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

AT IL O'Clock Yesterday morning in the
Hustiucs Court-Judge George l.. Christian
presiding-the case OF Angelo Baccigalupo.
charged with attempting to Kill his wife on
the night sf the 18th OF March, was called.
The court. room was crowded. Many OF the
men clnging to the railing had familiar
faces, as il they had been holding their
ground since the Poihdextcr trial.
Commonwealth's.Atto George ID.
Wise said, in reply to q question from the
Judge, that be was ready to 60 on with
the; case Mr.. John B. Young and Messrs.
Wise & Hobson were present to represent
the prisoner. Mr.. Wise said that DR.. w.
w. Robertson, of Baltimore, their most inn
portant witness, was on his way here, and
he would ask delay until the arrival OF the
northern train. Granted. About 11:50
O'Clock DIR. Robinson arrived EN<
GtILrY on NOT GUTETY.- .'
BacciraIupe was then arraigncd. TO the
question of the Clerk, (Andrcw Jinkins,
Fen \ How say you. Angelo Baccigalupo,
are vou guilty or not guilty OF the felony
whereof YOU stand indictcd?" it was quite
evident that the prisoner did not know eX-
ac,ly what to say. Mr.. ioun" was, bow
ever, prompt .tosce his dilemma, and said,
:. Say not cuiitY.'' The prisoner Gid so. I
Baccisalupo is an Italian, about thiriy-tivc
wears of age. His face is not q bad one. His
hair ia dark. not black, and his moustache
and imper,al are OF a. ~broWnishs shade. He
was neatly dressed and freshly shaYen, and
seemed 10 be anrinterestcd il not9an3lntelli-
gent observer OF passing events. Thes1nl-
prisoument Of thirty days had allowedsall
the LIQUOR to ooze out Of him, but there
was still slight strawberry TINT at fthe
point OF his roSe.
OPINIONS FIXED AND OTHERWISE.
The vcnlremcn were called and examined
bv the Judge and counsel for defence.
These gentlemen had nearly all read some
thing about the case in the newspapers:
but only Mcssrs. II. Cecil Ball, joseph w.
Evans, Joseph w. IlEndIcy, and w. NJ.
Maben had formed SUCH opinion as to dis
qualify them.
John Addison, William A. Alley, Joseph
j. Anderson, John +. Shrn5crger, William
j. Gentry. Basit Gordon. Thomas Z. Da-
shell. George w. Cottrcll. Charles Behle,
and Lewis II. Blunt were accepted.
James Z. Lacy had known Mrs. Bacciga-
calupo previous to this affair and symra-
thizcd with her; but nevertheless thought
he could give prisoner fair trial. He was
told 10 stand aside.
g TALES FOR TWELVE.
The Judge awarded tales OF twelve.
The Clerk prepared the paper. Mr.. Young
eXcepttd to il for errors and irregularities
apparent upon it face. Overruied.
>The Twelve men were at once secured.
Mcssrs. Norton r. Savage, Miles {. Crow
dis, Louis W. Plzzini and 2. II. Starkc, OF
the twelve, were examined and discharged.
Charles Z. Miller had, like most OF the
others. read the newspaper reports, but he
volunteered the sue gcstion that such things
are ALWAYS exaggerated. Some members OF
the bar seemed to be especially delighted
bv aIr. MiIlcr'S remark. lie was accepted.
Mcssrs. William :. Davis, John j. Cannon,
Julius Straus, B. Alsop. and w. Fletcher
Richardson were also accepted.
A LOTTERY.
Counsel for accused retired. and after
consultation came into court md declined
to exercise their privilege OF. striking Oft four
names from the list.
The Clerk then put twelve red and four
white balls in box, and the selection by
lot commenced. Mcssrs. Addison and Al
lev were the first two called to the box.
They drew white balls, and were dis
charged. MessrS. StrauS Snd Richardson
were the other fortunate ones.
The iury-consisting OF slessrs. Ander-
son, Blunt. Shinbcrgcr, Gentry, Gordon,
Cannon, DashiclI, Cottrell, Behlc, Miller,
Davis, and Alsop-were then SWORD.
~ CHARGE TO THE JURY.
The Clerk having stated that the prisoner
was indicted for feIoniously and unlawfully
cutting and wounding his wife with attempt
to kin, &c, read the charge, rs follows:
Your charge. therefore, is to inqulre whe'
thcr he be guilty of the ielonious cutting
stabbinr, and wounding. with intent &c
MAIN, disi2ure, disable, and Kill, OF Whlci
he stands indicted, or not guilty. Ii yot
fnd him guilty, you arc further 10 inquire
whether he be guilty OF malicious or ol uf'
lawful cutting, stabbing, and woundlne
with the intent aforesaid. Ii you find hin
guilty OF malicious cutting. staoblng,
land woundng with the intent aforesaid.
YOU are then to ascertain the term OF
his confinement IN the penitenllary ut nol
less than one nor more than ten years; II
YOU find him not guilty OF malicious cut
ting. stabbnc, and wounding, hut guilty
Of unlawful cutting, stabbing, and wound
inc. with the intent aforesaid, you are then
at YOUR discretion TO ascertain The term oi
his confinement in the penitentiary at no!
less than one nor more than five years, or III
,:iali not exceeding twelve mouths, ana dassess
/ bis fine not exceeding 5000. II you mo
| him not gullty, say SO anu Ho ihole' Ho
hearken to the evidence.
THE WRONGED WIFE.
Mrs. Mary BaccSalupo was the first Wit
ness called. She seems TO be about thlfiy
or thirty.iive years cf age. Her appearance
is rather propo>SessinS. She was Gressed
in black. In the beginning she had the
l.court-house fright very badly, ard spoke
with such rapidty in her broken Engllsh
that the counsel for defence had TO beg her
to lessen the rate Of speed. They couldn't
take down more than about one word IN
six Of what she uttered.
| Mrs. Baccigalupo was widow when she
on the 18th OF February, married accused
She bad $3.50 (Which belonged TO her chi;-
dren), which she, at his request, OH the
| wedding trip. turned over to him for safe
keeping. After 4 happy honeymoon Of
eight days uhey in the mean time having
had their photographs taken together in
Rlchmond) prisoner began accusing her OF
infdelity. which she always denied. He
euaeayorui to make her confess, but with
out avail. On The 10th OF March he LETT
Richmond for good. rs he sasd, winch he
had tAraateEed many times before, because
she would not confess He woa:id not say
where he twas going, ,sor would ZEE give ber
s3ss to pay note due by the house. About
5 o'closk the same day he returned to the
bar.room on Eighth ard Byrd; they shook
hands, and he asked for drink, slich he
got. p-