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Article MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
their complaints were laid before the king , who instantly disannulled the clause , and the prisoners obtained their liberty on the footing of the first decree . Before the institution of a second trial the Marquis D'Avena thought proper to represent to the king , in a private audience , that the only means of making a discovery of the real truth would be , to interrogate under-hand the Polanderknown bthe name of Albert
, y Sayupner , Spadincorpo , and the Milanese , Giovanni Rho . His majesty having consented , these three persons were interrogated , in presence of the minister of state , Marquis de Marco , and the president of justice , Marquis de Cito : they confessed the details formerly mentioned ; and Spadincorpo petitioned for perpetual imprisonment , thathe miht bthat means be in surety against the revenge of
Pal-, g y lante , who had -already sacrificed above a hundred victims . His request was granted . Pallante had the mortification in an instant to see the scene entirely changed ; the foundation on which he had built his engines on a sudden to give way ; the brilliant chimeras which'had intoxicated himbecame horrid spectres to his the mask fell to the ground ,
, eyes ; and his treachery was fully discovered to the view of the public . The first thought which offered itself to his imagination was that of revenge , and removing the witnesses of the truth . Massini , alia ( Spadincorpo , was already in safety , as before mentioned . The Milanese , Giovanni Rho , had entered into the service of a Neapolitan
prince of the first rank , too hig h a station for Pallante to meddle with . There only remained the Polander , whose existence was a perpetual torment to him . The poor fellow soon after was taken ill ; an insupportable pain in his bowels would not permit him to keep his bed . His master , Count Hubsch , -would not allow any body to approach him ; yet the servants of the house declared , after his death , that they had seen him roll about on the floorcrying out that he was poisoned .
, That same evening he expired , and in the middle of the nig ht was carried , without the least ceremony , by two porters , under the conduct of a domestic belonging to Count Hubsch , to the church of St . Marc , and thrown into a vault , according to the wretched custom at Naples . The declaration of the servants , above mentioned spreading through the townPonsardthe Frenchmanpresented a petition to t .. e royal
, , , tribunal of justice to obtain an order for the inspection of the body . From motives which remain a secret the seaich was not made . The following night , a common working mason , or plasterer , with a sack of quick-lime ; Nicolo Capellaro , a person devoted to the service of Pallante , with a strong rope ; a servant belonging to the court , carrying a dark lanternand the keys of the churchaccompanied by a fourth
, , person , who stiled himself a notary , or scrivener , all went together . Having entered they strongly bolted the doors on themselves ; there boldly defying the horrible darkness of the holy place , they opened the vault . An abominable smell which issued from the yauU , or , perhaps , 9 remains of terror prevented them from descending , when the notary * S 5 3
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
their complaints were laid before the king , who instantly disannulled the clause , and the prisoners obtained their liberty on the footing of the first decree . Before the institution of a second trial the Marquis D'Avena thought proper to represent to the king , in a private audience , that the only means of making a discovery of the real truth would be , to interrogate under-hand the Polanderknown bthe name of Albert
, y Sayupner , Spadincorpo , and the Milanese , Giovanni Rho . His majesty having consented , these three persons were interrogated , in presence of the minister of state , Marquis de Marco , and the president of justice , Marquis de Cito : they confessed the details formerly mentioned ; and Spadincorpo petitioned for perpetual imprisonment , thathe miht bthat means be in surety against the revenge of
Pal-, g y lante , who had -already sacrificed above a hundred victims . His request was granted . Pallante had the mortification in an instant to see the scene entirely changed ; the foundation on which he had built his engines on a sudden to give way ; the brilliant chimeras which'had intoxicated himbecame horrid spectres to his the mask fell to the ground ,
, eyes ; and his treachery was fully discovered to the view of the public . The first thought which offered itself to his imagination was that of revenge , and removing the witnesses of the truth . Massini , alia ( Spadincorpo , was already in safety , as before mentioned . The Milanese , Giovanni Rho , had entered into the service of a Neapolitan
prince of the first rank , too hig h a station for Pallante to meddle with . There only remained the Polander , whose existence was a perpetual torment to him . The poor fellow soon after was taken ill ; an insupportable pain in his bowels would not permit him to keep his bed . His master , Count Hubsch , -would not allow any body to approach him ; yet the servants of the house declared , after his death , that they had seen him roll about on the floorcrying out that he was poisoned .
, That same evening he expired , and in the middle of the nig ht was carried , without the least ceremony , by two porters , under the conduct of a domestic belonging to Count Hubsch , to the church of St . Marc , and thrown into a vault , according to the wretched custom at Naples . The declaration of the servants , above mentioned spreading through the townPonsardthe Frenchmanpresented a petition to t .. e royal
, , , tribunal of justice to obtain an order for the inspection of the body . From motives which remain a secret the seaich was not made . The following night , a common working mason , or plasterer , with a sack of quick-lime ; Nicolo Capellaro , a person devoted to the service of Pallante , with a strong rope ; a servant belonging to the court , carrying a dark lanternand the keys of the churchaccompanied by a fourth
, , person , who stiled himself a notary , or scrivener , all went together . Having entered they strongly bolted the doors on themselves ; there boldly defying the horrible darkness of the holy place , they opened the vault . An abominable smell which issued from the yauU , or , perhaps , 9 remains of terror prevented them from descending , when the notary * S 5 3