Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-17

latter stepped up to the basement door steps anu
gave the alarm, when n man, supposed to have
b en Cancelni, for it was scarcely light, present
ed q pistol at his head, and threatened to shoot
him, which caused him to retreat Soon alter
wards policeman Anderson appeared with the
view of making an arrest, when nc was shot
dead. One witness swOre positively 10 Cdiicc
mi being the man, who, Immediately after the
firing, was seen running West along Grand
street, and then along Elm street TO his resi-
dencc, where he was pursued and arrested, has
abode bein. a sort OF mysterious place filled
! with curious articles of jcwclry, &c. mother
witness sworc that the person who tired the
pistol was seen running up Centre street To-
wards Broomr street. This created 4 donjf rs
to the guilt OF Cancemi, and, hence, in ali has
trials the difficulty Of conviction. He la,
been tried four times: LIST. The jury could not
agree. Cd. He was convicted, ami the case
Carried I'D and a new trial ordered
3rl. Tried ard convicted hy II jurors by his
own consent. The higher Court decided that
his trial, and conviction by icSS than II jurors,
though he consented TO il, was illegal. 4th. y
new trial has Just come oil, and the jury has
inst returned 4 verdict OF nanS,aughter in the
first degree. The penalty OF which is imprison
mcnt for no, les than seven years nor more
tlan ten. HIS lawyers have protested against
hi, late trial, OF tie plea. that a mans lie
cann); be pct in Jeopardy twice for the same
offence. and claim hi, discharge. Counsel foT
the people, will also likely move to sc; aside
the verde. oi she jury as being contrary TO
law and The evidence. The jury were confined
for nearly two days and nights, with 10 Tor
conviction of murder. and two for %aciu'i;al,
hcncc, the verdict was p~rohahi! Il sort 81
coinprcnis.. He wa, either guilty Of olnr-
Icr. or Of aothin.. His running At ;'ic time
uf the 5,hooting, III, friends say, WAS III acchr-
dance wi;h. the customs of llaiy. where all per.
sons, innocent or no;, found near a murdered
man, are arrested. ii,nc-, il cases ~ this
kind. all spectators take to their heels. Ohe
thing is certain, the whole Italian population
OF Ncw York seemed TO be thoroughly c'n-
yiucci o; his entire ianoceric,. and they ha:c
stuck - h;m like 4 band Of nroihcr-. iiicy
ha:c spare, no 'nonay o. cXcrti1nS IN Ms nc
na.f. There ARE these among oar Italian ctl-
2cns Of character ami responsibility, who have
.nowu Cancemi and his family from boyhooL,
and who seem iiru.ly Convinced that lie dd
not Kill tuicr>on--an ACT they ale. &C to he
inconsistent with The character Of his whole
NE. At every trial his Italian friends have
been seen in court, with their large, dark and
expressive eyes, and high iorchcIds, aid rather
handsome ana regular formed features. iiieir
countcnanccs have given more expression OF
anxiety and %f,cliH. than their quict, patical.
civil anu ~taciturn department. Il! ne escapes
with his life, he will he chiefly indebted ipr It
10 the cXcrtionS of his fellow co,intryIncn. with.
out whose pccuniary and O:hcr AID, his tate
would long since have been sealed. Canccmi
was an active patriot in his own country. anu