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strokes were given on the mans head. the
whole upper part of his face being terribly
mangled. The blows we're given with such
force that the heavy weapon was broken and
the two pieces besmeared with blood were
found lying BY the side of the murdered
man.
An investigation was at once begun by
Marshal Reed and it was conducted in a very
vigorous manner. The conclusion was i'm
mediately reached that the deed was done
by members Of the Italian crews at work on
the railroad and not by any Of the perms-
nent residents Of that vicinity. The ques-
ton then arose concerning what was known
Of the whereabouts of the murdered man
prior to the fatal deed 1t was found that
Pasqui contemplated departing for New
York by Saturdays boat and that he had
| been seen late in the afternoon, near new
barn. about two miles out on Wilson street,
in conversation with party Of Italians from
Mills crew, near Georges Corner, among
the number being brother in-law to whom
he babe good bye. Some suspicious circum-
stances pointed to the latter fellow and he
was taken under arrest. Nothing to indi-
cate his guilt was ascertained and after be-
ing locked up for a while in the Bangor po-
lice station he was given his freedom. lie
was known as No. IS. Mr.. Joseph I. Null
len, one Of the contractors, about six o'clock
that evening drove by the party near Crooks
new barn and a short distance this side met
two other Italians who were proceeding to-
wards the grove. One Of these he recog-
nized as a short fellow who was numbered
IA and had been nicknamed Stubby. The
other fellow Mr.. Mullen failed to notice par
ticularly bu, subsequent developments prov
ed him TO be No. ID Of the gang. The in
vestigation was carried on under great diff
culties from tie fact that the Italians can
not speak or understand English and all con-
versation not done BY signs has 10 be con-
Quoted by means Of an interpreter. Each
gang Of men has one Of their number who
can talk English and small fellow known
as Joseph Moran, who is boss Of the first
crew, is their interpreter and he was Of
great assistance to the officers in this case
| The Marshal visited the camp and found
that Nos. 10 and IA had been absent the
early part Of Friday evening and did not
arrive home till about nine O'Clock. II was
| further observed that No. IA was arrayed in
| his best clothes and it was also ascertained
| that he and l3 had both gone out about
| four O'Clock in the morning and washed
their clothes, the former washing his whole
suit and the latter his pantaloons. A close
examination Of the washed clothing led to
| the detection Of what was thought to be
1 blood. The proof was therefore very strong
! against them and the knowledge that they
were seen near Pasqui on Wilson street
4 only short time before the tragedy settled
| almost beyond the shadow Of doubt the
! connection Of these two men with the
murder. They were therefore taken under
arrest and placed for safe keeping in cells
at the Bangor station house. Their clothes
were also taken in charge and safely pre-
served. The arrest Of these two fellows
was made abou, four o'clock SATURDAY.
afternoon.
About three o'clock. Saturday afternoon.
an inquest commenced in the Brewer
Town Hall before coroner Geo. Whitney. OF
this city. County Attorney Appleton was
present III behalf of the government. DIR.
Calvin Seavey was the first witness and gave
his testimony concerning an examination
made b., him Of the murdered man. He
fousd in the back one wound caused b, a
bullet, probably from revolver, abou, an
inch 10 the left Of the medium line Of the
spine also another bullet wound just in the
rear of the upper part of his left ear and
al found the front Of the skull crushed in
very bad shape, evidently not by one blow
but by a succession Of blows. In his opin-
loa either Of the bullets would have caused
death in q few minutes and the blow on the
skull would have resulted fatally at once
After the testimony Of DR.. Seayey, the wit
nesses examined were Joseph 1. Mullen. a
contractor, and Richard Atwood, Geo. Field,
Asa Field and +. o. Rush. the las, four
all having been at work OH the'railroad dis
;ributing ,leepers at the time Of the murder.
The inques, then adjourned until 230
( 7. NJ. to-day.
\ visit to the shanty where the Mullen
crew made their headquarters showed tina,
the Italians were considerably excited by
the deed which had reduced their ranks
Conversation with them was well nigh i'm
possible but occasionally they would under
stand and make an intellgible response
/ The, manifested desire TO give all posi-
/ bic information which would shed light on
the affair and showed no desire to shield
any Of their number. They are noted for
I their poi,eness and will touch their ha; or
remove the same one approache, them
\ The crew which occupy tins shanty have
\ been idle since last Tuesday, having com
/ pleted their contract on that day. They
/ have been stopping there, however, with in
| ten,ion of beginning to-day under the Null
I len Brothers on another contract to build
the sixteenth mile Of the line.
The two prisoners who have gone gen
orally by the numbers Of Is and IA are
named Carmeno Santore and Rsfaele Ca
pone. The former is of average height,
has a very heavy dark moustache and does
not impress one at all favorsby. The
second, or Stubby as he has been frequently
called, is short with full beard somewhat
inclined to be sandy and has always ap-
peared peaceable, being a good workman
/ and liked generally BY the crew. Santore.
| il is understood, has served IA years i'm
prsonment in his native country. At their
cells in the station they, Sunday, looked very
cres,fallen Capone hung his cad and look
ed ashamed. and Ssntore had ghastly eK-
preston, quite different from his appearance
on the day previous. Sunday forenoon the
| Marshal interviewed them by the medium
| Of an interpreter. and when they found how
| strong the evidence was against them they
acknowledged their guilt. Capone was the
! first TO confess, and later Santore gave in,
| but the stories told differed somewhat, each
/ one trying TO lay most Of the blame on the
other The details the murder as CLEANED
/ from the two stories are substantially as fol-
( lows; Santore and Capone waited on Viii
son street till Pasqui came along and then
walked with him. As they entered the
| grove Capone had his arm in Pasquis and
SO they proceeded, Santore bringing up the
rear. As they neared the westerly edge of
the grove Santore who was walking behind
pointed his revolver at Pasqui's back and
fired. Then struggle began and Pasqui
seized Santore covering him with blood and
then broke away from his assailants. Ii
was this desperate effort ofa MORALLY wound
ed man to break away from his antagonists
that resembled the tramping Of cattle as des-
cribed by the railroad men above and it took
place within twenty-five feet of the O'Brien
field. Pasqui succeeded in running from
the spot short distance and then fell down
when another bullet was fired into him, thi,
time in his head. One or both Of the fel-
lows then struck him over the head with the
heavy stake, and Capone afterward exam
ned his pockets and removed about s65.
| overlook ing Sc cents subsequently found hv