The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-17
Preliminary Hearing in the
Bay nolo Murder Case.
A POST MORFEM HELD
The Victims Skull Was FriehtruIIy shat
Ctered, But His jaw and Ribs Showed No
Fractures-What Witnesses Have TO Say.
The Coroueps Jury.


SPECIAL 90 EVENING HERALD
MAHANoY CITY, July l1.-The authori-
ties OF this borough were engaged last
night in determining the cause of death
Of Frank Baynolo, the Italian attacked
at Fowler's on Sunday night, and trying
to learn who was responsible for the
injuries inflicted. In the former they
were successful, but made little progress
as to the latter.
Baynolo died yesterday afternoon in an
unconscious condition. He uttered but
one word to his friends after he was as
saulted and that was when he was carried
INTO the boarding shanty. "Americaus,
he grOaned in Italian
From the present DEVELOPMENTS it is
safe to say that the real murderer of the
Italian is still at large and unless the
county authorities take the matter in
mystery
Yesterday the residents Of the vicinity
OF the place where the murder was perpe-
trated seemed bound by an agreement to
keep their mouths smut Two reporters
visited the place, but, as one of them ex-
pressed it, "the lips of every body seemed
fastened with a paddock ANY number
OF people are willing to step forward and
say that Brennan, the young man under
arrest, is innocent and was not on the
scene at the time the Italian, received the
fatal blows, but not one can give the
slightest idea as to who could have posi-
bly, dealt the blow, Notwithstanding the
Italian was the only stranger there and
the witnesses are so positive that Baynolo
received the fatal blow in a second fight
in which Brennan did not take part.
Brennan was before Justice May last
night. The prisoner is very boyish in
appearance and gives his age as eighteen
years. He lives with his father and
mother at Hatesvillo and has been EN-.
ployed as chute boss at Shenandoah CITY
colliery. His mother remained at his side
in he Justices office and at the depot.
while waiting for the train for puttsville.
The mother wept bitterly and is evidently
almost Frustrated by grief over the
trouble which has come upon the boy.
SIX witnesses were examined before
Justice May. They We're Joseph p
Knapp, outside foreman at kniCkerhocker
colliery, Thomas Calvin, Patrick McGee.
Patrick Whitaker, Peter Frlsca and
Gregory CatramhOue. The two last
named men are Italians They simply
testified TO the arrival of the injured man
at the boarding shanty, which is located
at the western end Of Jucksou's patch |
trlsca Is a railway contractor and the de-
ceased was one of his laborers. The other !
Italian has charge of the s.uty.
From the evidence give usfOre Justice |
Aiay 1t appears that two fights occurred |
on tho township road between the end OF |
the Lakeside electric railway trestle and |
the engine house of the knickprbocker |
colliery 1t is very lonely place and |
there are no houses within several hun |
dred yards of it, Ths men of the patch |
make 1t loating rendezvous, using tho |
scattered piles of laggings for seats |
several men lounged about the place last |
night.
Three Of the witnesses swore that ''some-
body" called the Italian Frank Maca |
ronl" and a fight was started, that |
Brennan, the prisoner kicked the Italian |
under the chin with his peg leg and the
Italian picked up a sprag, whereupon
Brennan ran away and did not appear
upon the scene again. 1t was also stated
that the Italian followed Brennan with
the sprag and was intercepted by a second
gang OF yeung men who had been seated
at some distance from the first and was
by the first scufiie This second
gang then engaged in a fight with the
Italian and it is said it was here the latter
received his fatal blows. No one seems
TO know who composed the second gang.
Joseph Knapp swOre that he was at
tracted to the scene and found Baynolo
sitting down. His head was badly cut
ana he was swearing he would kill the
man who struck him. Mr.. Knapp advised
the man to go home. There ere none o
the young men about the place at the
time Mr Knapp left the Italian and
went TO Mrs Balliets house. He had
been there but a short time when Mrs
Ballet ran into the house greatly excited |
she fell into a sWOOu. Upon recovering
she said to her husband 20. my God
they have killed "a man." Mr.. kuappand
Others went back to the place and found
Raynolo lying in the middle of theUOwn
ship road. He was picked mp placed on
a Htretcher and am electric car. and taken
to the boarding shauty.