The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-30
TIE ITALIAN MURDER CASE.
Trial Of Michael dc Rosa IN the Oyer
and Vcrminer.

THAI OF MtCbacs he KGsA I'm thc oyer
and Termlncr.
swarthy little Italian, named Michael DE Rosa
was put on trial yesterday in the Court of Oyer
Termincr, before Judge lngraham, on charge 0
wnll murder. The statement OF Mr.. Sullivan, As
sistant District Attorney, was that on the POI 0
February Giovanni Patreli, who resided In Baxter
street, but worked at No. 81 Mulberry street, got
into a quarrel with De Rosa accused him of an
assault and slapped him In the face. The two men
closed and fen, and while they were down Patrelli
received stabs In the abdomen back, arm and hand
from the effects of which he died IN three days. It
was minated that the wife, who was looking on nc
the tight and picked up the bloody knife, would be
an unwilling witness
Mary Patre wife Of the deceased, was sworn
but showed q disnclination to tell what she knew
about the affair, and was let down from the stand,
in consideration OF her assertion that She was half
crazy, AMI could not wen remember.
Louis Cafazzaiari, who shrugged and smiled and
gesticuated perpetualy while giving his evidence,
testified that ne saw the two men struggling on the
ground, and each had hold OF the knife.
The weapon was then handed up for identilca-
ton. The handle was about seven inches long,
very thick, and the blade about the same length
two inches wide at the bottom and doube-edged.
The witness grasped the dagger ana set to work
TO explain how it all happened. As he darted the
blade around We point came into dangerous prOx-
unity with the breast OF the interpreter, Count
Cazenski, who thereupon involuntarily shrunk
backward out OF arms length.
A number Of Italian eyc-witnesses were eX-
amncd, but nothing 10 criminate the prisoner could
be extracted from any Of them.
Oncer Darcy testified that hearing that man
had been stabbed at 81 Mulberry street. he searched
the premises ana found the prisoner hiding between
two bags Of old rags iI Il dark cellar; ~ carried
him 70 the hospital, and t15re the dying man
identified him as the man who stabbed him, and
identiied the daggCl knife now in court.
Raymon Anlablle, one OF the surgeons at Centre
Street Hospital, described the wounds on the de
ceased aud in order TO explain to the jury The di-
rectiOn OF the cut on the hand OF the deceased
took q pen and drew u dab Of ink across his palm
The witness also testified that he questioned the
dying man in Italian and he told him he was cut by
DE Rosa.
CAUSE or THE QUARREL
Dr.. Amabile further testified that the prisoner
told him in presence OF Parell that the affair hap
pened in this way :--Patrclli went for coal leaving
his wife IN the yard; De Rosa took her shawl and
was placing IL around her shoulders, when the hus-
band returned ana thinking De Rosa was taking
liberties with his wife struck him. and In the strug
gle cut himself with his own knife.
DR.. Marsh Deputy Coroner, was also examined.
number OF witnesses proved that the knife be-
longed TO the deceased, and that IL was he who
attempted the life OF DE Rosa.
Michael De Rosa, the prisoner sworc that he was
standing in the yard and the deceased came out
and Kicked him In the side and struck him In the
mouth knocked him down and throtted him with
the right hand and with the left drew q knife and
struck at his neck he seized Patrelli's hands and
tney Dotn struggled and NJ length he got away but
he doesn't know how Patre got stabbed.
The wife OF the deceased was recalled, ana she
sN0re she never saw the knife with her husband
until the day he was stabbed
fhe Court then adjourned until this morning.