The herald., 1898-06-19

dago, and other vile names. George Wig
nolo merely smiled and answered last
words. That Is all he said to the know
ledge of Hunter. The witness could not
recall how long after the quarrel it was
that he found the body. His measurement
OF time was indistinct because of liberal
supply of liquor he had administered inter-
nally to himself Mrs. viGnolo was intox-
icatCd. The defendant might have been
drunk, but did not appear so.
On cross-examination, witness testified
that George and his wife arrived between
3 and o'clock. At that time they were
apparently both sober. The woman was
very abusive and the defendant most pa
tient under her vile aspersions. He made
no threats. Mrs. Vignolo paid some money
over the bar, but witness could not tell
whether any remained in her purse after
that. Hunter said he never heard any
shot fired. 1t was dark when he went
homeward and found the body lying In the
middle of the road. He walked back to
the saloon to tell of his discovery, and
soon after the body was surrounded by a
number of people Witness stayed with 1t
until Barrell returned from telephoning.
search was then made for weapon,
but none was found.
Alfred Barrell, proprietor of the San Fer
nando road house, related the coming to
first sat in the garden. After talking a
while Allie said to the witness: "Al, l sup
pose you know am going to get a divorce?''
George laughed and replied: You will not
get 1t on the ground that you want" They
left at about half past T. Witness es-
corted them to the buggy. Vignolo got in
first. She said she didn't want him in
there, and called upon the witness to
throw the out. Mr.. Barrell ar
gued with her. and finally turned upon his
heel, saying: "You make me tired" and
left. She came back to the house, but
Darrell had closed the establishment and
wouldn't let her in. She knocked at the
door and cursed him for about a quarter Of
an hour and finally left. When everything
had quieted down, witness heard a shot
but paid no attention to 1t, as hearing shots
in that vicinity is a common occurrence.
When George Hunter came to the sa-
loon witness feared that 1t was Allie come
back again, but Hunter disabused him, say
ing that there was body lying in the
road. He believed 1t at first to be case
of suicide He supposed that Vignolo had
driven off in the buggy, leaving her behind.
and that she had shot herself, but search
failed to disclose any revolver in the vicin-
ity. The road Is very hard there Wit
ness saw no weapon In deceased's hand at
any time at the saloon. Mrs. Vignolo g
language was very abusive, but she said
nothing that he could construe into threat
ening language. Earrell stated that Allie
Vignolo was n woman that he had alw;. Us
been afraid of, and whom he never lik.d
to see in his place. All the money she dis
played was two or three dimes. The
gloves-white ones-were found under the
corpse by witness, when It was turned
over and removed to the side of the road
He searched for possible weapon within
radius of five or six feet from the point
where the body was found. OF from the
road the growth consists of. sagebrush
The last words that witness heard George
Vignolo say to his wife were: Come on
into your buggy-I am not going to walk
into town."
The last witness called by the people wa S
Police Detective Walter Aubfe. He re-