MURDER OF A COUNTESS
WHAT LED TO THE CRIME. By Cable.—Press Asaoeia t,ion.—Copyright. Rome, March 3. Countess Trigona had resolved to cease her relations with Count Peterno, and to devote herself to her three children. Paterno resented the decision. KINDNESS OF THE QUEEN. Received 5, 5.5 p.m. Rome, March 4. Queen Elena is taking care of Countess Trigona's two daughters. A GAMBLER AND BLACKMAILER. Received 5, 5.5 p.m. Rome, March 4. Peterno is described as a gambler and blackmailer. Countess Trigona, who was little more than a girl, .was induced to pay Peterno's debts until the extortions developed into a scandal, compelling her retiretacnt from a brilliant position at the Quirinal. The tragedy has caused much grief in Court circles.
Baron Vincent Paterno grievously wounded, himself with a revolver, in a private room in a Rome hotel, after having there killed with a hunting-knife a Sicilian, Countess Guilia Trigona, a lady-in-waiting at the Italian Court, who had met him by appointment, and who was recently separated from her husband.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 6 March 1911, Page 5
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