Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-10
The Victim an italian Workman
Three Times Shot and the
Head Beaten to Jelly.
Waylaid and Killed Early Friday
Evening Robbery the Motive
of the Deed.
The Murderers Arrested and Safe
in Bangor Jail
BANGOR, Sept. S

BANGOR, Sept. s.
Friday evening, an Italian, named Charles
Pasqui, at work on the Shore Line Railroad
at Brewer, was murdered in piece of woods
two miles from Bangor, by unknown parties.
1t is supposed he had some money and that
robbery was the motive for the crime. The
police are investigating the case.
The Commercial says inquiry showed the
murdered man was an Italian. Friday night
a crew of men worked all night on the Shore
Line Railroad distributing sleepers, so as to
facilitate the work of laying the rails today
This crew of five men began work about
three-quarters of mile below the village.
About o'clock they were startled by the
report of pistol followed by cries for help.
These sounds came from the woods about 40
or so rods from the track.
One of the workmen states: We were
busy distributing sleepers and about seven
o'clock we heard in the woods a sound of
loud talking as if numbers of men were en-
gagged in quarrelling. We could not UNDER
stand what they said, as the men who were
| talking seemed to be Italians. In a short
time we heard pistol shot followed by a
cry, "Come up here, come quick" Another
man and l went across the field to the edge
| of the Gods There is fence running to
| the edge of the woods. We went to the place
where the sounds came from but did not go
| over the fence. There was sound in the
woods as though large drove of cattle were
| tramping around. We were frightened and
| turned and went back to our work. While
we were walking back to the track from the
woods. distance of about forty or fifty rods,
we could hear sounds as though some one
was suffering greatpain. About the time we
got back to the track we heard third pistol
pistol shot and then all was quiet. We were
all satisfied that there had been foul play
| and this morning determined to make an in
| vestigation. We got over the fence where
| there appeared to be path and a few feet
| from the fence we discovered pool of blood.
We followed along about ninety feet further
and found man on the ground dead. The
murdered man was horrible looking sight.
| He laid on his back, his shirt torn apart
| showing his breast and both face and breast
covered with blood lay near and with this
| his face above the mouth had literally been
| beaten to jelly. The murderer or murder
| ers seemed to have been determined to be
sure their victim dead. The dead mans
brains laid by his side.
City Marshal Reed has been making a
| thorough investigation into murder in Brewer
Three Italians have been arrested and are
now in custody in Bangor. The evidence
against the last two seems TO he quite strong
They are named Carmera O. Santone and
Rafael Capone. They were seen near the
grove, where the deed was done, shortly be-
| fore the tragedy and some circumstances are
decidedly suspicious. 1t is thought the muir
dered man had about seventy-five dollars on
his person. The difficulty of ferreting out
the case is increased by the fact that not one
of the crew can speak English. The affair
created great sensation in Brewer. The
scene of the murder is located in the woods
near O'Brien's field. the man run ninety
/
fell down. One shot struck the back just to
the left of the spine, and the second entered
the brain just back of the ear Either would
prove fatal. He was then terribly bruised
on the head with the stake, the front of the
skull being stove in and the nose fattened.
The inquest began in Brewer Town Hall this
afternoon before Coroner Whitney. Several
were examined in secret and adjournment
finally was made to Monday afternoon.
| BANGOR. Sept ..
| The mystery connected with the brutal
| murder in Brewer of the Italian workman
Charles Pasqu, is now entirely solved.
Marshal Reed has been thoroughly investigat-
ing the affair and has succeeded in ferretinp
out all the details in the affair. The two
Italians arrested yesterday, Carmera Santone
and Raffeal o. Capone. prove to be the guilty
ones. They met Pasqui and walked through
the grove together, Capone with his arm in
Pasquis and Santone in the rear While
nearing the other edge of the grove Santone
who was walking behind, fred the revolver
into Pasqui's back. Pusqui ran about ninety
feet when he dropped. Another shet was
fred into his head and then fence rail was
used. smashing his skull, fiattening his nose
and terribly mangling him. They then ex-
amined his pockets and took s65 in money.
They then returned to the village and threw
the revolver in the river and arrived at the
shanty, where they lived, at about nine
o'clock in the evening. The tragedy took
place about seven miles from the village.
Capone's clothes were cover with blood, and
at four o'clock the next morning he put on
his best clothes and washed his others. The
evidence was so strong against them that
their guilt could be easily proved. Today
they saw there was no hope for escape and
they both confessed
portion of the money was found on San
tone and the remainder was recovered from