SHOCKING CASE OF INCARCERATION.
A sad affair has lately been brought to light in Italy. In a email cave near TJdina a woman was found who had been imprisoned there 33 years. In 1844 she became attached to an Austrian officer, but her father, a violent hater of the Austrians, who at that time were in possession of that part of Italy where he resided, refused his consent to a marriage. The girl stated that she would then marry without his permission. He dissimulated his anger, and during, a walk, in which he accompanied her, he induced her to descend into the cave with him by means of *a rope ladder with a view of examining it. He was the first to ascend to the surface, and, withdrawing the ladder, left her. She was regularly supplied with food and clothing. Even when her cruel father died Bhe was not released, for her sister, whose hatred towards the Austrians was equally great, continued the imprisonment. The unfortunate woman, on her liberation, had a complexion of a death-like pallor, caused by the darkness in which she had so long lived, and her voice had departed, through constant cries for help during the early part of her sequestration. She could only speak in a hoarse whisper.
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Kumara Times, Issue 408, 16 January 1878, Page 4
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