The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-13

by Quarrel Between Salvatore
aud Dambrosio--Thcre Was Not
Much Difficulty in Securing a Jury.
Evidence Heard Yesterday.
Frank Dambroslo was yesterday
placed on trial before Judge Archibald
for the killing of Rocco Salvatore at
Bunker Hill, Dunmore, on the evening
of Friday, November 13, 1896 District
Attorney. John Il. Jones is conducting
the prosecution and Attorney John ].
Murphy is counsel for the defense
The crime which Dombrosio Is
charged with occurred at or near the
house of Frank Cipriano in the Ital-
ian settlement between the Delaware,
LaCkawanna and Western and Erie
and Wyoming Valley tracks in the
Bunker Hill district of Dunmore. Dom
brCsiO and Salvatore were fellow
boardcrs at Ciprianos house. Salvatore
came home drunk on the evening in
qucEiCn and had some words with DOM
brosio. There was a fight and both
men were stabbed, Salvatore receiving
fatal wound i'm the breast and an
ether in the shoulder and Dombrosio
sustaining an ugly cash in the body,
just below the shoulder.
The prosecution alleges that the kill
ing was done maliciously. but possibly
without premeditation and consequent
ly comes under the head of second de-
gree murder. The defense holds that
the killing was done in self-defense
and hopes for a verdict of acquittal.
CAUSE OF THE KILLING.
1t is alleged that Dambrosic was eat
ing his supper when Salvatore came in
and picked a quarrel with him. Dam
brosio told Salvatore to leave him
alone; he didn't want to have any
thing to do with him. Salvatore then
went out and returning with a knife
| jumped at Dambrosio and stabbed him
as he was sitting at the supper table.
| Dambrosio, though wounded, struggled
with his assailant and both men fell
to the floor. Dambrosio got the upper
| hand Of the struggle and when he
thought he had Salvatore suLdued
| made his escape. Salvatore, however
! got ~ and followed him and in self
| defense Dambrosio turned upon him
/ and dealt him the knife wounds.
Salvatore was the principal witness
/ against Boschino, who is now serving
life sentence for the murder of Frank
! COmforti, which occurred within a
| stones throw of the scene of the kill
| ing and which was tried in February
! 1895. BCsChino accused Salvatore of the
crime and there are many who to this
/ day are prone to believe BosChinO's
version of the affair.
Dambrosio is rather intelligent
/ locking Italian about 80 years of age
feet inches i'm height, weighing lac
/ pounds, with swarthy complexion and
| ravin black hair An aShen color about
the forehead and lower extremity oi
the face bears witness of his prison
confinement. He watches the proceed.
inGs keenly and occasionally leans Ovei
to whisper something to his brother
| Lorcno, or his attorney, between whom
he sits. His appearance and actions al.
together indicates a man not easily cX,
cited, but capable of fierce passion
VIXEN iniamcd.
SECURING A JURY.
The work Of drawing a jury wa!
| robbed of some of its tediOusness from
the fact that the question of capita
| punishment does not enter into tn,
case, The jurors were examined prin
cipally as to their sentiments in III
matter of self-dCfense. Clerk Daniel
was required to call only twenty before
twelve were found yho We're acceptable
to both the commonwealth and the de
fense. They are:
Charles V Decker, farmer, Newton.
anthony Mulin, conductor, Scranton.
William Matthews, clerk, Scranton.
T. j. Matthews, farmer. Spring Brook.
William Tldd, blacksmith, Taylor.
B. II. Eldred, carpenter. Scranton.
Dennis M.Chacls, farmer Ransom.
William j.. Kcarney, operator, Elmhurst
Henry Kunz, contractor Winton.
Malachi Kelly, farmer, Madison.
joan Jackson, farmer, jefferson.
Patrick May, mine carpenter, Scranton.
District Attorney Jones began hi
opening address to the jury at 2.3
o'clock y. II. He defined the differen
grades of murder and explained tha
owing to the evident absence OF pre-
meditation the commonwealth wOul,
not press for verdict Of first degree
He believed, from the information be
fore him, that the crime was one o
second degree, but If the testimony q
the ease should change his conclusion
he would not hesitate 10 reduce tn
charge to that Of manslaughtcr. If
then outlined, in brief, the history q
the case and at 3 O'Clock began the cx
animation of witnesses.
CORONEH'S TEJTIG.CNY.