The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-02
BOasting That Was Fol-
lowed by BlOOdShed.
ChicOni and PalmazOni Try to
Carve POnterilli.
Parties Had Been Celebrating at
House on Douglass Ave.

Ernesto Ponterilli Is at his home, 366
Admiral street, suffering from two wounds
In his back caused by a knife in the
hands of one of his fellow countrymen.
One of the wounds is a very ugly one,
though it may not prove fatal. His
nephew, Madestino Ponterilli is also suffer
ing from knife wound in one of his
arms.
Very near the junction OF Douglass
avenue and Admiral street there is a
house of many tenements, and it,, as is
another house, in the same yard, Is oc-
cupied by Italians. In honor of the very
unusual occurrence of 20 days IN the
month of February, and also because one
OF the parties residing in the house will
net have chance TO celebrat his birth
day for eight years, he having been born
in leap year, there was merry gathering
there Saturday evening. So auspicious
and memorable q day must be seen out to
the extreme end, so 1t was after II m.
before the party broke up. The health OF
the fortunate or unfortunate party of few
birthdays was drunk as was that of other
notable persons, but no one seemed the
worse for liquor.
Very late In the night Madsstino Pom
terilli and his uncle Ernesto Ponterill1
began to talk very boastfully of the stand
ing and renown of their family in Italy (;
in fact they claimed TO represent nobler
family than any one else present at the
gathering; they were, it SCENE =, verita-
ble "children of the King To their
statements Antonio Chic nj and his re-
latives, Pasquale and Dominica Palma
zoni took exceptions, and the dispute
became a warm one. but finally the de-
tenders of the merits of the different
L. -. a.. eAI
no trouble of serious nature in the
house.
About l O'Clock yesterday morning
when the parties named were going home
they got into a row on Douglass avenue
neir Eagle Park street; there were knives
and clubs used quite freely. The Pom
terillis got decidedly the worst of the
dispute and Madestino was stabbed in the
fieshy part of the left arm Ernesto did
not notice any one strike him with knife
but he did feel the blows OF club. II g
saw the blood flowing from his nephew IS
arm aud started to conduct the latter to
the Second police station. The uncle did
not feel very smart on the way down
Admiral street, but he managed to get
Madestino to the place he set out for. The
affair occurred at the hour the officers
are changing on the different beats.
Chiconi and the Palmazonis also left
Eagle Park and are probably by this time
in another State or are awaiting the sail
ing of ship to their native land, where
they may take up the honors they laid
aside for time.
The Ponterillis met Lieutenant Murray
at the station, and they told him their
story, and ErDes sto claimed his back was
sore from the blows inflicted on him by
a club. The injured men were attended
by DIR. G. +. Marston, who found that
the pain Ernesto was suffering from did
not come from bruise caused by blow
of club, but from two cuts in the small
of his back. One OF these, DIR. Marston
found, was deep and dangerous one, as
the mans liver mad been penetrated by
q knife in the hands of Chiconi or his re-
l tlves, the PalmaZonis.
The injured men were taken to their
homes at Eagle Park. Then Lieutenant
Murray went with his officers to try to
find the men who had done the cutting,
but, OF course, none OF their fellow
countrymen had seen them since they left
the house before the row. Detective
Resrdon and Lieutenant Murray made an
other attempt last evening to find out what
had become OF the Chiconi- palmazoni
CON bination but their search proved a
fruitless one. 1t is possible, though, the
latter may return to celebrate that birth
day at the same place in 1904.
So far as can be learned there was no
trouble between the parties before the
dispute over tie respective merits of their
families, and up to this time the men
who have isappeared bore good reputa-
ton.
Ernesto's condition today was as
comfortable as could be expected, but DR..
Marston says that IL viii be few DAYS
before the effect Of the injury will be
known.