, 1874-09-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


1V|fA- 1Vtl@A@As~f1lAt II
THE ITALIAN MURDER.
Coroner Stophons roBumod tho inquest 1lppn
ho body of Ozzato Gonnario who waH dliod
Aunlay cyonfng In Enat Fourteenth street, ut
1880 a. m. yesterday. Throo Witnesses woro ox-
sr1inod, md whatovor donbt mar hnyo oxatol
previous to their examination was tliBBipatod by
tho positive testimony Of George II. Dakor,
foxton Of tho Wabash Avenue Mothudiat
Church, who stated TINT he witnessed tho af-
fray aud aaw francisco draw knifo and nako
slungo with It at tho doccascd. Tho jury, with
out n1Y i1ositntion, rendered verdict charging
Tranoiauo with having killed ozzato donnnrlo.
TIE PRISONER, -..,
whom aBked II he desired to mako stntomenf,
protested agnnst tho translation Of tho oTldonco
made by tho Interpreters believing tneh 10 oo
biased against him, donlod that llo killed. do'lhh-
rio, and desired to bo tried by m Italian oonrs'
Tho Coroner committed him to awalt tho action
Of tho Grand jury anl directed t!lat I'LL tbo W.T.
a,eeees ho hold In ountoay In default OF SA'e9o
bull each, an exception was made III tho oaso
Of Dakor. tho church aexton. Franolsco apponroa
to think TINT with tho Termination OF cue lhqnest
hts Int hour WIS cotuo; Tor, 90 no vas marched
o IN custody Of oteSa s ocol " n" ~ te a y o
woro approaching tho Bcaffoid of doath
sEyEnIo DE LAQUELLA,
onn AZ tho p]eyors In tho gan1e Of rnorra and
ono OF the inmates of thls charming 1tahn r.
ooased and tho prisoner quarrclcd, and called oue
nnniIcr thieves that deceased, In response to
n cInlleugo from the prisoner, roao from. tho
ssps leading 10 70 the hoas 9n o MSsh fa he o sas YES
sidewalk, Francisco being tho under ono. Wit
moss sa,s knifo in tho prisoners right hand
when both io!l, aud Raw him Use 1t on tho do
coasctl, giving him m undorhand thrust III tho
side. Tho ,priaoner, wthosa eaid, ''aa bad
rllarnctcr,-he WAS thief.
nAFFAELE CohIatEnE ...
testified III tho English Language. This waH
quite relief both to tho Coroner and jury, aud
thoy Expressed their eatisYaction. Commoro said
wns drunk, ana wantca to to aiowod to p]ay,
and after Homo wrangling ho WAS admitted into
tho game. He lost aoveras games to tho do
ceascd, and then refused to pGy. Some nngtty
words werc then exchanged, aud deceased batlo
wise ho would 'liak him, The prisoner then
dba}1enged toceasud to fight. Whom FranciBco
was getting Tie worBs OF the fight 10 drow 2
knife from lis pocket aud stabbed tito tlocoaAed
To tile Jnry-lho Italinna carry knives as
general thing; sometimes thoy uso razors aud
Do Laquolla gavo his Testimony through
interpreters, mud aa he, and evon tho
iuterproters armoared TO have same ieelt''G t'
Btabbng wore not altogether satisfactory to the
jury. The Testimony of
MI. NAEEn,-
who Ia not I'LL Italian, and cannot bs supposed
to h1ya auy btaa,-whtch follows, waa received
by tho Jury ns convincing proof Of Francseo's
responsibility for tho death Of Gonnarlo. Mr.
Dnher said reside st No. 754 Indiana ave-
nue; nm sexton Of Wabaeh Ayonue Methodist
Church. A. TWENTY-FIVE minutes j., before ~
Church tn firft lin for CFGuiUT EGrYiCG, lnl
as passed No. d East Fourteenth stroot, my
attention was attracted by five persons sitting
on the atoop Of tho house No. 2. Two Of tho
tiyo persons woro 'tal'slng loud. 20" the pris
onor Traucinco aud thu witness Dc 1aqualla
eeiao hold Of Getrnrio, anl drug him through
tho Gato leading to tho house stoop, beat hin,
with their fats, aud knock him down on the side
walk. While docoaaed was down Rafraolo
Co1nnoge Ia Mitncss) aud another young fellow
took part With tho rrisonor anu Do I4aquciln in
heating tho deceased. GonnnElo tricd to riao
from tho sidewalk, and Francisco prevented
him. Deceased then lsy tho s,dowalk iahlolasng
drawing np'h knees. aaw Francisco draw out
q knife plunge 1t iuto Gcnnariob side, replace 1t
in the vaiat. band Of his pantaloonH from, which
ho dtow 1t, nnd thon run nway. IN minute ho
returned, picked up his hut, which Was III tho
strcet, aTd again ran away. ..
--any Of rtham7
Daker-Woli, 1'don't want this 10 go in tho
paper. lam acquainted with some OF them IN
this way. The mon,bers Of the congregation,
when thoy hayo Job to do, ouch aa beating cur
pen aud TINT. give the job to mo, and liliro
tAcAc mon to beat tho earpetB for can hire
them cheap. But don't waut this to 60 in tho
The Goroner:inforncd tho jury TINT ho had no
further Testimony to o1rer. DR.. D. A. X. Steele
foreman OF tho jury, thou said: My opinion is,
thoao mon Ind fight and Genuario waa stnbbot! !;
Francisco stabbed him and think wo ought to
1,,,1 Il ,nfr Erir1ir10t
There il some conflict OF testimony as to details
hut they wcro all moro or loss drunk, and cannot
bo expected to hays very clear recollection of
what transpl,ed. There is, however, no conflict
of,ovidonco as to tho killing, nor as to who ill.,
tlictcd tho atah~wound."
Tho other jurors ac1uicacing In Dr.. stee}o's
opiuion, rendered. d verdict aa stated.