The Portland daily press., 1885-03-23
APPROACHING THRIR END.
snutOre and CspOne, ihe italian muF-
dereFs Visited by Gov. RObie.

In less tha ntwo weeks, the Italians, Santore
aRd Cspone, convicted of the murder Of fel-
low workman at Brewer February 21st, 1884,
will psy the penalty of their crime. After
| they we're taken to the prison, Capone was
! placed to work in the wheelwright shop, while
Santore was put into the paint shop. Both
men worked industriously up to the hour Of
their being removed and placed in solitary,
which was done after their death warrants
were issued by the Governor some three weeks
ago. Their impending fate was not made
known to them until a week afterward, when
it was communicated to them by Fr. Bonifaee
Of Boston, an Italian priest, who was sent for
by Warden Bean to interpret to them the in
formation. Santore, whose face had hitherto
worn cheerful look, at once changed, and
since then he has been serious and seemed TO
realize his condition. 81 must go to die" he
said innocent as my God. Why came my
sentence of death same as Capone?" And
then he remarked with sort OF woe-begone
look, to his ''father spiritual" as he called Fr
Boniface: "Oh! God have pity on me, poor
man" Capone took his fate differently A
grin played over his face as he exclaimed,
six years. Santore hang" He could not
of the fatal drop. Fr Boniface, assisted by
FIR. Harrington, Roman Catholic priest OF
Rockland, administered the sacrament to the
doomed men, and they did all In their power
tc prepare them for their approaching end,
Ever since Capoae has given himself up TO
smoking aud chewing tobacco, while Santore
spends his hours in reading papers and consult
ing an Italian and English dictionary. Both
men tell conflicting statements Of the tragedy,
each accusing the other of being the murder
or. Their hate of each other is mutual, and
SO intense tina. were they to come together
neither would hesitate to kill the other.
An Italian barber in ueighboring town
accompanied Governor Robie Friday to San
torres call, and according to his Interpretation
Of the doomed mans statement, Santore ad-
mitted that he was present with Capons and
witnessed the murder, but he charged it upon
Capone and said that he had no hand in 1t.
One singular feature Of his statement is that
he made no claim that he tried to prevent the
murder He also admitted that after he and
Cap0ne reached Bangor and had INDUCED in
bottle OF beer, Capone offered him q portion
OF the money taken from the murdered mans
pocket, which he took, but he says that the
next morning Capone called upon him and
asked him to let him have the money back as
he wanted it to help pay debt Of 500 that he
owed, but said he could not, as be wanted to
send some money to his wife in Italy, but Ca
pone insisted and he returned it, and very soon
they were arrested. Capone declares that the
murder was not pIemediiated; that neither Of
them knew from the other what was to occnr.
The murdered man was his godfather, and
neither man had any ill-feeling toward
him; but the deed was committed entirely for
the money he had in his possession. Capone
also says that Sartore fred the
first shots, which took effect in the old
mans back and after he had ran away and
received further injury by blows from stake,
was finally killed by other pistol shots. San
tore took the pistol and placed it at CaDone's
ear aud ordered him to take the money from
the murdered mans pockets, which he did,
and afterwsrd denied it. All Of this testi-
mony that relates to committing the deed
Santore denies, and only admits that ne took
part Of the money which was paid him for the
purpose of keeping him quiet. They vent to
Bangor together, as previously stated, drank
beer together and Santore had the opportunity
to have made public to the proper officers that
murder had been committed, giving all the
particulars, which he neglected until arrested
with Capone for the crime.
The Italians, in the vicinity of Thomaston
show considerable sympathy for Santore and
declare that there is such a difference in their
connection with the tragedy that milder
kind of punishment should be meted out to
Santore. 1t is expected before execution that
such a confession will be drawn from both
that they will harmonize what now seem to be
conflicting statements, Sheriff Irish VINO is TO
perform the disagreeable duty Of hangman, is
au old soldier, formerly of the I'd Maine
cavalry. He has received hundreds Of appli-
cations for permission to be present, and so
has Warden Bean, from persons who desire to
witness the execution; but the hanging will
be strictly private, and only the number
allowed By the statutes will be admitted
the sheriff being the sole Judge as to whom
they shall be.