The evening world., 1891-05-26
LAST edition.
PASQUEL|NA'S CASE CLOSED.
Summing Up in the italian Girls
Trial for Murder.
Jurors Eyes Dimmed by Her Story
of the Cause of the Shooting.


There were several ladies in the Court o.
Oyer and Termner this morning, when the
trial Of pretty Pdsquclina Robertiello for the
murder Of her faitnless lover, Nicolo Pierre
March 9 last, was continued.
All evinced great interest in the case and
sincere sympathy for the uuivering little figure
who sat fore them weeping.
The Jury, too. showed yis,bly nv their f,ces
that the testimony OF Pasuuclina In her own
behalf yesterday had awakened an unusual
sympa,hy for uer IN the bressts of the
men who are to decide whether or not she is
guilty OF the crime with which che is CHARGED.
One OF the Jurors, indeed. was seen to re-
move MS spectacles $50 as TO see better, " but
II was noticed that there was an unwonted
elisten in his ewes when no rcarranped his eve
classes
Pasguelina's recital OF her BETRAYAL. of her
loyer's subseuuent promises to RIGHT the WRONG
BY marrying her. and OF his continued and
repeated breaking of these same promises. ali
awakened intense Interest amonu iprors and
anectators alike
Rut the o,,max vss r.achod wben tho
,ortunate Dir, ,oIn ot her d,scoverv tsat N,colo
vas ohout "a ,o N I,o,r ara ,ho, ,ho, a.,
Al begged
marry her. he sneeriprlv r.nl,ed.
,treet ana max. moucv mat wavm
Among .he ladies' nresent there VINO bard,v
drv eve. and even strono men vere ofrec,od ,v
,hs girls story OF her lnyer,s brutal dunllcttv,
"Then. u continued Pasouelins. ..wn,e h.
said theae vords NV siobt Iet, mn sou
nothing brt bl,ckness.
"My head went around and sround md
when n po,,ceman ,oot mold a, mo 1,anI,
know wnat had done
Maria Maran,no of Mott s,reet ,o,,,,,,
and friend of tho Robertie,Ios woa IN. ars,
v,tness this morning
She had seen PasoueI,na ,reopen,,v nm % ,uo
months ago and noticed n Great ch.n,e in nor
Appearance and actions after her ,ronhre
She was always sad and down-ncor,ed ona
neglected her work after the troub,c hut he-
fore II was always smiling ana chearfm
Mrs. o'Brien ard Mrs. Brown. neiuhbora .,
Rosina BafYa, OF YB2 East One Hundred ,nd
Tenth street, were recalled and ,den,loed her.
They swore that she did not move in,o sso
until after the time when she said che ,e,
Nicolo Plerro and Pasuuelina rooms in her
house.
Francesca Robertiello, Pasquelina,s father.
wss recalled to allow the prosecution to fpr.
ther cross-examine him. Nothing of impor-
tance was elected,
The dofepse rho, ros,oa ,,,, o,,,,,
mission to introduce the testimony of Roher,
Grace, the landlord of Ssa East one Buh,red
and Tenth street, who had been subpenaed
bnt had NOT vet a,r,yod in oorr,
Rosina Bafra was recalled by the prosecu-
Al = -.
she let room at 33s East One Hundred ana
Tenth street TO Nicolo on the first of January
or February, but It was one or the other and
on Saturday. (Neither date fell on a Satur-
day.
On crosse Examination she swore that she
nad never lived at 1853 Canal street, Newark,
or any disorderly house where Amideo SpadoIa
awore he met her, nor had she ever seen
tpadola before she saw him in court.
In another breath she swore that she and
her husband had gone to Spadola and asked
him what he knew about the case and what he
was going to testify to.
Giuseppe Pierro, Nicolo's brother, wus re-
called. He remembered perfectly that he left
Italy Jan. 10 and went to Switzerland, but ne
,ouk HIM hon, aau.n,.an a.. >,
This was IN rebuttal of the defense's testI- |
mony that Giuseppe was present at several |
conferences, long before, at the Robertello
nome.
Katerina Pierro, wife of Nicolo p,srro.
cousin OF Pasquelina's victim, was called by |
Ar. Weeks, but nothing important was elc-
"ed
Ut. John G. Truax, attending physician at |
the Harlem Hospital was called as an insanity |
expert by Mr. Weeks.
Lawyer Blake objected to the admission of |
nH testimony as he had agreed with MIR. Weeks |
NOT TO produce any expert testimony without
He mad taken 1t for granted tnat MIR. Weeks
would do the same and could draw hut one in
ference from b,s oo,,o,.
70 Introduce expert testimony and smiled |