Evening journal., 1893-09-26
RAFFAELO'S RECITAL.
Says Her Father Raped Her
Three Times.
THE FATHER SMILES IN THE DOCK

The State Slowly Drawing Its Net Around
Generoso Rinaldi-Lewis c. vandegrin
Conducting a Rigid Cross-Examination
In the Prisoners Behalf.
The trial Of Generoso Rinaldi, accused
OF raping his 10 year old daughter,
Rinaldi Raifaello, began in the Court
of Oyer and Terminer yesterday after
noon, the indictment being certiorGried
from the Court of General Sessions. All
the judges were on the bench. Attor-
ney General Nicholson and Deputy
Attorney General Giles conducted the
prosecution, Lewis G. Vandegrift, Mr.
Nicholson's rival for his official honors,
appeared for the defence. The prisoner
was brought into the court rosm. ar
raigned again. and pleaded not guilty.
The jurors drawn to try the man were
as follows:
James A. Morgan, Edward Woodward,
George d. Cloud, James f. Moore,
| Thomas 7. Porter James II. Montgom-
cry, Robert Motherell, William K Price,
William S. Ellison. James II. Davis,
Charles Crumpton, Charles A. Bryan.
Challenged by the State-Walter II.
Hartlove, Isaac P. Foreman, Thomas j.
HildebIand-3.
Conscientious Scruples A
Lodge, John ODonnell, Charles A. Hill
ia.
Challenged by the Defense-William
j. Campbell George r. Donovan-2.
| Expressed an Opinion-Alfred j.
Davidson.
The total number of jurors drawn
from the panel was 21
Nicholson for the state.
Attorney General Nicholson opened foi
the state He reviewed the alleged
crime Of June II last He said that tn,
evidence would be that the young cir
and brother of 10 or IL, had returned
to the house one evening last
June and after some words thu
little boy went to bed to sleel
with his father subsequently th
little girl went to her own room
During the night her father entered be
room aud ravished her. At the frs
opportunity she fled to her married
sisters. He followed her there and, b.
threats, tried to force her to 60 HON
with him, showing his terror by hi
} actions
Ranaela on the Stand.
; Rinaldi Rsffaelo, the alleged victim
} was called TO the stand She is a larg
girl for her age and quite homely. Car
mine Di Mare was sworn as interpreter
and stood beside her on the stand. Sh
said
Last June lived on Front stree
with my father Ny mother and brothe
= lived in the house with me- ] do NO
. remember what happened on June l.
No one did anything to me last summer
y / left my fathers house on Saturda
q last summer left because my faith,
L did something to me at night / Wa
with the nephew of George Anderson tt
night before and went to the Darl
From there home. Ny father asked m
y where / had been. l told him. h
didn't do anything then. / don
y know how to tell the time. / went
70 bed in the front room, where / was a,
customed to 60 to sleep alone. ] wei
to sleep. My father awoke m
= He said, 4 want to see what the nephe
e Of George Anderson did to you salt
d No He then committed the assault
" He told me he would whip me If 1 erie
Is did cry. He left, returned and con
n, mitted another assault. Ny brother al
father were the only others in the hous
is In the morning l was Just getting I
TX when he came upstairs and assaulted n
e, again. Before that he had sent n
" brother away. My mother was in Phil
"a delphia and my sister was married al
away. packed my clothes in bag al
when my father went to the shop wei
u to my married sisters on West Eigh
" street where l made complaint to n
10 sister in the presence of Amelia.
N father came after me and found 4
: upstairs in my sisters room. He ask
- me where my clothes were and to con
and go home told him did not wa
ie to 20 back with him. ran away al
hid myself in another room. ] 81
- from a window when he went away al
did not see him again until l was TAX
/, to the Municipal Court"
v Under Cross-ExaminatIon.
s. Mr.. Vandegrift dispensed with Il
d, interpreter in making his cross-exsmin
g tion. In answer to his questions s.
70 said
Il live with Mrs. Reynolds, No
ID West Fifth street have lived the
At three months. l was playing wi
e. Tamar Anderson that night. Geor
is Arderson's nephews name is Fral
x Spencer. The sun had been gone dow
n some time when we went
Union Park. 1t was only about /
"a squares from where / lived didn't S
AZ Policeman Hayden there. Fral
ne Spencer lett me at Front street on
e. return. l was not in Pyles lane or
be Second street that night. When z
d. home father and Johnnie were up 7
ed people In the third house we're up.
ad our house we could hear the neighbC
in walking and talking 1 have hes
he them myself. l walked in and my fail
on asked me where J mad been. told h
to Union Park with Frank Spencer.
on scolded me- We all went up stai
dy together. l carried the light lHalf
1t hour afterwards father came to my ro
ng and made the remark about Fra
me Spencer was asleep When he
re saulted me l resisted and cried out lol
she When l same down in the morni
to father vas in his every day clothes
cried loudly every time he assaulted m
ell At 515 the court suggested nil
,ys session and the jury acquiesced.
The Vandegrift objected. He said be nee'
md the time to prepare the examination,