New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-30
TRIES 70 PROVE An ALIDE
Hr AND HIS WIFE TESTIFY ABOUT THEIR
TRAVELS AT THE TIME WHEN z1aAccos1o
WAS KILLED.

mo testimony Of tho defendant and his wife oe.
cv,ied most Of the day yesterday, IN the trial OF
vsncereo Quarteraro, before Recorder smyth, on
charge OF murder IN tho FIRST degree for completely IN
tie killing Of Antonio Flscconio, near Cooper Union
q, tbe evening OF October IA Mary ouarteraEo, the
vib Is slshteen years old she is slender ana
rsarthy she has bright eyes and e considered pretty
gie was born 70 Italy, bat spoke exeellens EnsiHh
While on tho witness stand Her story was simply
ctal Of no iourneyinEs Of herself and her husband
on the dag Of the hliinG ouaRteTaro denies that ne
VIA near the place whore Fiaceomo was nueo, On
ocbor a. HIS wifi testified that she ana her husband
wnt together 10 Mount Vernon, Saturday, October
,aT naar,oraro h,d fruit store IN Mount Vernon, a
wea as one n this city Tho couple lived az NO.
aid clintonAye, west H0boksa. They took train
aboAt 9 O'Clock on Saturday afternoon for Mount
verion and spent the evening a. the store which
ouateraro owned, with ire sister Of bis wife They
pasad The night AZ Ros'S Mount Vernon Hotel ieH
the totei about O'Clock IN the morning., hAa oreaN
sa. A me store vent to church, and IN The afternoon
took \ walk about Mount Vernon. ouarseraro Dousn'
ONE aowers for his vito, and the Aoris wiz probably
be called 20 corsoborate the Story. They TOOK the
train nom Mount Vernon at ;5l p m, 81 me tme
vhen several witnesses hare sworn that ouarteraro
was sstng AZ tho tabie IN the restaurant at 81 Marks
Place they arrived At the Grand Central seAnoii'
tho Wines said, AZ 90 ?. M, took Fory-se a'
AZ ear 10 seventh ave., 8 soyenshave car 70 ofren
Wfrft-aFe.. ana an0ulEf Cur " tsntAaf'f-~-~
Thev arrived IN Hoboken at 10 o'clock. Her testimony
was hot shaken on erossexaminstion.
Tia urfsonsr then took tho witness chair no
Tan ard swartAy He has strong features, but "a
unpleasant slmie He was ambitious to speak English,
bot y rnaAo poor work OF his attempts. HIS counsei
Instructed him 10 testify through the interpreer 1ut
~ viouh often answer a question IN English ne
tola Exactly the same story a. that Of his wiz. He
8enis that he hIed FlaceomiO hat he knew VINO heo
kirie4 him. and that be was neaE the scene Of no
killing when Il occurred. Assistant District Attorney
COT astpd the Yr9seneF on crossezsninsttoa when
IA hsA last seen Carlo ouAreSaro, bis brother whom
some Of tho witnesses tdenahed ~ the murderer he
sad shas be had seen Carlo on NE morning after me
killing but had not seon him since. He believes th&
csrlo vas solne 70 Cincinnati, Chicago and Florida
10 buy fruit on commission Mr. Con did not
sueoeed N involving no witness IN any serious con
tradlctons, untn onAEseraro about % leave shs
wi.ness stand Mr. Goa happened 70 ask question
about chs settlement Of the accounts between ouareraro
and Mr. Roo, the keeper Of the Mount Vernon HOTEL
an the evening Of October 10. The witness SAD, !.
. Yes paid him 90 49, Mr. Roe hsd already testhea
that be had paid tho 60 40 10 ouarteraro. This con.
tgadietinn confused tho counsel for Qnarterep, oul
In answer 10 cues lions by e1-Jndge Curtis tne &c
fendsnt persisted IN saying that no had PAID the
money 10 Mr.. hoe and bad not received IL rom hhl
me case win v continued on Monday