Mezzoni the Brigand — page 188: what you’re looking at

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180 MEZZONI THE BRIGAND. men who had accompanied the successful expedi- tion. The sum received by the worthy and able Mr. Bush, in addition to that paid to him by Woolf & Co., really amounted to a small fortune to one of moderate desires. The trial of the countess for the poisoning of her husband afforded a topic for the Neapolitan gossips of rare and continued interest, until she was found guilty and condemned to imprisonment for life. Since her arrest, a return of the peculiar condition, in which the detective had once seen her, was Visi- ble. She seemed like one walking in her sleep, and growing worse from day to day, she was finally re- moved from the prison to an insane asylum. Here she soon after died without having recovered her realizing sense at all. Poor misguided, passionate woman! She reaped as she had sown. | Alberto Corrello and Mezzoni, as the detective finally discovered, were one and the same, but a pro- tracted career of successful villainy was at last closed. It was no longer surprising that the brig- ands had been so well informed of all that transpired within the city, for the bravo, who acted as his own spy, was constantly in the very midst of such occur- rences as he desired to note. In his double charac- ter, and possessing a remarkable faculty for disguis- ing himself, almost in an instant, he was a most adroit and intelligent villain. The true story of this famous brigand will ever form a romantic page in Italian history. He was tried and condemned to death, but was re- manded to prison and allowed one month to prepare _for execution. There were those in Naples who knew Alberto sufficiently to express the confident opinion GEomicboo <S:-CcO