitting
three of them.
Every once in while, when the
creditors became particularly annoying
and oppressive, he called upon his sis
ter, and she gave him money to pay up
his bills, and they had some affecting
interviews The duchess implored him
to brace up, to remember the honor OF
his house and to live within his means;
but the marquis was quite naughty;
he considered her advice impertinence
and hinted that she ought to feel hon
ored to act as his treasurer. Finally
the duke came to the conclusion that
it was high time for a reform. He fail
of his revenues to the payment Of the
marquis's debts, and told the duchess
that it must stop, and she conveyed
the information to her brother, but, he
thought she was just joking.
So he went ahead gambling and
drinking and betting, and his creditors
came down on him again, and his sis
ter refused to come to his relief. Then
the next thing the festive marquis
knew. he was in Jail; and being in Jail
in those days was anything but q pic
MIC The afflicted nobleman found him
self herded in foul prison with the
lowest felons, and unless somebody
came to his relief it was more than
possible he would end his days there.
News of his condition was carried to
his sister, and once more this good
woman came to his relief. She settled
with his creditors and he was released.
For an hour and twenty minutes af-
ter emerging from the pestilential