The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-16

the help OF some men they were recovered:
nut be took them from the child's hands and
tore them Into pieces and threw them into
the water again, and then, he demanded.
care. you satisfied now?,' She said she
was.
.sFa NOW TELL. TUE TRUTH.
Upon reaching home aud putting the
children to bed. she desired him to 20 to
bed and rest, as he had been travelling and
must be tired. ge refused. Said he came
home for the pictures, and was now going
to leave. She told him please not to go
away-to lay down and rest. But he would
not. Leaving for the bar-room, and near
the packet-o1ice, he locked her left arm In
his right hand tightly. In bis lett hand he
held q knife. On the narrow pathway be
said, This is the time TO tell the truth, and
hush "-rdon't hallool. Ircplied: "Angelo,
OF what you accuse me am Just as tnno-
cent as my little girl, and [seeing the knifcJ
| threw up my arms and said, On, Angelo,
l hope you don't do this to me-" 49,,
Then lie commenced stabbing witness.
She said she got twelve wounds She cried
out aloud. He held her against the wall and
tried to throw her in the water, but she re-
sisted. ,,. ..>.... 49,. ,.q...... 49,. ,.t,,.1
EARLY ACQUAINTANCE. ri.
To questions Of Commonweath's Attor-
ncy: Angelo and l were raised in the same
village (Corregio) in Italy, and came over TO
this country in the same ship. !, First time
saw him after our arrival was in Richmond,
SIN years ago. have three children, aged
respectively nine, seven, ana four years.
Shortly before marriage / bought the fruit
stand at the delot from Angelo. He was
keeping the bar corner Of Eighth and Byrd
when ] married him. '.'
YOUNG LOVES DREAM.
To questions of Mr.. Young: got S1,100
from my first husband. gave Baccieaupo
$3.50 for the iruit-stand. My first husband
has been dead eleven months the Goth OF
this mouth (ApriD. I saw Angelo most
every Gay after my husband died. We
were away on our bridal trip (at Wishing
Tuesday and got back Friday. Pictures
were taken when we got back. rome CT
the pictures was here shown. Angelo was
seated in chair. Mary stood by. with her
iband resting lovingly upon bis shoulder.]
Angelo was kind for eight days. The night
preceding tue day when was first accused
Angelo had slept not at my chamber, but
at the bar with the two men employed
| there.
THE BITTER AND TIE SWEET.
| had eight days Of peace and nine days
! OF accusation. During the latter lie sald
often, "You have been q bad woman con-
less, and I'll for9ive," &c. l said: "Fye
! done nothing; how can confess asked
! him to tell me who said so. He said he
would not; that wanted 10 know too
much. [ turned over the $3.50 to him in
Washington. He saw the money, and said
I had better. give ii to him for safc-keeDng.
Upon bis return to Richmond, the day OF
the stabhing, he came in smiling. went up
and shook hands. He said. "Aftcr all fvc
| done, can | get driDk?" Yes, he was
angry and excited about the pictures.
TUE CouRTsHIP.
| TO Mr.. Hobson: Angelo asked me to
marry linn six months after the death OF
nv husband. don't think he knew how
much money had until The bridal trip.
STRANGE CONDUCT.
, To Mr.. J. S. Wise: The store (bar) was
| in debt some thirteen OF fourteen hundred
! dollars. Yes. there was 4 stock on band.
| Mr.. Wise Was the conduct OF your hEs-
band in leaving you strange and extraorui-
nary:
| II was.
No,I did not know what man he referred
| to. He never told me the man. No such
man lives in the world.
| TO Mr.. Young: No, don't think he was
talking nonsense. He spoke about it so
often that l sometimes said that wished
had something to confess. He was not
| drunk when he attacked me. When he first
asked me TO marry BIN refused, and said
I wouldn't marry again.
FINANCIAL SENSE.
| To CommonwealtE's Attorney: The day
lie went away he had $3.50 OF my mo-
| nev in his rocket, and the note was
due. and he refused to give me "a
id cent" to pay it. Rent was also due.
first asked him for my money three days
after our return from Washington, but he
said that he had money to deposit OF his own,
and would deposit mine in bank with IT.,
and I said, "AlI wrll.'' Told me before
marriage that he had paid off all his debts.
Man at bank said VIC had three days [gracc]
on note. Talked with Angelo before and
after his departure about the note. Told
him upon bis return, when lie asked, "Have
you paid the note:" that the bank had
given me ten days to pay it.
TO Mr. IIobsOn: Angelo told me when
he left that the stock would more than pay
his debts.
1t seemed from imperfect statements Of
witness that on the day of prisoners leay-
ing the city she went to Mr. John S. Wise
to get him to draw up the proper papers to
attach the stock for the money due her chi.-
dren by Angelo.
Recess from about 81 until 5.
Nj. Bernard Peyton assisted the Com
monwcaIih's Attorney during the day, and
osS-ques,ioned sever al witnesses.
Evening Session.
George Z. Ruffir, Henry Anderson, Ser
ceant John II. Hall, and Policemen Fensom
and Sweeney testified to the arrest OF the
prisoner, and incidents connected there
With. The woman's shrcks, and the voice
Of Mr.. Ruffin telling him to let her alone,
caused him to dcsist from lis murderous
work. The prisoner first attempted flight
up the canal bank; Tut finding that lie was
headed off by Mr.. Rullin, rctraced his
steps, and near the Eighth-street bridge
cautiously lei himself down into the canal,
and swan down stream until neatly opposite
| Ual's foundry. when lie caue to land on the
south side, through the shcal water. He
asked Policeman Fensom what hc was ar
rested for The reply was "for shooting
your wife" THAT was the first inpreSslon].
| :.All right" said the prisoner, I" l want you
to stick 10 that.' There was other conver-
sation on this roint. He called attention to
the tact that all the chambers Of his pistol
were loaded. Mr.. Sweeney was OF the opln-
ion that nrisoner was under the Influence OF
LIQUOR, prisoner told him as much Mon
day morning (stabbing occurred Saturday