The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22
MUCCI AND VITO ARRESTED,
CHARGED WITH CARVING THEIR
NEIGHBORS, CICHETTO AND
LUIGI DODINO.
Police Have to Take Serious Chances
Before Arresting Any of the
BeIIigerents.


place in the Italian colony early yes
terday morning. in which Pasqualo vi
to, Giuseppe Cichetto and Luigi Dodino
received numerous cuts and
slashes in different parts of
their bodies, though none Of
the wounds are considered danger
Gus. Raffelo Mucci and Pasqualo Vi
to, one Of the injured men, are accused
of doing the stabbing, and are locked
UP at the central police station on
the charge of assault with dangerous
weapons. The other two participants
in the affair were also detained, and
are being held as witnesses on the
charge of disorderly conduct
The fight during which the cutting
occurred took place shortly after mid
night, but the affair was not reported
to the police until o'clock, when
Luigi Dodino rushed into the central
station, his hands dripping with blood
from several cuts across the backs and
| palms, while his bIood-srtained clothes
showed he was otherwise wounded, and
Informed Capt. Rouleau of what had
occurred. The man was weak from the
loss of blood and was so excited that
English beyond the fact that a saw
age fight had taken place at a small
store, conducted by NicOlo Yannetto
near the high bridge, shortly after u
o'clock. He accused Mucci and Vito
of doing the stabbing, and said that
after the fight the wounded had re-
treated to the store, where behind
barricaded doors they had been be-
sieged by their assailants with guns
and knives for nearly two hours
DodinO, being the least hurt, had man.
aged to escape through a back window
and make his way to the police sta
ton. Summoning DR.. Leavitt to dress
Dodino's wounds, Capt. Rouleau at
once sent Sergeant Davis and Officers
Murnane and O'Neil with the patrol
wagon to the scene of the cutting.
AS it was thought possible that a
murder had ben committed. Driver
Frank Frazer sent his team along the
levee road at a speed which soon
brought the officers to the vicinity Of
Yannetto's store. Pacing to and fro
in front of the place was Vito with
an oldfashioned Springfield musket,
which he refused to lay down until
revolver and threatened to shoot In
side the store the officers found moth
ing but pools of blood, but an open
window showed the exit Of the be-
sieged Italians while a search Of the
surroundings discovereda pair of blood
stained shears. YannettO the proprie-
tor Of the place, was reused from his
house near by and assisted the police
in rounding up the participants in the
fight. Raffelo Mucci, a man over fifty
years Of age, was found clad in his
blood-stained clothes, though him
self unscratched by wound Of any
kind. Cichetto was rounded up at his
home, 224 Chestnut street, and taking
Yannetto and his son, Dominick, the
patrol hurried back to the station.
When DR.. LeaVitt arrived, he found
Vito to be the more seriously injured.
He was cut in dozen different places,
the worst wound being an ugly cash
across the back Of the right hand.
On the side of the mans head was also
a deep cut, while the surrounding parts
were swollen and confused. When his
clothing was removed Vito's right arm
also showed four wounds. He claimed
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but that Cichetto had attacked him
with a razor.
Cfchetto's wounds were even more
numerous than those of his alleged as
sailant, and when the man was dis
| robed he looked as though he had been
prodded with a pitchfork. His legs,
| arms and back were bleeding from
| knife thruStS, while two large OrifceS
On one limb showed that the blade
| Io1 o1Aar tbrolJCh a HaChx-
/ part. The right side Of his throat was
| gashed in two places, and the ear part
| ly severed, in addition to a deep scalp
| wound on the top of the head CichettO
! declared that Vito had cut him with
| long-bladed knife and exhibited his
| coat, which was cut almost to ribbons,
| as proof of his assertion. Dodino's
! hands were badly cut, and he also had
| a number Of superficial wounds about
| the body, but an examination of Mucci
| showed him to have escaped without
| scratch. The wounded Italians were
| placed in separate cells after the serv-
! ices of DIR. Leavitt, and Yannetto and
! his son were allowed their liberty. Yes
! terday Cichetto and Dodino were re-
| leased on $25 bail each.
According to Yannetto, who tells the
| story through his son as interpreter, a
| company of Italians were in mis- store
| shortly after midnight, when Mucci and
VITO, VINO are SAID 10 be pals, came
! into the place from Ludwig's saloon,
! where they had been drinking. Mucci
| is known among the Italians as a bad
! man, and when he began abusing those
! iii the store, he and Vito were put out
| by the proprietor. They remained about
| the store, it is claimed, cursing and
| threatening those inside. and finally CT
Ghetto went out to pacify them. AS he
| stood talking to the men, Vito sudden
! ly ran at him with knife and was
4 Joined in the assault by Mucci who
! used pair Of shears as a weapon.
| Seeing their companion at such a dis
| advantage, those in the store went to
| his assistance, and the fight became
| general, though Yannetto claims no one
| used any other weapons than clubs. ex-
| cept MCcci and Vito. While the fight
| was raging, it is claimed Vito ran to
| his home for the rifle and when the
| others saw him coming back, they took
refuge in the store, while he and Niue
| CT stood guard outside, treatening to
| kill the first to show himself Mucci
| 1t is said, was arrested g year ago for
| being concerned in a similar cutting af-
| fray and is said to be a man generally
feared by the inhabitants of the flats