The Portland daily press., 1883-09-10
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
A BRUTAL AFFAIR.
Two italian Laborers in Brewer
Murder Fellow Workman,
This Victims Body shockingly Mutilated
Arrest of the Murderers-They Con-
fess Their Guilt.

BANGOR, Sept. S-Last evening an italian
named Charles Pasqui, at work on the Shore
Line railroad at Brewer, was murdered in o
piece of woods two miles from Bangor, by un-
known parties. 1t is supposed that he had
some money and that robbery was the motive
for the crime. The police are Investigating
the case.
City Marshal Reed has been making a
thorough investigation into the Bristol murder
in Brewer. Three Italians have been arrested
and are now in custody in Bangor. Evidence
against the last two seems quite strong. They
are named Carmero Santone and Rsffaele
Capone. They were seen near the grove where
the deed was done shortly before the tragedy
and some circumstances are decidedly suspi-
cious. 1t is thought the murdered man had
about S75 on his person. The difficulty of fer
reting out the case is increased by the fact that
only one of the crew can speak English. The
affair has created a great sensation in Brewer.
The scene of the murder is located in Burr's
woods near O'Brien's field. The man ran
ninety feet from where he was first shot and
then fell down. One shot entered the back
just to the left of the spine, and the second en-
tered the brain just back of the ear. Either
would have proved fatal He was then terribly
beaten on the head with stake the front of
the skull being stove in aad nose flattened
An inquest began in Brewer town hall this
afternoon before Coroner Whiting. Several
persons were examined in secret session and an
adjournment was finally made to Monday
afternoon.
LATER.
BANGOR, Sept 9-The mystery connected
with the brutal murder in Brewer of the
italian workman, Charles Pasqui, is now en-
tirely solved. Marshal Reed has been thorough
ly investigating the affair and has succeeded
in ferreting out all the details. The
two Italians arrested yesterday, Carmero
Santone and Rafaels Capone, prove to be the
guilty ones. They met Pasqui and walked
through the grove together, Capone with his
arm in Pasqui's and Santone in the rear.
While nearing the other edge of the grove
Santone who was walking behind fred
revolver into Pasqui's back. Pasqui ran about
ninety feet whom he dropped. Another shot
was fired into his head and then cedar fence
stave was used in smashing his skull, flatten-
ing his nose and terribly mangling him. They
then examined his pockets and took $50 in
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threw the revolver in the river and arrived at
the shanty, where they lived at about O'Clock
in the morning. The tragedy took place about
seven miles from the village Capone's clothes
were covered with blood and at o'clock the
next morning he rose, put on his best clothes
and washed his others. Evidence was so
strong against them that their guilt could be
easily proved. To-day they saw there was no
hope for escape and they both confessed. A
portion of the money was found on Santone
and the remainder was recovered from a cul-
vert where Capone had hid it. They acknowl-
edged they had conspired together to put
several of the crew out of the way with the
sole view Of getting their money and that
Pssqui was only the first of four or five they
intended to kill
The rest of the Italians are very much ex-
cited by these developments and when the
Marshal took Capone in the vicinity of their
shanty to show whore the money had been hid
they exhibited great wrath to wards Capone
and evidently would have lynched him if they
could have got him away from the officers. Is
is understood that Santone has served II years
in prison in Italy.