The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-24

him The only one in front of the house
when ! came back was Joe, the Italians had
gone down the street.
After redirect examination by Mr.
Bashore, in which witness stated that Mike
Minella, one of the defendants, when he was
coming out of Dobeditus' saloon said "I'll
kill him like butcher and shoot him like a
dog" but did not know to whom he referred
The first witness called this morning was
Anthony SOckalofsky, of Shenandoah, and
he told practically the same story of the fight
as the other witnesses.
Anthony Sweeney, of Shenandoah, next
took the stand. He remembered seeing the
defendants coming out of the saloon on the
evening of the 18th of April last He heard
Minella say as he came out of the door, 'I'll
kill him like butcher and shoot him like a
dog" Saw one of the Italians slip in the
gutter and Mike Minella came running up
with the other Italians and pulled out a
knife and used it on Joe Zukuski, cutting
him on the head and in the back Minella
then pulled revolver and fired at Joe and
the woman of the house. On cross examina-
tion witness said he was at his mother-in-
laws house, on the other side of the street
from the saloon where the Italians came out,
a lot and half to the west. That Peter
Magone was not with the other two when
they came out but the third man was large
one, who was not in the court room. Did
not know which party started the quarrel.
Richard Amour of Shenandoah, was then
sworn. He testified that he was on car
coming from Girardville on the 18th of April
last and when near Coal street some women
saw him and called to him tolget off the car.
Witness noticed a large crowd ON Coal street.
When he went up he saw Minella coming up
with Winchester rifle. l went after him to
take it. Two Italians saw me and fired at
me with their revolvers. Minella saw me
coming also and pulled the lever of the rifle
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shell fell out. | grabbed the rifle and tussled
with him for few seconds, when some one
cried, Look out ~ and turning l saw an
Italian woman fire a revolver at me. ! then
called for assistance and two men came to
my aid and we took the Italian into custody.
One of them took large knife from Minella.
The rifle which Amour took from Mike
Minella was then produced and Mr.. Amour
identified it by the number and he also iden
tilted the knife. They were both offered in
evidence. The rifle was of the Winchester
3S calibre type and was repeater, the knife
was clasp one with a hooked blade about
five inches long.
Mr.. Amour stated that Minella said to
him: They kila my brother, killa them"
after he had taken the rifle from him. When
going up the street on the way to the lookup
with the prisoner, Minella, witness stated
that he had to pass a large number of
Lithuanians and Italians and they were
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uttering threats. In answer to question of
Mr.. McLaughlin's, witness said there were
seven shots fired at him by Italians, but none
of them hit him.
Mr.. Amour was then excused for the
present and DR.. Stein was recalled He
produced the bullet which he said he took
from the body or Joseph Zukuski and was in
his opinion, the cause of death.
Joseph Lebonackus, of Shenandoah fol-
lowed DR.. Stein and gave his testimony
through an interpreter. He is the man who
is known as Little Joe" in the case and the
one who pushed the Italian into the gutter
in front of Joe Zukuski's house. The witness
remembered the day of the fight. Did not
know any persons in the saloon, and did not
know if Joseph Zukuski was there.
Several other witnesses were called and
examined, but they only corroborated the
previous testimony.
John Whetcavage, of Shenandoah, gave
his testimony through an interpreter. Said
he was present and saw the fight from the
beginning to the end. Saw the Italians
around Joe after he knocked one of them
down. When he got up the middle man.
Peter NagOne started to cut Joe with a
knife. Saw Mike Minella and Peter Nagone
with knives in their hands. Cut Joe's head
with knife and saw some one shoot
but could not tell who it was. The Italians
ran down to the house and left Joe lying
down. The witness helped to take Joe in
the house, where he died the next day at II
O'Clock Upon cross-examination the wit
ners said he did not see Little Joe hit the
Italian who was knocked down.