Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-26
DISAGREED.
Jury Not Able to Agree IN
Scampini Case.
A Long Trial. Belief that Re-
Spondent had Provocation
for Assault Brought
Disagreement.

The trial of Angelo Scampin
charged with having committed a breach
of the peace by an assault on +. f. Lang
ley Editor of fthe Barre Daily Times, has
occupied two days, this week before
Justice Fay and jury composed of j..
S. Collins, G. |. Jackson, o. II. Hale,
John Beckley, Wn@ Miers and l.. A.
Gale. The prosecution was in charge
of Grand Juror II. W. Scott and Will
liam Wishart. Mr. Scampini being de-
Tended by F, j. Martin, W. w. Lapoini
and G.. Il. Swasey. The case was re-
markable in many ways. The defence
was perhaps new one in a breach of
the peace case and was we'll presented
by the respondents Attornies.
Mr.. Scampini testified that when he
read the article in the Times under date
of July 18th. in which it was stated that
committee from the Granite Cutters
Union had waited on the city council to
see if Mr.. Scampini had been sent to
Boston to engage Italians for the water
works under the padrone system, he at
once sought Mr.. Langley to publish an
explanation in his issue OF the July goth
and that the same explanation was to be
published in the EVENING TELEGRAM
On the evening of July Goth some of
MIR, Scampini's fellow countrymen cal
led ut his store with copy of the Times
of that date and shove ~ i'm the letter
entitled "Those Ditch Diggers" in
which Scampini claimed he was again
attacked, seeing this and not seeing the
the explanation which he had requested
Langley to publish, angered Mr.. Scam
pini and knowing that these false a.
tacks made upon him had alreadr
injured his business he at once
started to find Mr.. Langley and on
meeting him in front of the old city
building. ne demanded the reason why
Langley had rot published his eXpana-
ton the same as had the TELEGRAM.
When he could obtain no satisfactory
reply he gave Langley a blow that sent
the Times man against the old meat
market.
On the trial Scampini testified that he
did not hire any Italians under the pad
rome system, that all he did was in or
der to save the city money, and that Of
ten he had assisted the city assessors
and never charged the city for the work.
At the conclusion of the evidence the
lawyers for the defence urged the court
that by reason of the publication of GER
tain articles by Langley that Scampini
was 30 provoked as to be justified in as
saulting Langley, and for that reason he
should be discharged. This proposition
was supported by cases from several
states. The court did not think that
was the law and allowed the case
to 60 to the jury and the same law was
argued to the jury.
The arguments commenced about ten
o'clock Tuesday, H. W. Scott and &. Il.
Swasey occupying the remainder of the
forenoon, Lapoint and Wishart closing
in the afternoon. Shortly after 3 O'Clock
the case went to the jury, but at 4 80
the jury was discharged without having
agreed and the case was then continued
until August 1st.
Mr.. Scampini feels that although the
trial has been expensive TO him, yet
that his counsel has secured complete
vndcaton for him for what he claims
was provoked assault and that he has
shown the public that he is not working
the Italians on the water works under
the padrone system. But this does not
he says settle the damages to his bust
ness.