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assisted me. I went out that day to ascer
tain if Lentini or

assisted noe. / went out that day to sscer-
tain ii Lentini or
TRoAI HAD HoT KILLED PETE.
was not on the Coroner's jury. and did
not hear the testimony. A copy Of the yer.
dict OF TIE Coroner's jury was shown him,
and he acknowledged that his signature ap-
pended thereto was genuine and placed there
by himself. Ia explanation Of the cause
that led him 70 sign the instrument spoken
Of he said that Mr.. Vermilya, the Coroner,
desired him to sign the paper. saying thst
the thing was all light-he did not have
enough names, and without reading it lie
signed i. On the evening Of the 231 the
Coroner came to my cabin and said he would
ike 70 get lot OF my man to sit on the jury.
l objected, as I had no men to spare, but
told him l would go down myself and assist
him in securing jury. When | arrived st
Trosi's the Coroner informed me that he had
been able to secure but ak jurymen, and
would have to get Rlong with that number
l started to 90 in the house, but was met
at the door by Sheriff Hebron, who in
formed me that l was not wanted inside, and
consequently I did not go in. The next
morning Constable Fugitt came to my house
LOOKING FOR LKNTISI.
informed him that ne was or the wrong
track. as Leutini was not the murderer. He
said 1 was mistaken, thst Lsntini had killed
Mrs. Troai On the evening Of the 23d, after
dark, in front of LeEtini's cabin, and in mine
also, told tie officers that Lentini was inno-
cent, and that Troai had done the shooting
Officer jackson said l was a d-n fool, and
that he knew that Lsntini was the 81 of a
b-h that cid the shooting. l told Sheriff
Hebron the same thing. Since then have
told Wristen, Wilson Craig and r. 7. Scott.
| met Scott with 20 or % men on tee 24h at
Lentiai's house, and was joking them about
being afraid of Lentini, and asked why my
statements were treated with such contempt.
Scott replied that they thought was in some
manner implicated in the murder. When he
said that | mounted my horse and rode home.
After Lentini was arrested and brought here
| was at work with Mr.. Wriston, and told
him there was something on my mind which
had bothered me long enough, and l up and
told him of the murder. The reason that I
did not tell it before was that Lentini had
fed the country, and as the officers would
not let me tell it in the first place, let the
matter rest. When the innocent man was
about TO suffer for another's crime, however,
1 could stand it no longer, and on the day
following Lentini's incarceration il the Jail
o. this county told of the murder. Mr.
Wriston is a cousin and partner Of uiue,
Cross-examiustion l was born in Illinois.
and came TO California in October 1868. At
that time | was about twenty years OF age.
The witness then told each place where he
had worked aud what pursuits he had followed
each year, from the time Of his arrival In the
State to the present time bad five herd
ers working for me and living in my cabin at
the time of the homicide. They were of va
rious nationalities, one only being American.
J ohn Lentini and Pete Corello had lived in
hin snrna time 1aravior1u m Tho Ypr1-1or
was single at that time and lived with my
herders. Since then l have married, and
have moved into the town of Gait. The fore
part of the day of the murder l was riding
around on the sheep range. 1t was
only q short time before shutdown when
started in the direction of Troai's place.
The reason I went down to Troai's place, I
expected that Pete and John, who had gone
to Gait, would return to Troai's place drunk
and there would be trouble, as they had told
me that they had frequently had trouble with
Troai. 1 met John driving home in his
wagon very drunk [ then rode down towards
first thing l heard Troai say to his wife was
that he would
SHOOT HER DID BRAINS OUT.
I was on good terms with Troai and his wife.
After bearing him say that I went around
tie hill and kept cut of his sight. When
asked why he kept cut of Trosi's sight, he
replied thst he was afraid that Troai would
accuse him of committing the muir
der. The defense scored a point by
asking what murder, as at that time
no murder had been committed VS.
generally afraid Ct Sam TrOai did not know
but what he might shoot me. tried TO hide
from Troai by staying ON the opposite side of
the hill. l was about seYenty.five steps from
Mrs. Troai and the child. got eff my horse,
tied the reins to the horn of the saddle and
crept to the top of the hill to see what was
going on. My object in doing so was TO see
what became Of Mrs. Trosi and the child L
saw Troai frat when he was only about Fifty
yards from the house. laid down behind
the hill and saw him approach and shoot her.
did not call to Ter and inform her of her
danger, or try to keep Troai from shooting
her.
At ) P. NJ. the Court declared recess until
8 a NJ to-day. when the cross. examination of
Raffety will be resumed. Below is s. copy
of the verdict of the Coroner's jury which
charged Lentini with the murder, and it viii
be observed that it is signed Ly Rsffety and
several others who are now witnesses against
Troai:
VERDICT OF THE CoRoNER's JURY.
ALABAMA TOWNSHIP, Feb. %, 1892.
AT an inquest held on the body Of woman
dying from ths effects of gunshot wound in
the right side and right breast, Wednesday
evening, February %, 1882, at the above
named place, We, the Coroner's jury, duly
summoned and sworn by the Coroner to IN.
quire into the cause of said womsn's death,
do find. from the evidence before Us. said
womsn's name to be Margaret Trosi, us.
tive of Switzerland, aged A years, and that
the cause of the death of said Margaret
Troai wss from gunshot wound in the right
side ard breast, said guushot hsving been
fred by one Giovaue Lentini with malice
aforethought, and that we do fad that the
said Giovane Lentini is guilty of wilful muir
der. r. T. Scctt, J. J.. Wilson. R. Craig,
Wm. Rsffsty, John C, Quiggle, Barton Dam
iel, W! H. Puett, S. Prouty, John White
Mills.