Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-05

may give a lighter sentence. there's
| fore feel it my duty to see that the
criminal laws OF this country be exe>
cuted.
The judge then pronounced the fol.
lowing awful sentence on the largest
man, who stood al the end Of the
line:
Giovanni Azari, the sentence of
this court IS that you be taken from
this room 10 the Jail Of this county,
there 10 he closely confined until Sat
urday, Nov. II next, on which day.
between the hours Of 10 o'clock in the
forenoon and : O'Clock in the after.
noon, YOU be taken from your cell
and within lhe walls Of said Jail be
hanged by your neck until you are
dead, and may God in His infinite
goodness have mercy on your soul y
For a moment the blood flushed in
Azari's face, but he quietly sat down
without showing any sign of nervous
ness or fear. The sane sentence was
pronounced next on AgoStino Gelaidi.
He showed less stoiciSm than Azari,
and twiched little and uttered low
grosn OF despair When Gelerdi sat
down Ignazzio Silvestri, who is boyish
in appearance, with long, black eye
lashes, was left alone. His face
might not have shown defiance or
courage, but there was no evidence in
it Of shrinking or dread. He quietly
sat down after the sentence and looked
vacantly before him.
THE MEN AND THEIR CRIME
Giovanni Azari is the son OF Fran
cesco Azari, aud he is 81 years old and
shoemaker by trade His native
place is Trabbia, which is a depens
deucy of the sub prefecture of Termini.
Nine years ago he married Salvatore
Denna, by whom he has become the
father Of four children. three of whom
are dead He came to Chicago in 1884.
He can neither read nor write.
Ignszzio Silvestri is 23 years old. He
is from Termini also. He married
Antonio Bovia and she bore Guild
since he came TO America. His faith
er's name was Agostino SllveSiri. The
prisoners business was that Of trunks
carrier from railroad depots and
hotels He came to Chicago rom
louisville, KY, ten months ago. He
reads and writes in Italian.
Agostino Gslardi is a native OF Ter.
mini Imerese, in the province of
PaDero. His wife, only 1s years old,
bore the maiden name of Maria
Guluzza, and she is living in Termini
with her 13smonths old boy. Gelardl
is soapmaker He can read and
write very poorly in Italian.
Following is an outline of the cir
cumstances of the crime:
Friday morning, Nav / last, the
baggageman al the Fort Wayne
Depot in Pittsburg opened suspicious
smelling trunk and found the body
of Csruso therein, firmly tied with
ropes Nothing was found in the
pockets of the clothing on the corpse
but a postoilice order for S25 issued
by the Chicago office and purchased
by Filippo Caruso r. Caruso had $3.50
of savings on his person when last
seen at home. Gerald was arrested
in New York by the police Of that
city, having gone there the day after
the assination to ship the booy, The
murderers choaked the life out OF
Caruso at 8 o'clock the morning OF
the Thursday previous TO May J.,
Geraldi shaved Azari first and asked
Caruso if he wanted to be shaved. He
complied, and while he sat in the
chair Gerald stood behind him,
lathered his face, and suddenly placed
rope with prepared moose ~ 1T
around Caruso's neck at the same
time placing his hand over his mouth
to stlhe any cries. SilVestri and
Azari Immediately seized the ends OF
the rope and pulled with all their
strength, aud Caruso fell on the floor
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