The Press., 1918-01-17

Nnnna by tue aovcnmcn,. w le;t sons got near enough 10 Ter t1 learn what kind of person she TGs. bCi those who did reported that she had evidently sprung from better stock than -Vampa. At any rate, she had some thing of the manner of Il lady, thoa&'i whether this was natural to her OF as sumed they could not bc sure. II h2 bandit had been devoted to her while plyIng his vocation the fact had not been known, for no such person had ever been reported as being in his con fidence.
 A number of conflicting reports were circulated with regard to her. One was that she had been prominent so- cially in Madrid, but had been dropped from society. Another was that she had been leader in one of the reNo- lutionary plots in France against tlS empire and had been used by Louis XVIII. to further some secret dlplo7 matic scheme. Still another was that she was the daughter of bandit Ill Spain and had been a danseuse on the stage in that country. . .@a +i'
 One evening Vampa and the senoflte were seen walking in the twilight ny the sea wall, and when they came to 't landing where there were boats fo> hire they got into q light skin, and yampa. taking the oars, pulled out fot a ride on the bay. The water was or a deep blue. To the north the lsiahu of Ischia rose. a black rock against the red sky left by the descending sun; to the west Capri was envelOped in thin veil of mist. The SenOfita was oh- served as her companion pulled away sitting in the stern of the boat, point ing here and there enthusiastically at the beauties of the scene. As they went farther and farther from the shore darkness fell, and they finally were merged with the black waters or the Mediterranean.
 That was the last ever seen oi the senorita in Naples, nor was the banult ever seen by any one again alive. me next morning the boat in which they had gone out on the bay was found under the sea wall. It was not fdsren-
 
 pulled in and left where it touched the shore could not be determined. During the day some fishermen from Sorrento picked up the dead body of Luigi Vampa floating between that point ana the island of Capri. No mark ot Vlo- Ience was found on the body.
 The mysteries that had so long pug n tery. How Luigi Vampa met his death was never discovered. The govern ment did not even make a show of irving tn learn anything concerning 1t. not disguising the fact that they were relieved that the bandit would n" longer trouble them.
 \ few years after all this occurred a man who had. dined in a Neap0htn restaurant at n table near Nampa anl his senorlta, while ill Paris saw at thf races woman who was making hugo bets. He recognized her al once as the scnOrita. Inquiry brought the fact that the woman was very rich and that she had Il title from the Neapolitan government. She was considered an adventures and was summed hy rc- Spectablc women.
 There was no doubt in southern Italy so long as that episode was re- | membered that Luigi Vampa was put | out of the way by this woman, that sh was given a large sum and title q her pay for the deed. That she Wa; | some time in cffecting her object is ac- counted for by the fact that Namp was never without a weapon on his person. But just how the woman com l mittcd the deed for which she wa paid has ever remained q mystery. The only report of her that was ever received ny the NeapOlitans came from the person who had seen and recogniz' ed her in Paris.
 The true story of the senorita is as follows: She was really the daughter of a Spanish bandit. She was a fa- vorite with her fathers men and was with them great deal of the time when they were making their fOrays, but in time the band came to grief and her father was executed. The girl was q natural dancer and obtained a position as danseuse in a Madrid theater. A young nObleman fell ill love with her and married her, but her past history having become known to him he left her to her own devices. After the work she had done ill get ting rid of Vampa she had all the money she wanted and appeared in Paris under the titular name of her Spanish husband. Her title was not Italian but Spanish. Her fortune came from Italy. her title from Spain.
 There Is a great change in the gov ernment-of Naples as part of united Italy from what it.. was under the old regime A character such as Luigi Yampa could not flourish there today.