New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THE ITALIAN.
MEN WHO SWEAR That TIE MAN CHARGED WITH

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THE ITALIAN.
MEN WHO SWEAR That TIE MAN CHARGED WITH
BRIGANDAGE is NOT EsPosITO
The examination in the case Of the italian
charge with being EspOsito, the Sician brigand
was resumed yesterday before Comm, issioner Os-
born. The attendance of spectators was not rs
many OF the prisoners counrymen watched the
proceedings with apparent interest, The prisoner
shals: DR.. Ullo and ex.Julge Shipman. the counsel
ior I the defence called upon the counsel for the
fba thS Ed to RoduGe any %
EspOstO especiallv those in which mention
made of scar on the forehead and of shot. wound
in the leg as marks of identiicaiion Mr. Coudert
replied that he had seen only one paper which
mentioned the scar, and that was not now in his
The defence produced several witnesses who had
known the prisoner, in NewcOrleans Antonio
in New-Orleans fer twenty-five wears. / am . COM
mission merchant. doing business at thu French
market on the levec. | FREQUENT the place where
prisoner trade there. | saw him q month or two
before tho yellow fever epidemic of 1873. | saw
him up to a short time before his arrest. He bought
lemons, oranges and other k nds of fruit from the
ships and sent them up the river" On cross-exami
Italian bv birth and came TO this country when
three years Of age. There are several hundred
know almost all of them. | noticed the prisoner
because his face was a new one among the dealers.
NV EXPENSES were paid from New-Ol leans and my
board has been paid while here. have received
nothing else The in Orleans UsGan lin in
warm weather. saw the prisoner several times
in the evee before the epidemic began"
Antonio Pellegrini and Giuseppe Proucnzano,
fruit dealers, R,cco Gerachi, q longshorcman. and
Messina Salvatore. seaman al testified that they
mon; hs before the epdemic. He was known to
them by the name of Constance, and was engaged
in buying fruit from vessels at the lcvee and send
ing II north or west Most of these witnesses
not cross-examned by the counsel of the italian
Government: These were young men and appa-
rentlv intelligent.
vlnccnzo Mondini; the last witness examined.
was listened to with much interest. He said
am composltor or typc-setter. | have been in
this city for seven months. Before that lived N
srs n "y hs cas Eaors :, e c sF epTf@ SS
paper. remember famous trial of hrgands in
h%rT% a""" il the rhrs s the r n2 Sspp Sd to
was there six times to get the stcno-
graphers report of what, took place 1 was in the
room sometimes over an hour waiting for COPY
was about twenty feet from the prisoners. There
were twenty Of the prisoners and tEev sat in
first man on the right the brigand Salpietra.
The tn man nett to him was Giuseppe Esposito, alias
these two men; that remember them particu-
arly. 1t is the custom in the Italian courts when
oner TO he called on to stand mp. saw Randaz2i
stand up several times and so saw him distinctly.
THIS man man pointing to the prisoner is not the
higher, had longer beard and was stouter. He
had on his forehead that could be seen eight
PAGES OIL. | saw the brigauds on trial marched in
and out of the courtroom several times Randa2zi
lmped very badly "he general report was that
he had received wound while fighting with
Italian soldiers, Randazz was sentenced to
twentv-six years imprisonment. He was not
., bv breaking ont of the prison van while the
wav to conrt. RandaZzi. Sapietra. and Passatimm
were the three brieands who escaped
On 'cross-examination the witness said Ran
dazzl was very celebrated hriganl Everybody
wondered how he could be so great a brigand with
a lame leg. / first saw the prisoner AT the first
examination"
odd you say in this courtroom when you first
saw him: This is Randazzi; | saw him on his
trialY
Z" I said he looked like Rapdazzi. He looks like
him in the face. but not In the BODY. The chief
editor of the paner on which am employed asked
me if | knew Randazzi. ! told hun | did He
showed me photograph, and said that resembled
Randazzi. When first saw the prisoner in court
thought he resemhlcd Randazz in his face. but not
in his body when he stood mp"
At the conclusion of the testimony of this witness
the examination was adjourned to this afternoon
at one o'clock