Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-26
AN ITALIAN HOW.

A Fight over . Woman Nc One
 Knsws Who Fired she Pistol Shots
 Two Witnsssss Run Away.
 There was little crowd of Italians in the city court yesterday morning. Amongst the lot was Q woman. with big, long rings In her ears. She was very tslkative, and had to be cut of by Judge Pickett several times.
 It was all over little row, in which pistol shots were fired and stilstto used to good advantage. His Honor had hard work find. ing out anything about the matter.
 Paul Russo acted as interpreter. He ad- jasted his sye-g glasses, took the complaints. and read of some names that sounded like Mackgintee, etc.
 Tho first witness was Onicer Orr. He said that about 11:30 Tuesday night he heard several pistol shots fired In rapid auc- oession while he was on Grown street. He hurried down College street to George, and then to Factory. In . house, corner of Fso- tory and Commerce streets, he found John Giordana, covered with blood. and . cut in his neck about an inch and half in length. Acting on information he received he ar rested Andrew Gezzo. Antonio Mona, and Congetta Brogetta. The latter is woman.
 John Giordana, the injured man, took the stand. He could not talk English. Not much could be seen of his face, for 1t was pretty well mufied up in shawl on account Of his wound. He said that he was knifsd. The woman. Congetts, held him and her husband struck him and used the knife. The witness fought to get away, and after he had done so Mona fired several pistol shots after him. He saw Mona draw the revolver. This he was positive of, and he made vehement gestures to that effect. He said that the husband kept boarding house, and in the party beside himself and wife were three boarders.
 John Rlohi oorroborstsd Giordana's state- ment. He was with him at the time.
 The three prisoners were then put on. Mona was the first called. He started In to talk English. He looked somsthipg Ike Pitcher Stsgg of the Yale team, and had Stsgg's perpetual smile. Mona has probably seen the latter pitch, and had decided that whenever he got into the box that he would smile the same as Stagg does when he is in tho same position. Witness said that Gior- dana showed fight.
 "What did you doi' inquired his honor.
 ''I don't know" was the answer.
 "Did you shoot the pistoip'
 "No. don't understand muches Eng 1ish."
 He was told to talk Italian. Although his honor tried hard to find out who started tho row, he couldn't, nor could he find out any- thing from the Italians e to who fired the shots or who drew the knife.
 Andrew Yezzo was called. Hs didn't know anything definite. He heard the shots, but couldn't tell who fired them.
 Mrs. Brogetta was quits dsmonsirative. She said that Tuesday morning Giordana and Rlohi met her husband and told him that she was having something to do with one of her boarders. He came home and whipped her 30 that she had to stay in bod all day. In the evening she went out walking with her husband and three boarders and they met Glordana and Riehi. She didn't know any thing about the row, although shs saw 1t.
 The case was continued until Friday, .as the woman's husband is wanted, and also the other boardsr. The husband has skippsd to New York.