Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-30
AN ASSAULT
On I Workman 1t The Hal.
lowell Quirries
16lfaVatss N Organic Heart Disease
and Causes Death.
The Assaflant Held ics Trial At the
September farm OF Cerxt.


this vicinity are sowe wha. sxc..ed ovel
the fatal results coming from q case oil
assanis mmitsed 1t the qaarries. The
inmedia'e parties to the affair were
Msfiino Commolli ard Charlie Sunday, tive
~orkmen employed at the stone sheds
Both men boarded at the house Of William
Abbia'i For soms reason, which has sol
| ct appeared in evidence, trouble arose be-
| tween hem. Thursday afternoon immedi-
stsiy after supper Commoli went 60
| HAllossii wish friend who vas to take
he srsin for Vermont |, WAS lAta 3, night
when he returned home and when near
his boarding place he WAS assaulted By a
Pc r.oa who jumped GU. At him from behind
one of ths sheds owned by the Granite.
Con psny. The following day he was
unable TO work. Medical Assistxrce was
summoned, but he tznk rapidly and died
saturday nbout noon. This is the story Of
TIRE affair in brief. The dets'l. were quite
! cieatIy brought cut at the coroner's IL quest
which was held yesterday at tae qusrfies
ia the onlee of the Grsr'te Company.
| County Attorney Carleton was present and
: x mIred he witnesses With the sid Of an
| n'ersreter. all Of them being Italians.
| La her Gray testified that he heard an
ou'ery sod a mosping late Thursday night
& immediately sffer saw man runnip z
| dom street and following him WAS Charlie
| SUI day He sccosted Sunday, who
| -tog pr srd turned around and imme diately
gave up he pursuit.
| CTR eppi Brogoie said that late Thurs.
| dsy isht he and his wife we've stat led by
he sudden entrance II Commoli into their
orse through the window. Tie doors
sre locked and this was bis OIL way of
gaming All entrance. When he came down
s'sits re fou1d Cemmoili crying aid in
grsat terror. He said that Charlie Sunday
| rad his him on his stomat h, shoulder and
! nsck with bag of sard eight or ten times.
He did 10. say for wbs. reason, nor
WAS tie witness aware of any trouble
between lin and Sunday. Commolli had
stated that Sunday Was wtiiing for him be
hnd shed when he returned from lIalIo-
vel! He declared tdst Sunday was bri-
gsnd sud .hould be taken csre Of. SO ter.
rlfied was ne that .Brogiole and his wife
bcconpsniei him 20 his boarding place.
fetrio Berini stated thst he had been at
The quarres a yesr, lie WAS well cq1sint-
ed with Charlie Sunday, both having core
from the sane place IN Italy. Saw Sunday
THURSDAY night between 3 and 10. He WAS
| ps.sItg ,hs shed when Sunday stepped out
from behind it. He hsd said "Hslloo. -
tn Sunday made no response to him but
went behind the shed sgy'n. Charlie had
told HIM Ia.t Tuesday or Wednesday
a. they were v0rF'pg together in me stone
sued, ihst he lniended to lick Commolli
lie said that Commoiii talked in his see ,
ard inside .tsttDents concerning him Sun
hay) which he lid not like. He had see
SUNDAY hanging abe ut the shed near which
the asssnit vas commit ID. on several occa-
s,ans He sid not know vi & reason Sun
day had 10 hex Commoili, nor did he make
Any fort TO tind ont.
Agostina Brnsa said that he kept house
rcsr the qua lies Had known ldsy
two year. sn4 Comm0lli three years. He
had heard Cnsrli. Sunday and Commoii
have words a. they were going from heir
work. Had seen Conmoi' Vent blood
Friday nighI. Comriolli had told MIN
,hst DO wss gone, hat he
~e4 all sore inside. bur bad said nothing as
| to the cause of TINS SORENESS Had also
seen Charlie sunday .Id1y night but had
had 70 tax with ban. llau seen him hang
ing about the she where the assault was
COMMITTED sevel al times ct night. lie was
suspicious of him. Sunday came to this
coua,ry from The nor IA Of Italy.
Antonlu Pixbchi SAID ne had been here
% months and had kno~n both Sunday and
Cummoin about two years. lie and his
rpthar had been wi'h Commoli Sstu day
and had secured doctor for him. His
brother h,d asked him If he had 60, lie =
IT,. to winch be replied in the affirmative
and uron being q1es'ioDed declared III :.
his as .ailsnt had been Charlie Sunday.
I'sols Bancti corrlberated his brothers
testimony. He had seen Chsrlie Sunday
F,iiay and told him Tar Commoli had re-
csIved licking. to which Sunday respond
ID: why didnt he kill him. The
following morr ing Sunday had told him
ttst he was not tie one VIII, had assaulted
Commolli.
DIR. IL J. Frederick testified that he WAS
ca lied to see Coz moiit about o'clock by
Psois Bianebi. He had found the man
rsry weak. He va. vomiting and his pulse
WAS rapid and feeble. He vomited no
blood. He was very pale aud complained
Of soreness IN he chest and stomach, which
attributed to vomiting. | found his
lungs mol nal sud he ". Listened to his
heart end found a we'll marked organic
hesrt disease. | found no external bruises.
He told Lie throu, h ~ interpreter that he
had been drinking and had received lick
ing. | made ~ autopsy. Found no ex.
tsrnsl bruises on the body. Found heart
very much dilated wi'h vslyulsr disease :;
otherwise the condition of the vari-
Gus organs appeared to be normal and
healthy. There were some patches of inf
nation on he stomach, nut nothing very
we'll marked and nothing that might not
follow vomiting occssioned by alcoholic
stimulaut DR.. Eveleth Of Hsllowell who
sssisted in The autopsy eo,roborsted the
testimony of Dr. Frederick. He had seen
no evidence Of violence. Had known
people sifllcted with heart disease to live to
an old age but they h'd been careful to
AVOID X ,itement.
Willism Abbistii stated that the two men
Sunday sni Commoi had boarded at his
house Tie had Known Of no trouble
between Them. Both ate supper there
Thursday night Commolli went to
Hsllowell after supper in company with
man uamed Carlo Bizzero VIII,
hal been visiting the qusrries and
who left that day for Barre. Vermont
Copmolli came home at II 30, Brogiole