The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-24

For the first time in the history Of
Lackawanna county, one women has
deliberately and with apparent mall
ice aforethought, killed another.
| The crime occurred yesterday MORN
ing at 1890 o'clock. when Mrs. Pas
quale Bevalacque fired two shots at
Mrs. Antonio Rose, killing her almost
instantly The murderess made no ef-
fort to escape. She is now in the CELL
| trail police station and will be given
Il hearing this morning.
| The women are Italians and inves-
tigation shows that bad blood existed
between them for some time past, yes
terdays affair being the elimination
of series of suits and counter-suits
| brought first by one and then by the
other.
| Mrs. Rose was a young woman just
passed twenty years. She Was raher
pretty and had black flashing eyes.
She lived formerly in Dunmore, but
within the past few months moved to
a house in the rear of Washington
avenue, just beyond New York street.
Her husband is employed at the Pine
Brook colliery as a laborer. Mrs.
Beveacque is woman about So years
old and is far from attractive In ap.
poarance. She has lived in the Ca
pouse avenue house for only few
months. Her husband is a stone ma
son.
SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.
The scene of the crime was a two
story frame dwelling at 1926 Capouse
avenue, occupied on the ground floor
by Mrs. Lucy MarescO and on the Sec
Ond floor by Mrs. Bevalacque herself.
| The only eyewitness of the affair was
Annie MarescO. Mrs. Maresco's IT.
year-old daughter.
The murder was committed in the
kitchen Of the Moresco home where
Mrs. Rose was visiting. Mrs. Beva-
lacque came into the room, Guarreled
with Mrs. Rose. and finally, drawing a
revolver shot the latter. Mrs. Rose
gathered enough strength to rush to-
wards the front of the house, but she
got no further than a bedroom, which
is the second room from the kitchen.
There she fell and there she died al
most instantly.
The murderess, after taking sufficient
time to hide the revolver and to cau-
tiOn Annie Moresco against telling any
thing about her connection with the
crime, ran to the house of Samuel
Sykes, at 1885 Penn avenue. She tried
to get in, but was refused admittance.
She then ran to a house a few hun
dred feet away from her own home, oc-
cupied by James Reilly. Here she
sought and found shelter. She was
very much excited, but did not seem to
realize the enormity of her offense
In the meantime, the police had been
notified by telephone and Chief Rob-
ling Captain Edwards, Detective MOir
Patrolman Feeney and Mounted Officer
Bloch We're at the scene of the crime
in less than ten minutes. The chief
and Detective Moir went to the Reilly
house and arrested Mrs. Bevalacque,
who had made no effort to get away.
She had a year-old infant in her arms
when taken into custody, and was in
clined to resist a little. but was soon
convinced of the futility of such
course.
ADMITTED THE SHOOTING.
Through an interpreter she admitted
to Chief Robling that she had shot Mrs.
Rose. but sullenly refused to give any
reason for the act. She was taken to
the central police station in n wagon
and lodged in cell with the child. She
maintained a stoical Indifference all
day and refused to say anything. She
can speak but very little English.
While the chief and others We're ar
resting Mrs. Bevalacque, Officer Bloch
Went into the Moresco home in search
of the body of the dead woman. He
found it in a small room, just beyond Il
bedroom, which opened off the kitchen.
1t was curled up near the door, and
the face was distorted horribly, as if
the unfortunate woman had suffered
great pain before she died. The body
was still warm, and it was apparent
that the woman had just died. The
only visible wound was u jagged hole
in the left side of the head. just behind
the ear, where one of the three bullets
fired by Mrs. Bevalacque had taken ef-
feet.
The body was allowed to remain un-
disturbed until the arrival of the coro-
ner, and Officer Bloch began a search
for the revolver. Mrs. Bevalacque had
told Chief Robling that she didn't know
where she had put it,
1t was discovered in a corner of one
of her rooms upstairs, covered with