The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-30


Joseph antoro last Monday.
Six witnesses were sworn besides
Coroner LonGstreet, and not one of
them gave evidence that would hold
either of the men. II seemed that
they would be discharged, when Mr..
Leyshon played his trump card. A
pair of blue overalls found in the kitch-
on Of Pascere's house was offered in
evidence, and Coroner Longstreet gave
the opinion that certain stains on the
right leg of the garment were blood
stains. In another place near the seat
of the overals was wide circle that
looked as if it had been washed to
wipe out the blood.
The coroner would not swear posi-
lively without a microscopical exami-
ration that the blood was that of
human being, but he stated positively
the stains were made by blood. He
took the overals in charge and will
maks an analysis of the stains to as
certain what they were caused by. He
said that it makes no difference that
the stains are five or six days old If
they are from human blood the micro
scope will easily reveal it,
ATTORNEY LEWIS PLEA.
Attorney w. r. Lewis, who repre-
sented the defendants, made strong
plea to have Doth men discharged; that
even if the stains on the overalls were
from blood, there was no evidence to
show that it was Santoros blood or
that Pascere had anything to do with
shedding it, Assistant District Attor-
ney w. Gaylord Thomas argued that
prima facic case had been made out to
hold Pascere for the grand jury. Mr..
Thomas did not ask to have Griecco
held. Alderman Kasson discharged
Griecco. hut decided that the evidence
| was strong enough to hold Pascere.
The hearing did not begin until 3
| O'Clock. The Office was packed with
people, more than half of them coming
| from Noosic and Old Forge. Pascere
| had several witnesses to prove an
alibi, but they were not heard. Cor
| oner Longstreet was the first one
| sworn. He went to Old Forge on the
evening of the murder and made
| postmortem examination of Santoro's
| body. He described the wounds.
| There were two cuts on the back: one
was at the top of the left shoulder
blade two inches long and two inches
| deep The other was in the muscles
back of the right shoulder. 1t had cut
| through the clothing and made a
wound an inch deep. Upon examining
| the skull he found two wounds on the
head. back of a line drawn from ear
to ear, Both wounds were the length
| of an AK ! dc and cut through the
| skull! to the brain.
| On the back of the neck there were
| four wounds and the head was virtual
| ly cut from the spinal column. one
| of the wounds was as clean as IL a
razor had done it. The severance of
the spinal column was done with one
blow. The coroner's opinion is that the
wounds were made with an AK rather
than a Ratchet.
MRS. BREEZE SWORN.
Mrs. Elizabeth Breeze was next
sworn. She testified she knows Pas
cere by sight, and she saw him Mon
day coming up the road toward Mud
town at about o'clock in the morn
ing. She lives not far from the Lacka'
wanna station. She took good lool
at Pascere as she was testifying anc
said she was sure he was the man she
saw that day. He had on the same
clothes then that he had on at the
hearing. She has known him for
long time by sight on account of see
ing him with Ben Harris, the super
intendent of the Water company. Sh'
did not see Joseph Sanford that day
She was not more than 20 or 30 fee
| from him as he passed along the road
She was standing at her home.
Mrs. Genelli, who was Margaret Nor
an, of Minooka, before her marriage
was sworn, and she testified she wa
on her way to the Connell compan.
store in Duryea Monday forenoon be
| tween $50 and o'clock. She saw tW
| men on the railroad track walking to
ward the station as she went over tn
crossing toward the bridge, and on
of them was the music teacher. TIL
other man had on blue overalls and
Jacket The overalls were much wor
and dirty. When she got to the bridge
which was only a short distance fror
; where she was when she first say
them, the murder had beer. committed
but her view of it was shut off by tn
station. The excitement attracted he
attention and she saw the man wit
the overalls as she Looked around run
ming away She would not be sur
that Pascere was the man. She wa
not acquainted with him.
COULD NOT IDENTIFY HIM.
Harvey Davenport, a boy about
years of age, was the next Witnes
He lives at Lackawanna, and on Nor
day morning started for berries wit
2 another boy. They were walking q
top of the embankment that runs alon
r the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes
r ern tracks when two Italians can
5 down the track nearest the bank. The
I appeared to be quar- cling about som'
l thing. His attention was first attrac
ed toward them when they were U
!, beyond the crossing. They had a sho
+ scuffie there, after which they sat dow
some feet apart. Then they got I
r and walked down toward the static
The boys watched them all the wa
along, and when they came down
the see e of the murder, the murdert
man struck at the other man, WI
drew the AK from under his coat ar
began to use It as already describe
The murderer had on blue overalls Wi
patches and blue smock He cou
. not identify any of the prisoners
: the man with the AK. He said Il
man ran away after he did the de,
and held his head down as he ran.
Ernest Richardson was the boy wi
him. He gave similar testimony to
companion, except he added that h
murderer wrapped the AK up in a r.
u handkerchief. He and Davenport fC
Is lowed the murderer when they sa
It the occurrence.
t Thomas Gillette, of Moosic. W
= sworn to prove that he saw Pasce