The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-04
Victims Are Poles, Who Work in Brick.
yards Three Italians, One a Woman,
Held for Trial.

Race quarrels are rare In Rhode Island,
called. The foreign-born and their de-
scendants who reside in this state are too
busily engaged I'm acquiring citizenship.
property and education TO waste any time
looking for trouble; but down in Barring
ton a few from other climes have in
dulged I'm race prejudices to the extent
that one of them is now dead and another
lies at deaths door awaiting the sum-
mons which must come within few
hours.
The immediate scene Of the tragedy was
near the harrington railroad station. The
dead man is Karrol Kableviec; the man
who will die Is Antonio Kiruiji. Cesare
CArdenta has been held for the murder
OF Kableviec and Filomena Sprelia as an
accessory. and Raffaee Papa as the prob
able murderer OF kiruiji.
The tragedy occurred at o'clock last
Sunday evening. and In front of an old
farm house just off the old harrington
road and situated between the roauped OF
the Providence. Warren and Bristol rail-
road and Mark Woods residence.
This farm house is a double one; that
r.. there are two tenements. one at either
end of the building, with the front doors
family of Poles reside I'm one tene-
ment and a household of Italians in the
other. ~
RESULT OF RACE PREJUDICE
The males OF each household are en-
ployed at the Darlington brick yard and,
in common with the Poles and Italians OF
the town, no love was lost between the
representatives OF the two races.
Sunday afternoon the Poles went to
Crescent Park and II Is said that they re-
turned from ..lat resort, shortly before
o'clock considerably the worse for some
thing stronger than water.
AS they reached their domicile they OBJ
served that the Italians were having a
dance to the music of an accordion, and
one OF the Poles remarked to the manipu-
lator of that instrument that he, 1t. and
the ''moosic' were no good.
The Italian blood began to rise with
feverish bounds and the representatives
of the sunny cline were at once In III
condition to resent the remarks of the
Poles when one of the latter showed for
ward Antoine Pasquali. causing him to
bump into Kabeviec.
The latter seized a piece of fence-rail
and dealt pasqualI fearful blow over
the head with IL. almost Draining him.
Pasquali cried out with pain as he
dropped and this caused Cardenta to
come 10 his rescue
THE FATAL FIGHT.
Most OF the Poles had gone into the
house to get their supper and when they
heard Pasquhli's cries they poured out
through the door like so many irate bees
from disturbed hive.
Instantly there was a mix-up. in which
fists are presumed 10 have been used. and
II is quite safe to say that nothing really
serious would have come out OF the affair
II Il had not been for Filomena Sprelia.
This woman IN bad one She has been
arrested several times. laNeriy for lar
ccny. and the police have good reasons
for believing that the underlying cause
for the fatal trouble Of Sunday evening
was Cardenta's Jealousy OF the atten-
tions clandcstinely paid Filomena by one
OF the Poles.
WOMAN PRODUCED KNIVES.
The sprelia woman ran TO the Italian
tenement and brought out three big
knives.
These were home made weapons; the
kind that look 80 crude; but which do
such fearful execution In the hands OF
their excited owners.
The woman handed one Of these knives