The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-02

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at shortest notice"
To I'll. owner Of the barrow he
showed the key. The man-an aEtis'
| in his profession-examined II lons
and carefully. unit! he found
scratched upon It in tiny figures
Number. He referred to a'book. and
! then replied:
/ Yes. I cut Il duplicate OF this for
a tall thin gentleman. He was a
foreigner. remember. Ana ne
gave the date. three days before tho
disappearance OF Enrico Rossi.
I This was very valuable link In
the chain OF fresh evidence, and the
police very wisely allowed the sup
uosrd Venice banker and his vile to
Leave FOR Paris, entirely unsuspi-
c.ous OF the fact that they were
being closely watched. The day
came tor the trial OF Mrs. Priestey.
but il was postponed.
Meanwhile two English detectives
we're In Paris watching Nocera ana
his wife, Information from FenicS
concerning the banker" having
! been the reverse of reassurlnE.
! Within three weeks Superintend-
ent Ranslcy's expectations we're re-
warded. The man Zuccar! visited
them at their hotel in the Rue
4 Caatigiione.
/ From that moment Zuccari was
never left, and four days later all
. three were arrested in the street
near tie Opera by six agents OF the
! Surete.
! Madame Nocera was released, but
! her husband. in order to save him
self, made n statement to Inspector
! Peyron when taken to the bureau
| Of police. In a great state OF agita-
ton he admitted that, while posing
as L banker In Venice, the MONEY
! he possessed belonged to the Aus
| tran GoYernmcnt-in fact he was
tho paymaster Of the spies OF Aus
tria scattered through northern
! Italy during the war. lie declared
! that he had had no hand whatever
! in the assassination OF Enrico RossL
! The French police we're. however,
! far from satisfied with this state
mont. and pressed him, under
/ threats, for further Information. II
! then became apparent that NocerA
and zuccari had quarreled over
! their Share 0. the spoils and In the
/ end Nocera explained the ingenious
: plot TO Inspector Peyron and the
( two men from Scotland Yard.
X had become known to Zuccari
hat Enrico Rossi was to be sent on
business from the Coltano wireless
. station to England, and that he in.
tended 20 call upon Mrs. Priestley,
, his old friend. The fat above the
ia:ter's being to let furnished, the
. N0c"ras took il. and succeeded in
cut'vating friendly relations with
the lady below. Then Zuccari ar
rived from Italy. and on one OF his
Visits with Nocera 10 Mrs. Friest-
'sy, he succeeded in getting hold
az tho iatchkey ~ the fat used by
, ihc servant. OF this lie had a dupli-
cate maze IN Lower Marsh, and
then Re waited in patience.
Enr!cO arrived IN London and
wrote TO Mrs. Pri"st!ey. She quito
| innoCentlv mentioned this fact 70
! NUceva. and said that she could not
see him as size was going away.
This vas their opportunity. En-.
/ tering til" fat in Mrs. PriesNey's
! absence. EUccari discovered Enr.co's
! lct;e". a?d his address at small
! private hotel AZ KonsinGtor.
! He asce1tained that Mrs Pfiestley
would 10 out n q dance on a GER
'ain evening: therefore he tele-
eraphed in ;nn laIy's name asking
Enr!,o 20 call at h1lf-past ten
! o'clock for supper.
A:tcr leaving Faiconer at Liver
pool Street station. Enrico had
therefor" taken taxi direct to
Lonrtur Mansions. where Zuccari
naS already in Mrs. Priestlcy'B fat
awaiting him. on entering there
the Spccting Young Italian was
struck down. his wallet taken and
his Jacket removed From a little
pOchc: behind tho silk address-tab
OF tho tailor something was e1-
'rhctei--a tin" book of thin India
pnper.
That something vas 81 the great
ESt value 10 the murderer. and was
TIE motive Of the crime. for IL con-
aimed the secret wireless code Of
The Italia" Government. both mill
tary and diplomatic. ana would hs
~ ine~t!mahle value ~ the Aug
TRANS and Germans. even though
peace had nov been declared
Having secured that for which hs
had CUnrincly plotted. Zuccari had
replaced the coat upon the inert
body Ot the man he had beaten TO
death with 4 piece OF iron piping,
p"t or his over"Oat. und then locked
him in the small hoXroo,n. after
wares leaving the fat. Three hours
"r so later Ms. Pricstley returned,
all nH'cn.cioHS OF the tragedy, and
slept 'hf"c for the last night before
her departure abroad.
iN 'hH hat occupied :" Noce.a
Vas fnHni quite a power.u! generat-
ing rIaHt. with a very up-to- date
h."phnn' set. ard a most ingenious
a"r'a arrangement by which one
'"id transmit upCn quite Ions
,"rN'-l"nRth. Why this had origin
ally a""n Installed was obscure, but
y was believed 20 10 ono OF thu
n""ertni secret sets used by Ger
man spies N London during the
war.
In any. case. Il was proved that
~" reason Enrico had not given
ms correct address was because he
had approximations or some sinister
attempt. II was also provcdi that
Hurcar! had. after the ,ragcdy.
spoken into the m.crophone that
weird message TO which Godfrey
had listened, and which proved such
Il remarkable feature OF tho affair.
IN" message OF farewell had appar.