A GIRL'S REVENGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 29 December 1906, Page 4

A GIRL'S REVENGE.

New York, October ;>O. Another murder tiia! m which the. '■unwritten lav." is Invoked us sullicient defence for a beautiful !_ r irl who slew the man who had wronged her is piwcding at :-or.i"rvillc, New .Jersey. '•(;od justifies a woman when she kills the null) who ruined her"' v,v■, l'lormdi I!ario'« <«l;n l>l»'a >li;' ww placed on trial for her life ■">' tin* itiur kT of Alexander Uimolo. on dun" •< <<!•(! is said to be the lovelier-; of a!! tiie Italian girls in Xew Jersey, ai:4 her, classic beauty held the court spellbound when, in answer to her name, .-he rose before Judge Garrett' son, tiie pallor of her complexion, after live months in prison, enhancing the elleet cf her raven black hair and liiptid black eyes. Calmly and composedly si,:: Vnade her declaration of justification. "[ shot him with a revolver which he gave me in the hope 1 would kill myself, lint 1 killed him instead. He deserved to <iie."

Dipaolo, who was styled King of the Italian Colony of t-omerviiic. was a prosperous saloon-keeper wito posed as a bachelor, Lhough he hud a wife living apart. It was the familiar story. The gilt under a promise of marriage, consented to aojoiiipanY lain, to Washington, and there, on various excuses, he postponed the ceremony. When they returned to iSomerviile she discovered the deception, but be took it for granted that she would continue their relation:', and placed her in a boarding house. The girl was helplessly in his, power, and continued to receive hjjn, though smarting "Under a tense -of her injuries aud frei;uently .juarrelling with luiii.

On the night-"of June 2, ])ipaolo : called to see iter aud tl:<-re was an aagry scene. 'i'he girl had frequently threatened to kill herself. "Kill yourselL tht:u. lam tired of you,*' said 1/ipaolo. '' 1 f you mean that, i will, ' said the girl; "hut give nie something to do it with." JJipaolo pulled out his loaded revolver and handed it to her. the girl took it and shot him dead. Then, with the revolver still in her hand, site walked to the police station and calmly told licr story.