The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-17

STATEMENT OF THE ACCUSED - THE
WOUNDED WOMAN CARED FOR, &C, &C.
Angelo Baccigalupo, who keeps a bar
room on Eighth street near the canal
stabbed his wife on Saturday night in several
places, and then, it Is alleged, attempted to
throw her into the canal.
They left their place Of residence, No. i22
Eighth street, talking to one another appa-
rently pleasantly, between and O'Clock,
he having said he intended to leave the city.
She followed him from the house, walking
in the direction OF the canal. Reaching the
canal they turned up, or in the direction OF
Seventh street, and it was iii the open space
not far from the packet-otfice that the alleged
attempt al murder was made.
SCENE OF TIE ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Very few persons were passing along
Seventh street ut the time The shocking AZ
fair occurred, and the bridge across the
canal at Eighth street being closed for re-
pairs, Of course no one would be likely to
be passing along that street. The point
which appears to have been selected for the
horlid crime Is OH the north side OF the
canal between Seventh and Eishth streets.
in the vacant space near the packet stables,
and ten or fifteen feet from the waters edge.
1t is an ugly, gloomy place. Not ray Of
light from the neishboriny gas-lamps on
Seventh and Eighth streets eve. penctrutcs
that dark recess, and 1t was there that the
scuftle began, and there, it is believed, where
she received her first wound.
LIFE OR DEATH.
When BaccigaIupo and his wife reached
ct hat Enr ho
ped her or not could not be clearly asccr-
tanned, but there they stopped. Knife in
hand, he drew her nearer and nearer the ca
nal, at the same time giving her stab after
stab in the breast, side, arm, abdomen, and
on tue back OF the head. When his pur-
pose became fully revealed TO her, and pro-
badly not until she bad received one or two
wounds, did she cry for help. and, luckily,
that help was near ut hand in the persons Of
three OF the city's wcll-trcd and faithful o.
ticeIs-Sergcant John Il. Hall and Officers
Sweeney and Fcnsom. Hall and FCnsom
were at the corner OF Seventh and Canal
streets. and hearing her cries ran down the
stone walkway along the edge OF the canal
to the point from which the sound cane.
SWIM FOR FREEDOM.
They were not many seconds in reaching
her, Sweeney having preceded them by
jumping across The open space in the bridge
which is being repaired. Bacclgalupo fed
from the approaching policemen towards
the basin, and when he reached the point
at which the canal enters the basin Jumped
in and swan for the opposite shore, or
rather in line with the gaS-lamp which
stands on the south side OF the basin near
McssrS. Joseph Hall Il Co.'S foundry. Ser
geant Hall at first did not see the man in
the water, but, stopping down so as to let
the light fall upon the water in such way
as to get good view, saw first the light rip
pies and then the head of the man as he
swan for his freedom. Sweeney and Fen
som went back to the other side and took
the accused into custody as he came out OF
the water, and conveyed him without resist
auce to the Second police station-house.
THE WOUNDS.
When Sweeney reached Mrs. Baccigalupo
he found that two young men had already
gone to her assistance. TO Sweeney she
said, II am shot; Angelo has shot me.
lie then tried TO throw me into the ca-
nal, but I was too smart woman for that.
Bv this time Sergeant Hall came up, and
carried the woman into Mrs. O'Brien's
house, on Eighth street 4 few doors above
where one OF Bacclgalupo's bar-rocmi was
kept. Several physicians were sent for.
Dr. Parker finally came, and, under many
difficulties, made Il curSorv examination OF
the unfortunate WOman'S wounds. y Bowie
knife appeared to have been used, and one
wound had penetrated the breast. There
were three others cu her right Grm, one be-
hind her ear. two in her side. and two in the
abdomen. The wounds were dressed, and
by II O'Clock there were indications OF a
slight Improvement in her condition.
There NAV have been other cuts. but
tbey had not been found when this para
graph was w:ittcn.
RECENT MARRIAGE.
Bacciealupo had very recently married
his wife, who was then widow, and said
10 he his cousin. She had three children
by her first marriage. He had never been
married before. Very little is knowr, or
at least was asccrtaned Saturday night, OF
any previous difficulty, il the parties had
ever had any. They bad only been mar
ried about two weeks, and it is hardly to he
supposcd that there had been any in
felicity in that short time. lie left
the city Saturday morning at o'clock,
or. at least said be was going away.
He packed his trunk and took al! OF his
money and disappeared for some hours. In
tbo afternoon he came back to the store No.
1o2 Eighth street, where, it is reported, his
wife and himself had some words about 4
box OF lemons.
At the house where the wounded woman
was living Saturday night the writer was told
that Mrs. Baccisalupo had said that her
husband had 5000 OF her money. which he
received from her when on their recent
bridal tour, prosessedly for safe-kccping.
THE PRISONERS PROPERTY.
When the prisoner was searchcd at the
Second police-station two rolls OF money,
amounting to $500, were found in his
pockels. He lad in his pocket-book Il
:. .scaIped' ticket with coupons for passage
from Richmond to Washington. lie had on
his pcrson, also, 4 Colts parlor four-shoo:cr.
All the chambers were loaded. The knife
with which it is supposed the cutting was
done was not found on him. \ heavy
nocket-kuiie, with blade about four inches
lon", was taken from his person.
STORY OF THE ACCUSED.
A reporter Of this paper sought IN inter
teryicw with Baccigalupo about 10 O'Clock
Saturday night.
Sergeant Angle, who was in charge OF the
Second station ut that hour, SAID IL was o'
no use to try to get the prisoner to tax
that all he had to say was that he wanted ta
see Dir. Young; but still the effort was
made. p.oo;,,o
When the cell-door was opened baccIsa
limo was not to be seen. Tic was doWl
mon the floor. covered with blanket ant
| pretended to be asleep. lie didn't answer
when his name was called, but vigorous
shaking caused him to get up. lie enen IN Il,
nocensly asked in badly broken EnSl,s'
whot WAS the matter. Being told that hl
| .,,-t ~ tbe cuttinr was wanted Tor nnD