The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-11
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| Mrs. Jane Johnston died at the home
| of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Thomp-
son, at 9.15 O'Clock, last evening" Mrs
Johnston had been i'll three weeks. The
cause Of death was old age Mrs
Johnston was born in the north of Ire
lanu, in county Downs, In 1915 She
was staunch member Of the Presby-
terrain Church, for most Of her life and
was aftiliated with the First Presbyte-
ran Church of this place. Mrs Johns
ton came to this country two decades
ago. She has lived with her daughter
ever since. She is usrvived by her
sons, Joseph, Robert, James, John and
Thomas. The funeral will be held at
her late home~on Oak street, at to-
morrow afternoon. Rev. j. II. Moore
head will officiate.
Yourg Piero Lisanza is sorry that he
shot Antonio Sacco for picking cherries
from the ground beneath the Lisanza
tree. Piero filled Sacco full of bird shot
on the morning Of June 29. He must
spend the rest of his years until his ma
Joflty in the Lyman school for bows at
Westboro. This was the sentence inn
posed by Associate Justice Jonathan d.
Smith, when he had listened to the evil
dence with attention. Piero was rep
resented by Attorney Allan g. But
trick. Sacco took the stand. He said
he said he was going by the house where
Piero lived with his father. He stopped
to pick up some cherries from the
ground beneath the tree. He had
turned to walk away when he was shot.
He denied that hepulled razor and
threatened to cut the boys head off.
Sacco said that Piero spoke few, words
before he fired, but did not understand
what the words were. Amello Vaccoro
was with Sacco. He corroborated the
tale told by his friend in detail. DR..
James A. Coyne testified to the nature
Of the wounds sustained by Sacco, sub
stantially as they were described in
The Spy the morning following the
shooting.
The boy testified that Sacco had been
in the tree half an hour eating the
fruit. He said he refused to come down
when he was ordered to do so. Piero
denied that he knew the gun was load.
ed when he pulled the trigger. The
sentence to the school at Westboro was
in concurrence with the views OF State
officer Morton, who was present.
Piero had never been to school, all
though he has been in this country two
years. He does not talk the English
language very well and he can neither
read nor write. They will doubtless
improve him in these respects during
his stay at the school, but he was a
very detected boy as he sat on a cot in
the. cell devoted to the use of erring fe-
males. this afternoon His head was
bowed upon his hands. 1t was with
greatest difficulty he could restrain the
tears from flowing, He was convinced
that he had a right to shoot Sacco for
stealing the fruit, and cannot be
brought to realize that in this country
a man is not expected to pay with his
life for the theft of few cherries.
James Martin, Frank Sommeck and
John II. Kittredge were fined SIS each
for being drunk. Antonio Rabbit said
not guilty to the charge of assault upon
Luciano Perrin. II developed that Pc
rinl agd a companion insisted on at
tending festivity that was in progress
IL Aabitti's house. Sunday. They were
ordered away by the defendant and ga
luted him with a volley of rocks. The
defendant was discharged.
The funeral of James Pendergast
was held at st. Johns church at .