The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

turned, a half hour later, a crowd
which blocked the street for fifty yards
had assembled, all striving to get a
glimpse at the dead man on the side
walk. DR.. A. Kolb had telephoned for
| the Lackawanna hospital ambulance
to take care of Russa, the injured
man. The Door fellow for a quarter
of an hour had been circulating in the
| crowd showing the wound in the abdo-
men where the ball had entered. He
finally sought his bed telling his friends
that he was going to die. The ambu-
lance arrived at 7.30 and Russa was
| taken to the hospital.
| The patrol wagon from the central
city also arrived with Patrolmen Neuls.
Perry and George Jones. These with
Lieutenant Zang and his men, Hagger-
ty, Quinnan, Boland and Sartor, at
tempted to control the crowd and when
| Constable Woelkers arrived with Abb
bate the handful of police had work
of the hottest kind.
TALK OF LYNCHING.
| Woelkers and the prisoner were in
the buggy. The mistake was made
when the constable in his triumphant
spirit, drove close to the edge of the
crowd and cried out Here he ISL
In an instant the buggy was the
centre of surging, clamoring mob.
Lynch him! Lynch him." they cried,
and the hind wheels of the carriage
were lifted and the vehicle tossed
about. Woelkers and the prisoner were
spilled out on the road. Before the
crowd could secure Abbate Patrolman
Charles Perry, who was the nearest
of Uhe officers, drew his club and
| striking one man who held the horses
head the policeman jumped into the
| buggy, Woelkers dragging the pris-
| oner with him.
Patrolman Perry yelled for the crowd
to disperse and catching the reins in
one hand, the whip in the other he
slashed the horse into a gallop. The
crowd grew back and Cedar avenue
was gained. The rest of the drive to
the central police station was uninter-
rupted.
For several hours after this incident
the crowd hung about the place. Cor
oner Longstreet arrived and empan-
neled as jurors on the Raimondi death
Charles Wirth, Gus Rempe, Ed. Co.
nelly, Henry Walters, jr., Gus Schmidt
and Lieutenant Peter Zang. They will
meet tomorrow night at Coroner Long
streets office to take testimony. The
body of Raimondi was removed to Un-
dertaker Storrs' morgue, on Cedar ave-
nue..
Joseph Abbate and Sebastian Sparo-
ceni the two other members of the
party, We're arrested and taken to the
police station. They will be held as
witnesses. Patrolman Gscheidle found
Joseph Abbate at his house in
Schimpffs' court. Sparoceni was ar
rested by Special officer Frank j. Egl
on Ninth street where he had fled af-
ter the shooting. He was identified
from a photograph which Egli secured
from his friends.
CAPTURE OF ABBATE.
The capture of Abbate, the murderer
was exciting. When Constable Woelk.
ers, after crossing the river by way OF
the Linden street bridge, reached Gold.
ems hotel, on Luzerne street, he saw q
crowd of people chasing Abbate, whose
wet clothing caused suspicion. The
man was running for dear life. Woelk.
ers followed with his buggy. When neal
Ansleys lumber yard, on Meridian
street, Abbate turned from tine stree
|
cape by way of the rear.
AS he got inside the gate the con
stable drove up. jumped from his car
riage and followed the man. AbbatC
was cornered in the rear lot. Woelker.
shouted don't shoot him!" looking ovel
Abhate's head. The time e-flavored rus,
worked to perfection. Abbate turned
around his hand, seeking the poke
where the revolver was, and as he die
so Woelkers and two young men, Roga1
and Conway, pounced upon him and Sc
cured the weapon. The four then go
into the carriage and rode to the Soutl
Side, where the reception was given al
noted.
At the police station last night Pa
trolman Sartor learned from the pris
oners the cause of the shooting. Alb
bate said that Raimondi made a mo-
. ton as if to draw revolver from hi!
breast pocket. Then he shot him. Alb
bate when interviewed by a Tribune
, reporter made the same statement.
Did YOU shoot the MANI"
, "Yes, I shoot him; he going to shoe
me-" was the mans reply.
NO REVOLVER FOUND.
No revolver was found upon Raj
mondi's person when the body wal
searched by Coroner Longstreet. Moth
ing else was found except a piece o
meaningless paper. Abbate seemed
r cool and unconcerned last night. II,
frequently inquired after the condition
I of the men. He did not know that Raj
l mondi was dead. The revolver whicl
; is in the possession of the police is {