Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-06
DEATH OF MoRELLI.
He Dies from his wound-Inquest Held
The Verdict,

ne UleS from Els WOunu-4A4oss'
The Verdict.
Peter Morelli. who was shot by George
Milasich in the New Campi Restaurant, OF
K street, last Wednesday evening, died from
his wound on Saturday evening at about II
o'clock. His remains were removed to Coroner
Vermilya's office, where post mortem was
held yesterday forenoon by DIR. j. +. Mont
eomery. who made the following report: u
have this day, with the assistance OF Drs'
Tvrell and Bruno, made post norton ex-
animation of the body of Peter Morelli, and
| find upon it pistol shot wound on the right
| front part of the chest, about four inches be-
low and two to the right of the right nipple.
The ball penetrated the cavity of the chest
between the seventh and eighth ribs, ranging
inwards and backwards, and escaping the
lung, passing through the diaphragm into
the abdominal cavity and through the
right lobe of the liver. little below the
middle, and lodging against the peritoneal
covering of that organ on its posterlor or
under surface, the membrane being lacerated
but not sufficiently to allow the complete
passage through it of the ball. The ball Is
conical in shape, and Immediately behind and
against j. was found a cotton wad. There
was large amount Of blood in the abdominal
cavity, arising from the wounded vessels OF
the liver, and the evidence of peritoneal IN.
fiammation was cor siderable, as shown in ex-
tensive adhesions of the Serious membrane
covering the viscera. / am satisfied that
death resulted from the wound described"
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon
by Coroner Vermilya, District Attorney
Buckley and City Attorney Anderson con-
1 al ~ xrJtn
addition to the statements of Jacob Eichman
and Henry G. johnson, which have hereto
fore been published, the following testimony
was given:
George Milasich, the accused, was sworn
and testified: l am proprietor OF the New
Campi Restaurant; my name is George
Milasich. I knew the deceased, Peter Mo-
relli he worked fer me few days. l some
times called him "Pettata." l came in the
house about o'clock Wednesday. June l,
1881. took some money to pay my bills.
Found the deceased inside or behind the bar.
He got the pistol in his hands. He said he
minute the shot of the pistol came out. I
spoke then and said, "What is the matter of
you 20 He said ~ don't know myself" He
said 81 shot myself" That time 1 lifted up
the pistol after the shot. lie said Sc want
to go, and fell down, and after that crowd
came in the house. I picked the pistol up
from the floor. Then the crowd came in.
Then the officers came in and took me along.
That is all l know. Witness here
shown the pistol and identifies the
same as the one that belongs 20
the house and the one that did the shooting. |
The deceased was behind the counter when l
came in. He was still behind the counter
when the shot was fired; right beside the
cracker-box. did not put the pistol in any
box don't know where l put the pistol
after picked it up; I felt sorry about the
man being shot, and don't know what l did
with the pistol. don't remember whether
l said anything about the d@s-- of
b. trying to kill me. l never accused the
deceased of telling any one that was drunk.
don't know whether Morelli told any one
that / was drunk. l can't remember moth
ing. If said that he was j. s. of
b and tried to kill me I don't remember
it. was down to Morris restaurant that
afternoon. took some drink and paid for
it. was not very drunk. I never said at
that time that the deceased was a s. of a
b.. l never said that I was bad
man and would shoot somebody. Mo-
relli said that he wanted to clean
off. He wanted to open the drawers and
clean up. don't know which hand he had
the pistol in; | was not watching. He
wanted to clean up the pistol. The pistol
got rusty about four months ago. l never
carried the pistol in my pocket. l never told
him to clean the pistol. The pistol has never
been cleaned. He wanted to clean up the
bar, and clean the pistol too. He never told
me anything He told me he wanted to clean
the pistol. The deceased was not serving
any one at the time. don't know whether
any one was in the house at the time or not.
/ was little drunk, and don't know much
about it. | did not see Jacob Eichman at
the time. The pistol shot just once. no.
ticed that the pistol had four shots remain
ing in it, and at the time of the shooting
there was one more gone. | noticed that
there was only four charges in it at Morris.
There were only thrse after the shooting. l
knew that there were only three shots in the
pistol without looking, after the shooting. /
picked up the pistol, and don't know how
long 1 held it in my hand. He wanted to
fall down by the box, but he went out.
took hold of him to keep him from falling
down 1 had held of him (deceased) when
the crowd came in. l think some OF the
crowd must have seen me when had hold of
him l held up Morelli with ore hand and
picked up the pistol with the other. l did
not have the pistol with me that day at Nor
ris' restaurant.
Chief Karcher testified: / was present
few minutes after the shooting at the New
Campi Restaurant, on K street. on June l,
1881. heard Morelh state how he received
the death wound. The substance of his
statement is contained in the paper shown
me marked exhibit A." The ante norton
statement of Morelii heretofore published. !
| afterwards heard him make an additional
statement on l. street, between Fourth
o,,I L';ftb T,,Da Q 1891 II 10 cd
in the paper shown me marked exhibit b. !"
He knew he was going to die, and so stated
to me in the presence of Mr.. Anderson, City
Attorney, and others.
w. A. Anderson was sworn, and corrob-
Grated the testimony of Chief Karcher.
The following is the additional written
statement made by the deceased prior to his
death, and which is referred to by the Chief
Of Police as "exhibit B."
SACRAMENTO, June 8, 1881
|, Peter Norelli, knowing that l am about to die,
wish to make further statement. | wish TO add
TO my statement made at the time OF the shooting
that after George Milasich fired the first shot he
tried to shoot second time, and would have done
so, only another man, who was sitting at the table,
prevented him. 1t was the barber who was there.
Jacob Eichman is referred to.l
No further testimony was given, and after
the report of the post norton examination
had been read to the jury verdict was rem.
dered that the deceased was native OF Italy,
about 20 years of age, and that "the cause
of death was from gunshot wound from the
hands of one George Milasich, inflicted with
criminal means"
JUNE RAISFALL.-The present month is re.
garded asIone of the reliable harvest months
o; California, " and the record of rainfall at
this point for the past thirty two years, as
shown by the Signal Corps statistics, fur
nished by Sergeant Barwick, and from other
reliable sources, justifies the claim. During
the month of June there are thirteen years
out of the 80 in which no rain whatever fell,
and four more when only sprinkle occurred.
The total rainfall in June since 1919. and in
GLIDING to date the present month, is LII
inches, while the greatest fall during June in
any year was in 1857, when 80 of an inch
was registered The rainfall for this month
during the several years is as follows:
Year. Inches Year. Inches
1850 None 1866. o II
1851 ..............N None 1861 .............N ont
1852 None 1865. Sprinkle
1888. Sprinkle 1862 q. 0,
1854. 81 1S70..... Sprinkle
1855 ...............0.o oil 1871 Mont
1856. o .0i 1872.
1857 o. IS 1873 o 0l
ISIS ...........O. 10 1874 Sprinkle
1893 None 1875. Non,
lsoO.................0. OF 1876. % =
1851 ..............o. 13 Mont