The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-25
0LNEYvILLE.
The Carroll Investigation
Entertaining the Town.
THE NEWS BUREAU,
OLNEYviLLK. IABERsAcLk BUILDING.

The inves tigation OF charges against
Special Liquor Officer Carroll OF Johnston
by the town council were commenced last
evening in the council chamber. Inc
place was filled to its utmost
capacity with persons eager for excite
ment. The voting booths which are dis
tributed around the room were topheavy
and several times the Investigation was
stopped by the collapse of one OF them.
President Bowen called the meeting 10
order and notified the outsiders to keep
| order.
| legal adviser for the council. Attorneys
Farnell x Owen conducted the prosecu-
tion and Attorney George West the
| defense
The investigation opened with the
reading OF the charges by Attorney Far
| nell.
Mr.. West thought that the charges were
vague and uncertain and that the persons
| referred to should have been named.
After some discussion Mr.. Farnell said
that the first four counts of the charges
would be confined to the case of an Italian
named Carlo Lefstzia, and the
fifth, for srresting q man named
Andy Graham for stealing 80 bushels OF
apples from a Mr.. Bartlow which was
settled by payment OF $50 without trial.
| The sixth count being amended, would
refer to the arrest Of Graham without
warrant. After some discussion these
were allowed and the case proceeded.
Mr.. VIM. Phillips was the first witness
called and produced the warrants relating
| to the LefatZia case; one was OF the
charge OF keeping liquor nuisance and
| the other an assault on another Italian
! named Capello. Records were shown hat
the cases were discontinued on payment
| of costs,
! He was asked IL he remembered IL q
| search warrant was issued against one
| Wilkinson or Andy Graham for stealing
apples. He said he could not recollect.
Andy Graham said he was arrested by
Mr.. Carroll who charged him with steal
| ing apples from Mr.. Barlow and told him
he would have to 60 to Jail unless he
furnished . bondsman. A Mr.. Knight
| furnished bail and his wife settled the
case by the payment OF $50 to Mr.. Carroll.
Mrs. Graham was next called, said she
remem bered her husbands arrest and that
Carroll charged him with stealing the
| apples from Bartlow. She showed receipts,
one of $45 and the other of s., the same
that she paid Carroll to settle the case at
| his office.
Carlo Lefatzia was the next witness.
Said he knew Carroll, and that he was ar
rested by him, and was in jail week. He
was then told he would be Arested again
IL he was seen in Johnston. He has lived
| on Spruce street. in the city, since then.
| In the cross-examination he said that his
wife paid $50 to get him out and that
Carroll never told him anything about
| selling liquor or beer.
| Maria Guinna Ginnie was then sworn.
She said she went to Carroll's Office and he
wanted $50 to settle Lefstzis case. She
| had $50 which she offered him; he re-
fused, and she offered him $40, which he
also refused, and she afterward gave him
$50 to settle the case. In cross-examining
| this woman Mr.. West wanted to know il
she was Lcfatzia's wife. Mr. Farrell OBJ
Allowed sfos 00 sh. the said qIss0@ sss was Tis his
in M"' New "s York; ad five we're years "Afaasa ago.
In reference to the case she said that
Cappelo came to her and told her to see
Carroll about settling the assault case and
that he told her 1t would cost $40 or more
and that she took $50 with her and the
| other $40 was lent to her by Cappelo.
She said she bailed her hus baud out on
Saturday and on Monday he was free.
She also said that Cappeilo got nothing
| from the $50 so far as she knew.
| Angelo Cappello said he went to Car
rolls Office on the Saturday with this
| woman and that Carroll wanted $50 to
settle tbs case. She had but $50 and he
first lent her $40 and afterward $40 more.
| He said he went with Carroll into the court
room from the office and Carroll gave him
$40 to pay the costs in court. He paid Mr..
| Phillips the so and Mr.. Carroll gave 10
cents more. He the told about Farrell
| and Holbrook coming up TO his house and
Of the making Of the affidavits. The next
| day he went to Carroll and told him about
| IL and he said that Carroll told him to say
he was given $40 to act as interpreter in
| the Lefatzia case.
| Mr.. West cross examined this witness
| quite severely, and succeeded in getting
| him very much confused at times. He
said that he went to see Attorney Lee
| about prosecuting Lefatzia and that Mr..
| Lee and his partner were away and no one
| but Mr.. Carroll was there. He talked
| with him about 1t, but he said Mr. Carroll
wanted no money then and he also told
Mr. Carroll about Lefatzia keeping a
| liquor nuisance.
He said he did not get any of the money
| by the settlement of the case.
Mr.. West wanted to know IL he got his
$40 back. He said he did. He said he
was willing to get Lefatzia out on the
| Saturday, because he thought he had been
in jail long enough. Mr.. West continued
to ply him with questions as to whether
he did not receive some of the $50 that
was alleged to have been paid,
but Cappello denied it each
time and told West that he
thought he was "a very funny man, )" and
that they could not buy him for money;
that he had money OF his own. He again
told OF Mr.. Holbrook's visit with Mr..
fRrnell and Also ABOUT his going to see
MIR. Carroll the next day and telling him
about it. Carroll said it was all right and
told him to say that he had been given $40
for acting as interpreter I'm the c,se. The
hearing was then postponed until Wednes-
day at $50 p. m.
Miss Agnes b. Murray and Mr.. j. b.
Conley, two popular young residents,
were married at st. Francis Church this
morning. Miss Annie Murray acted as
bridesmaid and NIT. j. Conley as grooms-
man. After the ceremony a reception
was held at the residence of the
bride, corner OF Putnam and Amherst
streets. The presents were numerous and
beautiful. The couple will go 10 New
York to spend their honeymoon.
A little boy named Wallace FORMER was
knocked down on Olneyville square yes
terday by q reckless bicyclist, and severely
bruised.
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