The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09

station house the morning after the
| murder. The substance of the inter-
| view was as follows: Imbriano said
that on the night of the murder, in COM
pany with Conforti he was on his way
| home and they parted at the path on
| the wagon road. Having gone short
distance after leaving Conforti I'm
brlano heard a shot and was startled
| but he did not stop to investigate. When
he got home the news of the murder
had preceded him and his wife told him
that Boschino had murdered Conforti
District Attorney Jones cross-eXam-
ined Mr.. Daniels The next witness
was Frank Rossi, an eXcitable man and
very impassoned in his speech. AS he
spoke to the interpreter his coal black
| eyes shot out flashes of fire and his
gesticulations We're quick and his
| speech rapid.
Rocco Salvatore came to his house on
| the evening of the murder about 6.3C
| o'clock and informed him that Conforti
had been killed. "Tella me who kllla
Conforti or me killa YOU" said Rossi to
| Salvatore. Then the latter told that the
murder of Conforti had been done by
Joseph Boschino and Antonio Imbriano
both equally guilty.
Storm Obstructed Justice.
Frank Pietrello was recalled to tell
about whom he saw search the clothes
of Conforti as he laid murdered on the
road. Squire Robert Scott, the witness
said, was the individual who performed
| the act. Another witness was called
and funny looking, Rip Van Wrinkle
like chap made his appearance, but he
| was not the right man. The attorneys
for the defense stated to Judge Gunster
| that no more of their witnesses were
present, their absence being due, nc
| doubt, to the severity of the storm
Mr.. Horn asked the court to adjourn
| until the afternoon, promising that the
| witnesses would be on hand then. And
| the attorneys for the defense also prom
| ised to work during the recess upon
the preparation of law points. II was
along toward 1890 o'clock and court
| adjourned till 1.30 p. m.
Dominica MoraZi was called to the
witness box when the case was resumed
in the afternon. He was put through
| u rigid cross-questioning by District
Attorney Jones as to his recollection OF
what Rocco SALVATORE said to him on
| the evening of the murder. Salvatore
made it his business, it appears, to sc
around on that evening telling that
| Conforti was murderedby Boschino and
| Imbriano. Morazi heard SALVATORE use
such an expression and with hard work
the district attorney got him to swear
positively that Salvatom said SO. Mr.
Jones finally got the witness to swear
| that Salvatore made that statement in
his hearing.
There was hushed murmur in the
court room when Attorney Horn called
out the name of Mrs. Jennie Boschino
| The wife who has sat at her husbands
| side all through the trial then went on
| the stand to give evidence. She was
married five years ago to Boschino and
| Is the mother of two children; her
mother lives with her at Bunker Hill
and helps to take care of the children
| She remembered we'll the night on
which Conforti was murdered. Domi-
| nico Morazi, the preceding witness, and
q man named Alexandra PintenellC
came to visit her on Sunday afternoon
They remained between the hours of
and s p. m. Her husband did not come
home until few minutes after O'clock
and these men were in the house.
Her Husband Wounded.
| When he came in he showed them q
wound on his leg and blood was running
from it. She got handkerchief and
wiped the blood away. While she was
dressing the wound she heard two
shots; the two men went to the door tC
see what was the matter and they
walked off down the path toward the
wagon road. Then she heard three
more shots and ten minutes later Nor
All and Pintenello came back. They
told her husband that large crowd
was gathered outside and they were
saying that Boschino and Imbriano had
killed Conforti. Boschino was advised
to betake himself to flight, as it meant
| danger for him to remain in the face OF
the angry mob that was growing more
violent outside of the house. Boschinc
answered:
"No. sir; I did not kill him and
don't want to 60"
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left by way of the back door
| Mrs. Boschino remembered the county
detectives visit to her house and his
asking for picture of her husband
| She did not tell the detective that She
did not know where her husband ther
was. District Attorney Jones ther
asked Mrs. Boschino this question:
"If your husband was in the house al
the time the shots were fired, why dC
you suppose that the crowd was after
your husband?' The crowd was noisy
and from what the two men in the
house had said she feared that harm
would come to her husband, and sh,
advised him to go for a few days. Al
her urgent solicitation her husband lef
in hurry and did not even bid hi
family goodbye. He went out the bacl
door, disappeared in the darkness ant
then she locked all the doors on tn,
house. Morazl and Pintenello remained
at her house until o'clock and left, bu
not before the crowd outside had dis
persed.
Her Story Corroborated.
Alexander Pintenello took the stand
"Aleck, where do you liveY asked Mr.
Horn. ''In Hyde Park" was his an
swer. The witness described all the de
tails of the happenings at Boschino'.
house on the Sunday of the murder be
tween the hours of and p. m. Hi'
story was corroborative of what Mrs
Boschino had testified to. Boschino, h,
said, came home that evening abou
| five Minutes nftpr q o'clock He hat