The herald., 1896-11-29
THE BARBERI TRIAL
The Notorious Case Being Now Retired.
the First Days Proceedings


Maria Barberii, on trial for the murder of
Domenico Cataldo. on April 26. 1895. or lit .
tie Michael Snyder, on trial for habit of
attending the goose market-which is It?
That question forced itself upon the nom
legal mind yesterday afternoon in Judge
Gidersleeve's court. where an hour was
devoted to cross-eXamining young, rosy
The trial was nominally that of Maria
Barberi, begun practically for the second
time yesterday morning. Assistant DIS
the prosecutions. case. claiming that the
homicide was vindictive and premeditated,
and. that the girl had been driven to it In
before only her mothers influence. Wit
nesses for the prosecution had been called
Policeman ]. H. Hays who saw Cataldo
man Thomas OReilly who took her to the
station, and who also found her apathetic:
DR.. J. b. Huber. who testified to having
performed an autopsy on the body of Ca
taldo, revealing that death was due to loss
of blood from two deep wounds in the
corroborated the. testimony of his brother
officers, and Luigi Cataldo, an uncle of
the murdered man who, said that his neph-
of bootblack and that he lived in this
country about nine years.
Then came collarless, grimy little Mich
ael Snyder, and for the next hour the court
and. the court attendants, learned great
deal about Michael and the goose market.
Michael testified that he was on East
20, 1885, when Maria. Barberi went into a
saloon. Michael followed to The door, but
ran away when he saw her slip a razor
paused, and in a few minutes he, saw Ca
taldo stagger from the saloon, his hand
at his throat, heard him "holler" and saw
All After a'' Michael S had given that testimony
Lawyer House put him on trial. What
did he do for a living? He. had been
two months. How did he happen to be on
Thirteenth street on the morning of the
tragedy? He lived there and was going
nue. and Thirteenth street. what was
Michael doing there? "Foolin' round"
This reply made the spectators laggh Law
Then Michael was asked. how long it took
him to walk home from the market? How
OH da Apr hs ss Y ow ms many II ana aG wh
had he consulted?
Lawyer House muddled Michael sadly,
When he admitted having gone into a sa;
loon to see hthe our, Mr.. House demanded
why he had not consulted the clock in St.
Ge9rges steeps cad replied
through the rows of houses between where
he stood and the church clock
What remained Of the aft afternoon aS. after
was devoted to hearing the. testimony of
Leopold Pariza. grocer. Objections, mo
tions to strike out, and voluminous cita-
tins from the decision of the court of ap-
peals. reversing Recorder, Goff's rulings
terpreter. that while he was washing win
doWs on the morning Of April 2s, 1875, Maria,
with frofR upon her lips and CLASSY stare
in her eyes, came from the saloon where
hands in the pail that the grocer had by
him. He testified on cross-examination
that when Cataldo and Maria had first
come to the East Thirteenth street tene-
ment Catald'o said he had eloped with "the
Barberi." and in reply to the grocers oues-
ton added that he should marry her, hav-
ing had already five such affairs.
Mr.. Mcintyre demanded that the answer
be stricken out because irrelevant to the
plea of insanity or irresponsibffity.
Judge Gildersleeve said the defense had
not defined its line of action.
Mr.. House maintained that the answer
was competent and that the court of ap-
peals had reversed the former decision be-
cause of the exclusion of just such evil
dence. The defense had not declared its