Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1915 — Will Written In Blood. [ARTICLE]

Will Written In Blood.

The will of an Italian soldier was written with his own blood as he lay dying of bullet wounds. When reconnoitering enemy trenches at Riva, on Lake Guards, in the world war, the soldier was discovered by'the Austrians, and a hail of bullets laid him low. After the rescue of his body it was found that, while bleeding to death, he had removed his coat, spread it on a rock and written, with a stick dipped in his own blood, a short will leaving the little which he possessed to two young orphan nieces. The tunic was sent to a notary for execution of the testament and is preserved in the Italian archives.