The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14


| on Sunday evening, Nov. II. 1894, ROsco
Salvatore, who figured prominently in
| that case, was murdered at $50 o'clock
| last evening by being stabbed in the
| right breast with stiletto. The deed
was done by Francesca Dambrosio.
and after committing it he escaped to
| the mountains.
| Salvatore and Dambrosio boarded
with Frank Chipriano in Bunker Hill.
The latter was seated at the supper
| table. when Salvatore came in. Chip
rianO said that Salvatore was under
| the influence of liquor and that he was
| using very profane language; that
| DambrOsio told him to shut up so that
he could eat his supper in peace,Sand
that the response only served to make
| Salvatore worse.
After quieting down Salvatore sent
| for 10 cents worth of beer and drank
it, refusing to share it with any of those
| in the house. When Dambrosio was
through eating the argument was re-
| sumed and 1t led to a scuf1le between
the men. Both pulled out knives, Chip
riano said. and his wife ran between
| them and implOred them to do nothing
| desperate. He also asked them to put
away their blades and DambrosiO an
swered him that he had better mind
his own business or he might get some
thing he was least expecting.
SALVATORE STRUCK FIRST.
For fear of getting hurt he stepped
| aside and let them at each other Sal
| vatOre struck the first blow, he said,
with his knife and Dambrosio got it
in the middle of the back. No sooner
did Salvatore raise his knife to strike
the second blow than Dambrosio made
a swift lunge and sent his blade through
the others breast. Just as soon as he
| did ii. he ran out the door and Saliva
tore. bleeding. followed him. Both ran
straight out through the unoccupied
patch of land in front of the house and
when Salvatore reached q spot about
| 100 yards from the door he fell down on
| a heap of dead leaves.
| DambrOsio kept on running and went
| into the house of Frank Pietrello far
ther IN the so-called street, where he
tarried long enough to have the blood
wiped from him and some bandages
| put on his wound. Then he made his
escape to the mountains.
| This Is the story that Chiprano tells,
and Pippo DambrOsiO. q cousin Of the
fugitive murderer, Pasquale Dimiano,
Joseph Lorenzo, and Joseph Rocco. four
of his boarders religiously stick to the
same version.
But when Coroner Longstreet arrived
| and an examination of the body was
| rrade. the case took on Il new COM
pleXion. Immediately after Salvatore
| fell, and as soon as 1t was discovered
| that his life passed out, Chpriano let
the body lie where ii was, and he went
to the Office of Justice of the Peace
Robert A. Scott, gave the information
| and swore out warrant for DAM
brosio.
| BODY WAS J'NDISTURBED.
| with the body. The squire told him to
cover it over with sheet or blanket
and see that no one disturbed it until
Coroner Longstreet came. The war;
| rant was placed in the hands of Con-
| stable Frank Williams, of the Tenth
ward, of this city. Mr.. Williams Is an
Italian, and for several years he had
been a special officer in Dunmore.
When Coroner Longstreet arrived. af
ter empanelling jury, he proceeded t.
| make an examination of the body with
the aid of two lamps. 1t was lying on
it's back. inclined toward the right side.
the left leg was crossed over the right,
the knee of the latter bent back. The
left hand rested on the left hip, and
the right hand was extended at right
angles with the body.
| What would very effectively contra
dict the story told by Chipriano is the
| ldtl tiltt III tHt III huUu was CluttH-
ed plain wooden pipe, the stem stick
ing out between the first and second
fingers, the bowl in the palm of the
hand, and the little finger bent into
| it.. The pockets were searched. and no
weapon of any kind was found except
an ordinary jack knife. and all the
blades of that were shut.
VALUABLES ON THE BODY.
In the right hand pocket of the vest
was a valuable new gold watch and
a handsome gold chain was attached
| to il. In the left hand pocket there
was n silver watch and silver chain
attached to 1t. IN one of. his pants
| pockets was q pocketbook containing {,
1O-'ollar bill, and in the same pocket
was Il 10-cent piece. the knife already
mentioned, two small KEYS. a doubled
un postal card with Italian writing
| Oh ii.
in his coat pockets he had lead
pencil, another postal card. a paper Of
| tobacco, a snuff-hOX made out of .iia
| dried rind of lemon. and two letters.
On his left hand he had two gol
rings, and on his right hand a gold
ring set with an emerald.
| There was a strong beard of about
three-weeks' growth on his face. The
| eyes were wide open and the black
pi' i'rcing orts looked as if there was
| life in them still. The lips were close
ly compressed and the lines Of agony
on his face indicated that he had suf-
| fcred intense pain.
Coroner Longstreet said that death
was swift and sure. Everything point
ed to the fact that there was no truth
in what Chipriano tells. The hla ok
suit of clothes, the collar and tie and
white shirt in no way indicated that
there was the scufile that he spoke
about. The collar was not disturbed.
the tie was properly in place. and ev-
cry button of the vest was closed. The
watch chains were pendant from the
first and second buttonholes.
CLOTHING SOAKED WITH BLOOD.
! There was a rio an inch wide in the
vest near the first button hole. The
| shirt was in the same condition. and
it was saturated with blood. The red
undershirt was sogged with blood. and
when the coroner removed that the
/ wound in the breast was large enough
| to admit his unde.finger to the knuckle
point. The stilletto just grazed the
breast bone and passed between the
ribs two inches from the right nipple.
1t sunk into the right lung.
| Coroner Longstreet after making this
| examination sent word 10 Undertaken
Il. p Letchworth, of DunmOre. 10 come
| and remove the remains to his estab.
| lishment. This was done. The cor
| oner conducted an autopsy at the un-
| dertaking rooms and was assisted i'm
the worl. by DIR. j. Il. Garvey. of Dun
more, and DIR. f. NJ. Pennypacker. The
! jury emDaneled consists of \. T.. No--
his. .. NJ. Custard. john r. Brown.
Robert A. Scott. Chief of Police p J.
Haley, and officer NJ. +. Dolphin. The
| jury will meet next Satur'lay night at
o'clock at the arbitration room of the
court house to take testimony.
| Constable Frank Williams and an