Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-17

same length of time Frank Napole called my husband. Frank, my husband had not been to bed up to the time he was called by Frank Napole. Then when Frank went out to Napole he staid away a good while. My husband never told me until the next morning about the kill- ing. I asked him what Frank Napole wanted with him and he said that some one was on Frank Napole's bed, or un- der 1t, didn't understand which. Next morning asked him what Frank wanted with him and he said he had killed John Last Wednesday I saw John with some $5 bills, about $60. He said he was going to send it to his wife and children. He told me before that he had a wife and children. He had the money in cigar box and kept it in show case. After John was killed I looked in the box Mon day morning. I was suspicious The money was gone. 1 never noticed coal oil on the floor I had never noticed coal oil on the floor until the officers called my attention to it. The spots were black. l told Frank that believed he had killed John He said l was a lie. and he said if I said that again he would cut my throat. We got along very well together. When Frank Napole called my husband he came to the side window. I did not see any blood in the store. Sunday morning there was blood on my sheets that ought not to have been there. My
 SdiilS lO Dtu dlleI lHt ildi oOiih was taken to the police station. We have been married nearly year. was four teen years old the 17th day of last July. I was married to Frank in Mississippi.
 Dr. Gibson.
 Dr. Gibson testified that Sherota died from the cut in his throat, which almost severed the trachea or windpipe between the hypoid and thyroid curtelages. He did not think that the blows from the iron instrument would have produced death.
 Chief of Police T. c. Mcdonald testi- fled as follows:
 Chief Mcdonald.
 I am the ctief of police and reside in the city. Captain Donelson and l were at the scene of the killing Monday morn ing, and on investigation l found what thought to be blood spots from the front door of Canepa's store. on Second ave- nue, to the division door of his kitchen. Those blood spots were recently covered with kerosene oil To the best of my knowledge and belief 1t was blood. Pass ing from the division door to the back door of the kitchen found a little blood on the back door opening out into the rear of the building. Just to the left of this door there Is a little enclosure just back of Frank Napole's fish stand. On
 the gate opening into this enclosure there was considerable blood. Passing through this enclosure to the back door or Frdnk NdpOleS s HSn SldHu l lOuHu blood on the facing of the back door, also finger prints of blood on the door; also on the wire that was there instead of a door knob. On the inside of the back room of Frank Napole's fish stand I found large pool of blood, about half way between the bunk that was in the corner of the room and the back wall I found some blood on the bunk and walls The blood on the couch and walls appear ed to be there as if thrown off by some thing being knocked in the head or stab bed. Near this cot I found a piece lof iron recently broken into three parts. There was blood on the pieces of iron at the time we found them. The pieces lof iron before me are the pieces that we found at that time. When left the scene of the murder Captain Donelson and my self went to the police station and inter viewed Frank Canepa in regard to the matter. MT. Canepa said that he was perfectly innocent of having anything to do with the murder of John Sherota. That they were the best of friends, and he would as soon have thought of in turing his father or brother as old John. I asked him then if he had hit John Sherota in the earlier part of the night, about o'clock. He stated that he had not On closer examination, he stated afterwards that he had on two occa- sions Sunday night slapped John She rota's jaws. 1 asked him then if he had threatened that night to kill John He denied having made any such assertion; said he hadn't said anything of the kind. On further examination he stated that he might have threatened to kill him; that he was so excited he didn't know what he had said. I asked him then if John Sherota had any money and if SD where it was He said that he had never seen him with as much as $5 but on one occa- sion in his fife when Sherota claimed an Italian from the mines gave it to him on Labor Day. On Monday night, the 14th, Captain Donelsson Captain Weir and my self interviewed Frank Napole at the station house in regard to the murder of John Sherota. He stated that after he had closed up Sunday night that he went to his back room and found some one asleep in his bed, and that he thought it was a negro or a burglar and he was afraid he would wake up and shoot him and he cut his throat. I asked him if he didn't know that he had no right to kill a man for sleeping in his bed He said he thought he had a perfect right tq kill man if he found him sleeping in his bed. Napole seemed to understand English at times, but when questions were put to him involving his connec- ton in the affair he could not understand Frank Canepa told me that he was in bed when Frank Napole called him. Frank Napole also claimed that John Sherota had no money
 The inquest will be resumed today at 9