Year: 1878

MURDER OF CAPTAIN RADDA Dy HIS WYE y


PARAMOUNT CAREFULLY PLANNED SCHEME


OF p1sPosING OF AN OBNOXIOUS HUSBAND.


Rome letter to the Pail Mall Gazette.l


Though the trial Of the murderer Of Captain Fadda
has not yet begun, enough 10 publicly known about
the case TO show that IL was not . common murder
from motives Of vengeance or passion, but of
those carefully planned crimes which are. unfor-
tunately, not uncommon in Italian life One Sunday
morning few weeks ago man. whose name is now
known to be CARDINAL, called at Captain Fadda's
lodgings 70 say that box waiting for him at
the station. which would be given TO his orderly if
he went with the messenger. The place mentioned
that whence the box came was . town where Fadda
had been stationed and where he had friends and. AZ
it is not uncommon for hangers-on about the station
to give information of the arrival Of parcels,
that they may make few sous, the orderly sent
with the to get it out. In this way the ground
was cleared. and Captain Fsdda remained alone in
the house. The railway Office when they to It,
shut. and CARDINAL leaving the orderly to wait
there for him WHILE he said he went for the keys
hurried back to Captain Fadda's lodgings. What fol-
lowed he alone could tell 1t Is supposed that
the door was opened he threw himself his
victim. stabbing him wherever he could All that il
known that in few minutes he left the house. and
a few moments later Fadda stumbled to the street
a. e timer
but though he had laid his plans in the most cold
blooded manner his nerve failed at last. and he
rushed down the street with scared face two guards
stopped him to see what was the matter. and
heard of his crime. The quickly spread over
the town. and later in the day the lodging house
keeper gave information to the police that CARDINAL
with friend. had lodged at his house for few days.
and that the friend had disappeared: Police were
about to start for Naples with 5oo in his possession
and arrested.


Cardinan, when confronted with the orderly,
at recognized and 1t also out that he had
sisenty denied his guilt and said that when he
back 70 the house he found Captain Fadda stabbed
and was so frightened that he ran away. His friend
part proprietor OF small circus and that he had pro-
posed to him 10 to Rome scircus troupe
another affair on hand which would make them both
rich. and that he wanted to find officer in the army
who had very rich wife; Captain F.dds. it appears
mcnt was ordered to Rome, on and
another she put OF Joining him. He had fur
sell the furniture and live in rooms till she came:
then she asked him TO sell her piano and send her the
written to him to send her her jeweiry. In fact.
though no legal forms had been gone through, they
were virtually separated and she had no intention Of
her part was. that while with him Il Teri she had
fallen in love with one Of the riders in travelling
circus-Cariinal in fact-and had become his mis-
tress. Her husband seems to have been unaware of
this fact altogether though 1t well known In her
native town. is said TO have been encouraged by
her mother. who preferred Cardina Calabrian. TO
Captain Fadda who native Of sardinia But Fadda
seeing that she lad intention OF returning to live
with him when she wrote for her jewels, went down
to his brother and consult him what was be. to
be done. 1t was during this absence that CARDINAL
came 70 Rome.


ARREST or THE WIDOW


As soon a. these facts became known to the police
telegram was 70 arrest Nine Fadda and send her
70 Rome for examination. She at frst denied all
knowledge OF CARDINAL at length confessed that she
did know him. but had no criminal relations with
him, and had not heard OF him for time.
haa
since been discovered that she sent him, while In
Rome for the express purpose Of numbering her
husband, . post Office order for 50Of. the same
amount which found on his accomplice, and
which TO have been intended to pay their ex-
penses. IL has also out that Cardinais sister
acted sort of go-between for them and
knew Of his journey TO Rome she. too,
has now been arrested, and il IL further
said that Nine Fadda had recently made inquiries
what pension she would receive on her husbands
death. 1t is assuming too much perhaps. to say that
she cognixant Of her lovers Intentions; but pub
lie opinion condemns her. II may be. however that
he concocted the plan himself without her knowl-
edge, thinking that the husband out Of the way he
would have difficulty in persuading her 10 marry
him, and knowing that she must have fortune.
officers allowed to marry unless their wives
bring them at least 30.0O0 of dowry. The murder by
whomsoever planned well arranged beforehand
The murderer came over two hundred miles to put
the plan into execution, and when he found the
tim absent waited about several days till the desired
opportunity arrived.