The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-18
AN ITALIANS VENGEANCE.
The Trial of Luigi Lusignani for
@ the Murder Of His Wife at
Dover, New Jersey.
JEALOUSY THE MOTIVE.

before Judge Dalrymple, at halfpast
eleven O'Clock this morning. The circumstances
OF the murder have already been fully narrated in
the HERALD, the affair having caused a WIDE
spread sensation ct the time OF the occurrence.
Jealousy, az In most Italian murders seems to have
been the motive which prompted Lusignani to the
commission Of the crime with which he stands
charged, his wife having deserted him and gone to
live with Baretti another Italian, IN whose house,
at Dover, the murder was committed.
The court room was crowded, % usual, when the
case was called on. Attorney General Gilchiest
and the District Prosecuting Attorney, Mr. De
Mott, appeared Tor the State, and Messrs vanstta,
wurts Church Childs for the defence. The
prisoner was brought in In the custody Of the
Sheriff. He Is one Of the aE
ruo MILDEsr LOOKING ITALIANS rt ue.
have ever seen, and looks very little like man
capable Of committing o double MURDER. He is
about nve feet SIX inches high ana OF spare Frame
HIS long confinement seems to have told upon his
health, and mis- face II pale TO ghastliness. His
forehead, as is usual with Italians, is high and
broad. and his hair and eyes Of dark brown. The
chief expression OF his face Is that Of vacancy and
It s difficult to imagine that 1t could be kindled
with ferocity. An interpreter sat beside him and
his counsel and another interpreter sat beside the
counsel for the prosecution. It Is expected that
the trial will be very interesting one, the defence
promising some curious revelations Of domestic In.
felicity. They claim that Luig's wife left him and
was living In adulterOus intercourse with Barett
at Dover, and that when Luigi went to claim her
he was assailed by the man and woman, and, In de-
fence of his life, he was compelled to innct the
wounds which caused the death OF Johanna MOOs.
Az the opening of the Court Mr.. Vemetta senior
counsel for the prisoner asked that the trial be put
of until the next term Of Court on account OF the
absence OF material witness for the Defence an
Italian organ grinder by profession, who Is at pres
ent In Savannah, Ca This Witness 1t is alleged,
heard Baretti acknowledge the
ADULTEROUS INTERCOURSE
which he had with the woman MoOsi, and also
heard Baret say that she was useful to several OF
tended that this evidence was not material, and
Afforded no just ground for postponement Of the
case cas- Judge Darymple, upon consideration Of all
should go on, as neither side would ever be better
prepared 70 60 on than they were at present
Jersey considerable delay jury was obtained.
Many challenges were made by the defence on &C
sSs Of aS Judge
an opnon they did So they would "b Be- in the
law, gives the prisoner right to reject man who
had formed an opinion or read q newspaper In
Jersey they wanted an intelligent Jury and not q
Mr.. De Mott opened the case for the prose-
cution, and stated the circumstances, which
vember two men came to the shop Of Baretti. in
Dover, one Of whom was the prisoner. He claimed
the woman as his wife, but she refused to go with
him, alleging, as her reason the fact that she had
been badly treated. When the prisoner found that
the woman
WOULD NOT 60 WITH HIM
he drew knife nom his coat, plunged IL into her
breast and killed her instantly. Barctti then at
tempted to interfere and struggle ensued, in
The knife with which the crime wus committed
was here produced q large butcher knife, bent In
n
Giovanni Baretti, q low sized Italian, with blacl
lived. was the frst witness. The following is hi
testimony! was born In Italy; am twenty-nint
years old; have lived in Dover for the past two
years; i am q shoemaker by trade; the woman
Moosi lived with me as hOusekeeper; on the morn
ing oil the 7th OF November the prisoner
house, H the prisoner said he wanted to speak
TO that woman said, "Well, all right" l was be-
s S sS % h.
sent me away you robbed me Of all my things
''Come in the room alone, have some.
thing to tell she SAID You have
p2ese sa Of Snybody he said, mo, come in the
room alone :" he said so FIVE or SIX times; she
to WH win So oa e01 the
they went out and talked together, and after Tia.
they came inside, and Phillip called out Luigi. and
side and Phillip sat down by the machine; Luig
and the woman were near the counter; Luigi said
''Well, you must COME" and then he pulled the
knife from his coat
AND KILLED HER;
I called out TO stop, and when got near him he
catch his right hand; he then got his knife in his
right hand l held his right hand with my left;
then got him with both hands) ! thought he
take take the knife away; the woman was Al
this time dead upon the stoop; / called for help
and me ' man mef wa: MT COX tns sId 5sI
up and carried her inside; DR.. Crittenden came vi
ana said there was no help for her, 1t was too late
remember nothing more after that, % got insen
Crosse xamIned-l don't remember to have evel
seen the man before that day; had no knife IL
killed; the woman was my housekeeper; the way
came to hire her was this:-I went 70 New Yorl
TO sns woman 8n By she lived in Baxte
street; did not know she was married woman
! got married to the woman afterwards In
New York; / don't recOllect the name o
the priest, the names Of the witnesses or the name
OF the church; she lived with me some time as .
said mot to
in Italy before came to this country, and was ii
stabbing my father; never told any one was II
for that offence; never told any one in New YOr
that would take $1,000 and get any one In thi
DR.. Crittenden, sworn, deposed TO having mad
the post-mortem examination on the body Of tn
woman Johanna Moost; was called and found tn
woman lying on the stoop dead; made the pos
norton the same day, assisted by DR.. Condit
there were two wounds on the chest; the wound
could have been made with knife; one woun
penetrated the left lung; it caused death almos
instantly.
DIR. C0ndit corroborated the testimony OF Dl
Crittenden, and the case was then adjourned unit
this morning.
THE JERSEY CITY MURDER
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tDorfs senfenccd % Thirteen Years Al