The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-08
BY Henry Wood.


(Rome correspondent of the United
Press)
VENICE, Italy, Oct. S.-Legal for
malities were begun for securing the
conditional release from the prisons
at TRAM of Countess Maria Tarnovska
In all probability she will be released
on parole the latter part of the month.
The beautiful Russian countess was
sentenced in 1910 to eight years i'm
Iprisonment for having melted a
youthful lover, Nicholas Namoff, to
murder another of her sweethearts,
Count Kamarowsky, that she might
collect the 100000 life insurance
which he had taken out in her name
OF these eight years the countess has
already served the two required in
solitary confinement and an additional
year in the prison at TRAM Her de-
pertinent in that time has not only
been so exemplary, but in many re-
spects so extraordinary, that little
doubt is felt she will be given the con-
ditional liberty which the Italian law
now makes possible
Much Changed Woman.
When the United Press correspon-
dent called at the prisons at TRAM
with special permit to see the coun-
tess, the prison authorities were deep
ly laudatory of their prisoner. "She
will leave us an entirely different wo-
man." they said, she will leave us a
woman of God" In the three years
which the countess has now been in
prison she is declared to have given |
herself entirely over tC religion with !
a fervor only equalled by that which |
she is declared to have formerly mani |
tested in making men fall madly in |
love with her and then ptting them
against each other till they destroyed |
themselves. When young Nicholas |
Namoff fell victim to her charms she |
is declared to have embraced repeat
eddy in his presence Count Kamarow-
sky until her promptings and his own
jealous fury led him to come from
Vienna to this city and kill the count
Gone Over To Religion.
So fervidly, however, has the coun-
.ess since given herself to religion
hat the prison officials today declared (;
; - oil hot loJ "a |
;ervive the two terrible years of soil
airy confinement which so often |
proves fatal to Italian prisoners. AL II
host every waking moment of those I
pent in a cell barely large enough
or her to lie down in and under con
itions which eXistSperhaps in no i
Their prison in the world today, was a
pent in prayer, religious chants and c
eligious contemplation. When at last +,
he two years were passed and the a
ountess was placed in contact with q
er fellow prisoners there was no re T,
lxing fran her religious practices =
Ter room at TRAM, which is large and :
lnny. is shared with three other pris-
ners They are not religious but the
1untess prays and reads the bible in .
leir presence just the same She at
nds all the religious services of the =
lapel, repeating all of the prayers IL
I'd singing all the chants. When
ON time to time she is allowed to
ay on the chapel organ, it is only
cred music which she plays, instead h.
the intoxicating Russian ballet airs
at were formerly her passion.
soon Won Favor.
When in February of last year she
gan her new period of imprisonment
contact with her fellow prisoners
e was also placed at work with
EN-. For the first few months the
untess was put in the knitting and
,aving room where she worked on
2 manufacture of the coarsest knit
derwear Uncomplaining, hard
rking and ever religious, she won
, favor of the prison chaplain. He =
crested himself in her and had her &c
nsferred to outside work-that of